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New 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-biologyMaking 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-lightShowcasing 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 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/controlling-bubble-formation-electrodesHigh-speed images capture archer fish’s rocket-like launch
Alexandra Techet, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. But once an insect is shot down, it ... insect in midair, ensuring that no other competitor steals its prey. Now MIT engineers have detailed the ... engineering at MIT. “All that force has to be created close to the surface, at a near standstill. That’s what ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/high-speed-images-capture-archer-fish%E2%80%99s-rocket-launchA lasting — and valuable — legacy
Betar Gallant, MIT associate professor and Class of 1922 Career Development Chair in Mechanical ... Engineering, grew up in a curious, independently minded family. Her mother had multiple jobs over the years, ... engineering, and worked successfully in them. When Gallant was very young, she and her father did science ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lasting-%E2%80%94-and-valuable-%E2%80%94-legacyA recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
A sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater. MIT engineers have ... by adding a common stimulant: caffeine. zero-emissions fuel.jpg MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and ... author Aly Kombargi, a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We also don’t have to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-zero-emissions-fuel-soda-cans-seawater-and-caffeineWater vapor sets some oxides aflutter
Science and Engineering and the MIT Energy Initiative’s Center for Energy Storage. The research team also ... Keck Professor of Energy at MIT. She is the senior author of a paper describing the research that is ... was supported by the National Science Foundation, the Skoltech-MIT Center for Electrochemical Energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-vapor-sets-some-oxides-aflutterA new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water
Courtesy of the researchers Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed an entirely new type of ... abundant components. The family of materials allows engineers to precisely tune the catalyst’s structure ... Materials, in a paper by MIT postdoc Shuai Yuan, graduate student Jiayu Peng, Professor Yang Shao-Horn, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-inexpensive-catalyst-speeds-production-oxygen-waterHow to get salt out of water: Make it self-eject
, geothermal wells, agricultural settings, desalination plants, and a variety of renewable energy systems and ... Energy Initiative, the MIT Martin Fellowship Program, and the National Science Foundation. Wednesday, ... MIT-Crystal-Droid-01-PRESS.jpg When the researchers began studying the way salts crystallize on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-get-salt-out-water-make-it-self-ejectRooftop panels, EV chargers, and smart thermostats could chip in to boost power grid resilience
stress on the grid, MIT engineers say. An example of the different types of IoT devices, physical objects ... a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If we can harness our smart dishwashers, ... a good start.” This work was supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Energy and the MIT Energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rooftop-panels-ev-chargers-and-smart-thermostats-could-chip-boost-power-grid-resilienceLifetime Achievement: Professor John Heywood
engines. His work with Professor James Fay and Professor James Keck in the MIT Sloan Automotive Laboratory ... Cambridge, Mass., to attend MIT for a master’s degree, and then a PhD, in mechanical engineering. “I loved ... From identifying the source of emissions to analyzing the future of automotive engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lifetime-achievement-professor-john-heywoodLife in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality
Engineering; MIT Kavli Institute; the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology; the MIT Computer Science and ... the MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative is designing and researching the activities humans will ... microgravity. This May, the SEI supported researchers from the Media Lab; MIT's departments of Aeronautics ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/life-space-preparing-increasingly-tangible-realityCollaboration runs through J-WAFS-funded projects
Voigt, a professor in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, made those comments at the first of ... two research workshops produced by the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) on ... Sept. 14th and Sept. 28th at the Samberg Center. The annual workshop brings members of the MIT community ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/collaboration-runs-through-j-wafs-funded-projectsPhD student recognized by International Desalination Association
engineering blue Education LIENHARD@MIT.EDU ... MIT doctoral candidate Ronan K. McGovern SM '12 has received the Best Presentation Award of ... Program." The paper in question, titled "Design and Optimization of Hybrid ED-RO Systems for the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/phd-student-recognized-international-desalination-associationA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
goal. In a paper published in IEEE’s Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, the ... prosthetics, at a fraction of the cost. MIT-Prosthetic-Knee-4-1024.jpg A prototype of the prosthetic knee ... going after this disruptive opportunity,” says Winter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeJ-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, has been awarded ... projects. Together, the funded projects demonstrate MIT’s application of innovative technologies to food and ... Solutions program helps move these water and food technologies from labs at MIT into commercial use, where ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-commercialization-grants-develop-technologies-water-and-food-solutions