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The Wonders of Thin Structures
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Pedro Reis, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and ... Civil & Environmental Engineering, describes the research activity in his Elasticity, Geometry, ... & Statistics Laboratory at MIT. Reis' work focuses on the mechanics of large deformations of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wonders-thin-structuresMorphable surfaces could cut air resistance
caused by air resistance in half. Now researchers at MIT are aiming to harness that same effect to reduce ... a surface whose smoothness can be altered, literally, on the fly — and that’s what the MIT team has ... developed. The new work is described in a paper in the journal Advanced Materials by MIT’s Pedro Reis and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/morphable-surfaces-could-cut-air-resistanceFeatured video: Building a roller coaster
Every year during residence exploration week at MIT, or REX week, our undergraduate residence ... hopefully choose to join. So, how do you get the attention of first-year MIT students? At East Campus, you ... students who use them to customize their rooms. Video by: Melanie Gonick/MIT News | 3 min 21 sec Sunday, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/featured-video-building-roller-coasterWater world
Ocean currents and eddies stir up contents from the deep, while atmospheric winds and weather systems ... significantly affect fluid motion. To fully understand how climate works, researchers at MIT say students must ... March 21, 2012 Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-worldHealing with hydrogels
in rehabilitation. Shortly after being accepted into MIT’s mechanical engineering graduate program, ... to develop a bioadhesive tape for repairing damaged tissue. In November, mechanical engineering PhD ... promote healing and minimize complications after surgery. 1024_Hyunwoo Yuk_04.jpg Mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/healing-hydrogelsNoninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time
engineering at MIT, director of MIT’s Laser Biomedical Research Center, and one of the authors of the paper. ... making it difficult to study ongoing changes in gene expression. An alternative approach developed at MIT ... Koseki Kobayashi-Kirschvink, a postdoc at MIT and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, is the lead ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-technique-reveals-how-cells%E2%80%99-gene-expression-changes-over-time2.75: Precision Machine Design
part of a mechanical engineer’s education? Isn’t the science enough? “At MIT, we teach really great ... Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering blue Collaboration Education Maker slocum@mit ... students through this process since 2004, when he founded the class on the famous MIT credo “mens et ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/275-precision-machine-designTough New Hydrogel Hybrid Doesn’t Dry Out
Now engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a technique that ... Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, devised a method to robustly bind ... even artificial skin. The engineers, led by Xuanhe Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tough-new-hydrogel-hybrid-doesn%E2%80%99t-dry-outHow some skills become second nature
MIT engineers wondered: Could an expert’s unconscious know-how be accessed, and even taught, to ... a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If we can make that knowledge explicit, ... type of visual-learning task. A new study by MIT researchers directly shows that visual attention can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-some-skills-become-second-natureRobotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels
MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide ... engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “If we could design a device to reverse blood ... hope.” Zhao and his team, including lead author Yoonho Kim, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-thread-designed-slip-through-brain%E2%80%99s-blood-vesselsCelebrating a curious mind: Steven Keating 1988-2019
Pulsone Keating received his master’s degree and PhD in mechanical engineering and was a member of the MIT ... tinkering with and building devices. This predilection for making led to not only his love of engineering ... Canada, Keating pursued his twin passions — earning a dual degree in mechanical and materials engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/celebrating-curious-mind-steven-keating-1988-2019New parameters in graduate mentoring
than any other on-campus resource, according to the most recent MIT Enrolled Graduate Student Survey. ... for holistic graduate mentorship at MIT. Three of the most recent honorees, professors Cullen Buie, ... Engineering, “and I’m constantly trying to figure out how to be more available for the people I mentor.” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-parameters-graduate-mentoringRacing into the future of autonomous driving
students. Zhang and her teammates from MIT Driverless — working under the auspices of the Edgerton Center ... white, the automobile named DUT18 wasn’t an ordinary race car. First, it was built by engineers at TU ... Delft; then, programmers at MIT wrote algorithms that would replace its human driver. Together, the two ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/racing-future-autonomous-drivingSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ... organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering ... at MIT. “You put the adhesive on, and if for any reason you want to take it off, you can do so ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
basement membrane, a material that itself has been tricky for scientists to characterize. Now MIT engineers ... Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... Collaboration Horizontal MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Ming Guo have found that a biological membrane ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasisMini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
developer Benjamin Katz, a technical associate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The ... MIT’s new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals ... identical, low-cost electric motors that the researchers engineered using off-the-shelf parts. Each motor can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mini-cheetah-first-four-legged-robot-do-backflip-0Turning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that can transform ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that ... structures in nature, architecture, and more. Scientists and engineers have also taken inspiration from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formulaHear from our Students
Burn Yo-Yo Champion Hacking for Lilly The Magic of Making Water is Life We Are MechE at MIT Designing ... Seal-whisker-inspired Sensing MIT Hyperloop A Makerspace for the Students, by the Students How to Succeed at MIT Living ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hear-our-studentsDavid Hesslink: Taking his passion to the major leagues
life,” says the mechanical engineering major. “The only thing I knew for sure was I loved playing ... in the lab and the MLB, he was achieving similar results on the pitcher’s mound for MIT’s baseball ... Hesslink broke the record to become the pitcher with the most wins in MIT history. “The best part of that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/david-hesslink-taking-his-passion-major-leaguesMagnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch
MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with ... Career Development Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil and ... Environmental Engineering, says the group’s technique may be used to fabricate magnetically controlled ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/magnetic-3-d-printed-structures-crawl-roll-jump-and-play-catch