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Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air
“atmospheric water harvesting.” MIT-Water-Shaker01-press_460.jpg MIT engineers designed an ultrasonic system to ... days. Now, MIT engineers have come up with a way to quickly recover water from an atmospheric water ... Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab and the MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Fund. This work was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-water-airResearchers Unravel Secrets of Hidden Waves
these waves,” says Thomas Peacock, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and one of ... MIT-Internal-Waves-1024.jpg These subsurface waves can tower more than 500 meters high, and generate powerful turbulence. ... originated, but how their energy dissipated. One unexpected finding, Peacock says, was the degree of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-unravel-secrets-hidden-wavesSolar panels get a face-lift with custom designs
expect to save more than $30,000, according to the startup. A winner of a 2013 MIT Clean Energy Prize, ... from the MIT Clean Energy Prize competition, “which was a game-changer for us,” Balasubramanian says. ... to embed into existing solar panels? Recruiting MIT mechanical engineering student Jody Fu, Sistine ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-panels-get-face-lift-custom-designsMIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
including semiconductors, medical devices, automotive, energy systems, and biotechnology,” says Anantha ... Chandrakasan, MIT’s chief innovation and strategy officer and dean of engineering, who is part of the ... called for expanded manufacturing in the early 2010s. In 2016, MIT also founded The Engine, a venture ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-initiative-new-manufacturingWater-shedding surfaces can be made to last
desalination plants globally, according to the United Nations and International Energy Agency. So anything that ... improves the efficiency of this process could have enormous impact on global energy use. Now, a team of ... researchers at MIT says they have found a way to do just that. It has been known for years that making ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-shedding-surfaces-can-be-made-lastBose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions
Since 2014, the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant has supported MIT faculty with innovative ... six research teams composed of nine MIT faculty members will pursue projects ranging from ... Justin Solomon, and Or Hen were recognized at a reception on Monday, Nov. 20, hosted by MIT President L. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bose-grants-2017-reward-bold-and-unconventional-research-visions%C2%A0Understanding the impact of climate change on the ocean
classes. In the capstone classes 2.013/2.014 (Engineering Systems Design and Development) during her junior ... RS3824_2020 Michelle Kornberg 1024.jpg Photo By Tony Pulsone During MIT’s First-Year Pre-Orientation Program, ... 2-OE (Mechanical and Ocean Engineering). Later that year, Kornberg declared 2-OE. “I think ocean ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-impact-climate-change-oceanTalking Shop with Professor John Leonard
Associate Department Head for Research in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses ... A Mechanical Engineer’s Obsession with Self-Driving Cars A Mechanical Engineer’s Obsession with ... Self-Driving Cars John J. Leonard is the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-professor-john-leonardWater, water everywhere … even in the air
including MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Evelyn Wang, MIT postdoc Sameer Rao, graduate ... outside energy supply and no moving parts. In fact, the system doesn’t even require sunlight — all it ... the U.S. Department of Energy. Thursday, April 13, 2017 David Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-water-everywhere-%E2%80%A6-even-airComputing for ocean environments
“At the same time, the ocean holds countless opportunities — from aquaculture to energy harvesting and ... exploring the many ocean creatures we haven’t discovered yet.” Ocean engineers and mechanical engineers ... fish-like deformable fins could improve propulsion in underwater devices. Credit: MIT van Rees Lab Through ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/computing-ocean-environmentsWind power — even without the wind
mechanical engineering and naval architecture at MIT, among others; this storage system would dovetail well ... quickly. The system would be grid-connected, so the spheres could also be used to store energy from other ... Slocum, the Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT; Brian Hodder, a researcher at the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wind-power-%E2%80%94-even-without-windResearchers solve mystery of how gas bubbles form in liquid
Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation Gareth McKinley, and MIT Professor Ruben Juanes. The key to ... typically a much more random process. Now, a study by researchers at MIT and Princeton University shows that ... a paper by MIT graduate Amir Pahlavan PhD ’18, Professor Howard Stone of Princeton, MIT School of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-solve-mystery-how-gas-bubbles-form-liquidMaking silicon devices responsive to infrared light
imaging arrays for security systems, or solar cells that harness a broader range of sunlight’s energy ... Office, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the MIT-KFUPM Center for Clean ... Water and Energy, a joint project of MIT and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining. Thursday, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-silicon-devices-responsive-infrared-lightNew polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it
Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering at MIT, and a senior co-author on the paper. “Our bigger vision is, ... supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Energy EERE Manufacturing Program, MIT Desphande Center, and ... the DoE Basic Energy Science programs. Sunday, April 28, 2019 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-polymer-films-conduct-heat-instead-trapping-itBetter batteries through biology?
area. Belcher, the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy and a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative ... number of charging-discharging cycles the batteries can withstand. Now, MIT researchers have found that ... advantages, she says: Unlike conventional fabrication methods, which involve energy-intensive high ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/better-batteries-through-biologyShowcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between
one of the 44 participants in this year’s MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE), which ... Engineers (GAME) and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Graduate students, postdocs, and ... the event gave the entire mechanical engineering community at MIT an opportunity to learn about ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/showcasing-solutions-land-sea-space-%E2%80%94-and-everywhere-betweenUsing light to propel water
A new system developed by engineers at MIT could make it possible to control the way water moves ... separate water from oil at a drilling rig, the researchers say. MIT-pushingwater-1-1024.jpg A new system ... developed by MIT engineers could make it possible to control the way water moves over a surface, using only ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-light-propel-waterControlling bubble formation on electrodes
mechanical engineering at MIT, says that “what’s really exciting is that as the technology of water splitting ... MIT engineers, including Professor Evelyn Wang, Associate Professor Betar Gallant, and grad student ... clean-burning hydrogen fuel, with further benefits if that electricity is generated from renewable energy ...
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