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Forging ahead with care and compassion
a number of MIT professors are forging thoughtful ways to support students’ well-being and scholarly ... prior to MIT’s ramping down of research, which enabled them to be intentional with their discussions of ... engendered. Li also paid attention to the little things, inviting his students to help build a “system (and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/forging-ahead-care-and-compassionHow strong is your knot?
what exactly makes one knot more stable than another has not been well-understood, until now. MIT ... mathematicians and engineers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how stable a knot is, based on ... whether a knot is strong or not,” says Jörn Dunkel, associate professor of mathematics at MIT. “With this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-strong-your-knotGraduate Admissions FAQ
engineering or in science may apply. How do I apply? Applicants to the MIT MechE graduate program should apply ... a degree in Mechanical Engineering or some related branch of engineering. The department's admission ... using the MechE online admissions site: https://apply.mit.edu/apply/ Are there separate admission ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/prospective-students/graduate/graduate-admissions-faqAlumni team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition
On a Friday in mid-November, recent mechanical engineering alumna Elizabeth Bianchini ’18 found ... Inventors Competition last month for Rhino, a product first developed in 2.009 (Product Engineering ... class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). The team’s win at the CIC was the culmination of over ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-team-tops-collegiate-inventors-competitionResearchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
bullet-train journey, significantly limiting graphene’s electrical performance. Now engineers at MIT have found ... Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. “Now we ... Samuel Cruz, and Yunjo Kim from MIT, along with researchers from IBM, the University of California at Los ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-%E2%80%9Ciron-out%E2%80%9D-graphene%E2%80%99s-wrinklesMechE Spinoff Launches All-Terrain Wheelchair in US
designed for US and European markets. Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT), an MIT MechE ... the Department of Mechanical Engineering to create a wheelchair that fits the needs of people with ... drivetrain as needed, based on the environment. Some engineers may consider the restrictive parameters ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-spinoff-launches-all-terrain-wheelchair-usTalking Shop with Professor David Gossard
Department of Mechanical Engineering since he earned his PhD here in 1975, having previously earned his ... bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. He began his tenure in the ... computer science and its intersection with mechanical engineering. His research activities included solid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-professor-david-gossardCocktail novelties inspired by nature’s designs
An MIT mathematician and a celebrity chef have combined talents to create two culinary novelties ... time,” Bush says. “Engineers often take it to the next step by asking, ‘How can we apply this?’ In this ... collaboration, scientists and engineers have combined with chefs, allowing us to follow the entire route from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cocktail-novelties-inspired-nature%E2%80%99s-designsHow Crispy is Your Bonbon?
smooth, even chocolaty shell. Now, a theory and a simple fabrication technique derived by MIT engineers ... and civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “I’m sure chocolatiers have come up with techniques ... engineers could predict the mechanical response of many other types of shells, from small pharmaceutical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-crispy-your-bonbonLobster’s underbelly is as tough as industrial rubber
carapace that shields the rest of the crustacean. But engineers at MIT and elsewhere have found that this ... Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. “If you could make armor out of these types of ... Materials Engineering. Sunday, February 17, 2019 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration International ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lobster%E2%80%99s-underbelly-tough-industrial-rubberStudents present product prototypes inspired by kindness
of class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). For many MIT seniors, their entire undergraduate ... On the evening of Dec. 7, six teams of mechanical engineering students presented the product ... mechanical engineering. Thanks to the efforts of course instructor Professor David Wallace and a massive team ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-present-product-prototypes-inspired-kindnessHow to get conductive gels to stick when wet
moisture from the body. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a way of getting conductive polymer gels ... in a paper by MIT doctoral student Hyunwoo Yuk, former visiting scholar Akihisa Inoue, postdoc ... Baoyang Lu, and professor of mechanical engineering Xuanhe Zhao. Most electrodes used for biomedical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-get-conductive-gels-stick-when-wetKnitted microtissue can accelerate healing
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Mechanical Engineering Group. "That's why if you stretch your ... from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering and the laboratory's Defense Fabric Discovery Center ... collaboration came while Gillmer and Guo were teaching a course at MIT. Guo had been researching how to grow ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/knitted-microtissue-can-accelerate-healingAlumni Spotlight: Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ’77, SM ’79, PhD ’83)
research and academic program of graduate students studying oceanographic engineering through the MIT ... determined which directions the currents were taking it. As an MIT student, Yoerger studied under Professor Tom ... producing engineering and scientific results.” Yoerger, in addition to being a major part of the team that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-dr-dana-yoerger-sb-%E2%80%9977-sm-%E2%80%9979-phd-%E2%80%9983Dana Yoerger
academic program of graduate students studying oceanographic engineering through the MIT/WHOI Joint Program ... chemical flux, as well as determined which directions the currents were taking it. As an MIT student, ... and abilities. I like going to sea and solving problems at sea by producing engineering and scientific ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/dana-yoergerA new way to make microstructured surfaces
Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and senior author of a paper describing the ... engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in this research, ... says this approach “is quite novel because it allows for the engineering of complex 3-D microstructures ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-microstructured-surfacesProtecting maternal health in Rwanda
PhD '02, research scientist in mechanical engineering at MIT and technology lead for the team. ... MIT, Harvard University, and Partners in Health (PIH) in Rwanda have proposed a solution to address ... a new MIT student from Rwanda and would later join Fletcher’s team at MIT. With Fletcher’s mentorship, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/protecting-maternal-health-rwandaBuilding a better indoor herb garden
Randall Briggs ’09, SM ’18 didn’t set out to build indoor gardens when he arrived at MIT. The ... day. But in 2016, halfway through his studies for his master's degree in mechanical engineering ... bending. Briggs received his foundation in machining as an undergrad at the MIT Edgerton Center, where he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-better-indoor-herb-gardenIngestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, ... Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Zhao and senior collaborator Giovanni ... Traverso, a visiting scientist who will join the MIT faculty in 2019, along with lead authors Xinyue Liu, ...
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