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Team Led by MechE Engineers Places Second at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Engineering, and the Office of Digital Learning. With this second place win under their belt, MIT EVT looks ... KOMMIT Electric Vehicle Team (EVT), led by members of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team and professional ... Industries’ professional racing team), which posted a time of 10 minutes 17.813 seconds. MIT EVT recruited ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-led-meche-engineers-places-second-pikes-peak-international-hill-climbIra Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 91
prominent scientists, and he served as head of MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering (which later ... innovative "triple-stage isolation" engine-mounting system that significantly quieted the vehicle, ... Dyer became head of the MIT Department of Ocean Engineering, which eventually merged with the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ira-dyer-professor-emeritus-ocean-engineering-dies-91Prosper Nyovanie
engineering, and upon coming to MIT as an undergraduate, he majored in mechanical engineering. He discovered ... energy studies. Now as a graduate student and fellow in MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) ... originally drawn to MIT for its learning-by-doing engineering focus. “I thought engineering was a great way ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/prosper-nyovanie-1Albatross robot takes flight
MIT engineers have designed a robotic glider that can skim along the water’s surface, riding the ... MIT-Albatross-Robot-1024.jpg An albatross glider, designed by MIT engineers, skims the Charles River. Photo: Gabriel Bousquet ... extracted for sailboats.” An albatross glider, designed by MIT engineers, skims the Charles River. Bousquet ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/albatross-robot-takes-flightMIT Hyperloop team competes in SpaceX global competition
pods travel at close to the speed of sound, using low-energy propulsion systems. There are three ... The MIT team includes students concentrating in aeronautics, mechanical engineering, electrical ... Freidah/Department of Mechanical Engineering | 3 min, 7 sec Tuesday, January 24, 2017 MIT News Office Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-hyperloop-team-competes-spacex-global-competitionNot quite a solid, not quite a liquid: Meet hydrogels
vice president for energy and climate and professor of mechanical engineering, are among the ... are both flexible and strong, and have several potential applications – from self-healing systems to ... sustainable water purification and next-gen cooling technologies. Researchers at MIT are playing a leading ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/not-quite-solid-not-quite-liquid-meet-hydrogelsTackling social issues through engineering and theater
1024-Susan-Su-01-press_0.jpg Susan Su is an MIT senior majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in ... engineering major at MIT, Su had childhood dreams of being an artist, but she had never been exposed to ... engineering solutions to global poverty challenges. Already, she has helped design a water desalination system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-social-issues-through-engineering-and-theaterNew laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses
Courtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ... Engineering at MIT. “With this approach, we can accelerate the discovery of optimal materials, depending on ... using facilities at MIT.nano, and supported, in part, by the Department of Energy’s Kansas City National ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesThree MIT faculty elected 2018 AAAS Fellows
Prather is the Arthur D. Little Professor of Chemical Engineering and a co-director of the MIT Energy ... thermal science and engineering, particularly for developing energy efficient desalination technologies, ... contributions to thermal science and engineering, particularly for developing energy efficient desalination ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-faculty-elected-2018-aaas-fellowsFaculty Research: Professor Tonio Buonassisi
limitations. Now, a new system developed by researchers at five institutions, including MIT, could eliminate ... Communications by MIT graduate student Jonathan Mailoa, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ... Office, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the MIT-KFUPM Center for Clean ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-tonio-buonassisiRecord Temperatures
says Henry. “Heat transfer engineering is all about to what extent you can control this flow of energy ... door for new high temperature energy systems concepts. Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Anne Wilson green ... motion, locomotives, and, ultimately, the conversion of heat to mechanical work. Steam engines, and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/record-temperatures-0Ernst Frankel, shipping expert and professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 95
Ernst G. Frankel MME ’60, SM ‘60, professor emeritus of ocean engineering who served on MIT ... Israel, before moving to America and enrolling in MIT to study ocean engineering. He graduated MIT in 1960 ... SM ‘60, professor emeritus of ocean engineering who served on MIT’s faculty for 36 years, passed away ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ernst-frankel-shipping-expert-and-professor-emeritus-ocean-engineering-dies-95-0Shih-Ying Lee, longtime mechanical engineering professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, dies at 100
Shih-Ying Lee, a longtime MIT mechanical engineering professor and expert in process control, ... Architects, Lee returned to MIT as a research engineer in the Dynamic Analysis and Control Lab. He joined the ... 1974, Lee retired after 22 years on the mechanical engineering faculty at MIT. For the next three ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shih-ying-lee-longtime-mechanical-engineering-professor-inventor-and-entrepreneur-diesAccelerating the pace of engineering
engineers across MIT and around the world consistently rely on MathWorks products to accelerate the pace of ... model-based design of multidomain and embedded engineering systems, including automatic code generation, ... dean of the MIT School of Engineering. Not pictured: Fellows Pasquale Antonante, Alireza Fallah, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/accelerating-pace-engineeringGiving early-career women in mechanical engineering the tools to succeed in academia
Mechanical Engineering Workshop hosted by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The program, which is ... a series of panels where faculty from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering reflected on their own ... MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering and workshop co-chair. “We assembled a truly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-early-career-women-mechanical-engineering-tools-succeed-academiaMIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program awards 2020 seed grants
MIT.nano has announced its second annual seed grants to support hardware and software research ... grants are awarded through the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program, a four-year collaboration between ... MIT.nano and video game development company NCSOFT, a founding member of the MIT.nano Consortium. “We are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mitnano-immersion-lab-gaming-program-awards-2020-seed-grantsPropelling Transportation Forward
gradually – to the consumer level. In the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, faculty are researching ... the engine, and thus, burns more fuel and produces more energy. But then suddenly you are presented ... battery recharging. Professor Chathan Cooke, Principal Research Engineer at MIT Research Laboratory of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/propelling-transportation-forwardMovable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; and five others. Preston explains that the new system could ... Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and ... friction. A new approach developed by researchers at MIT could offer a new way of making movable parts with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/movable-microplatform-floats-sea-droplets