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Exotic “second sound” phenomenon observed in pencil lead
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering. MIT co-authors on the paper are lead authors Sam ... behave this way in our day-to-day surroundings. But now MIT researchers have observed this seemingly ... stuff of pencil lead. MIT-Second-Sound_1024.jpg Researchers find evidence that heat moves through ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exotic-%E2%80%9Csecond-sound%E2%80%9D-phenomenon-observed-pencil-leadWith Coffee Cookie, MechE duo takes product from idea to launch
With graduation on the horizon, MIT students Gabe Alba and Victoria Gregory have work to do. They ... will satisfy a coffee drinker's desire. MIT-Coffee-Cookie-1024.jpg MIT seniors Victoria Gregory ... to 90 degrees Celsius. Both fourth-year mechanical engineering students, Alba and Gregory conceived ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/coffee-cookie-meche-duo-takes-product-idea-launchSolving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
MIT-Polymer-1.jpg A scanning transmission electron micrograph (STEM) of the polymer material shows its division into ... Photo by: Asli Ugur Now researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have explained how ... the difficulty in explaining how they work, says Asli Ugur, an MIT postdoc and lead author of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymersTechnique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
laboratory conditions. Now MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic technique that can quickly process ... do,” says Qianru Wang, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “There is recent work ... adds Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Thus, a tool that allows you ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-identifies-electricity-producing-bacteriaDepartment News
Stephen H. Crandall, the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at MIT, a pioneer in random vibrations and ... Professor of Engineering in 1975, and an emeritus professor in 1991. While at MIT, Crandall led the ... underwater systems that increases endurance by tenfold. The result is a novel method that exploits the energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-news-1Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
heat-radiating capabilities. Image: Felice Frankel Now MIT engineers have made samples of strong, tissue-like ... Svetlana Boriskina, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina is author ... material-engineering technique. Her MIT co-authors are Luis Marcelo Lozano, Seongdon Hong, Yi Huang, Hadi Zandavi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-tune-material%E2%80%99s-color-and-thermal-properties-separatelyMIT gears up to transform manufacturing
says John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and faculty co-director of ... “Manufacturing is the engine of society, and it is the backbone of robust, resilient economies,” ... the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM). “With manufacturing a lively topic in today’s news, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-gears-transform-manufacturingMaterials Research Laboratory: Driving interdisciplinary materials research at MIT
Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE), two institutions that helped lay the foundation for MIT’s global ... investigator at MIT for REMADE: the Institute for Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions. Her ... Materials research thrives across MIT, spanning disciplines and departments. Recent breakthroughs ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/materials-research-laboratory-driving-interdisciplinary-materials-research-mitSmart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”
farmers,” says Susan Amrose, research scientist with the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at MIT ... a low-cost precision irrigation controller that optimizes system energy and water use at a full-scale test ... irrigation controller that optimizes system energy and water use, enabling farmers to operate the system on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-irrigation-technology-covers-%E2%80%9Cmore-crop-drop%E2%80%9DEngineers repurpose 19th-century photography technique to make stretchy, color-changing films
repurposed by MIT engineers. By applying a 19th-century color photography technique to modern holographic ... in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Now that we’ve cleared this scaling hurdle, we can ... engineering at MIT. Hologram happenstance Kolle’s group develops optical materials that are inspired by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-repurpose-19th-century-photography-technique-make-stretchy-color-changing-filmsEngineering and matters of the heart
Before she had even earned her bachelor’s degree, MIT professor and biomedical engineer Ellen ... University of Ireland at Galway, Roche participated in a biomedical engineering program in which students ... my placement and loved it,” says Roche, an associate professor at MIT’s Institute for Medical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-and-matters-heartD-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries
the MIT D-Lab class 2.652/EC.712 (Applications of Energy in Global Development), with mentors and ... brooders based on the D-Lab design. MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), which ... MIT D-Lab students and instructors are improving the efficacy and economics of a brooder ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/d-lab-grid-brooder-saves-chicks-and-money-using-locally-manufactured-thermal-batteriesAccelerating 3-D printing
the Autumn 2018 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT Energy Initiative. Wednesday, ... November 28, 2018 Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative Entrepreneurship Horizontal A novel printhead ... Recent work from an MIT lab may help 3-D printing fulfill its long-standing promise to transform ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/accelerating-3-d-printingStudent Profile: Julia Sokol, PhD Candidate
system. “The biggest takeaway from these field trials was how much our system reduced energy and cost ... her fellow team members at MIT’s Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab are working on making drip ... supply. Julia Sokol, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, is hoping to improve sustainability and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-profile-julia-sokol-phd-candidatePhonon catalysis could lead to a new field
limiting, as the materials used in some systems like fuel cells need to withstand high temperatures ... sometimes in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. In a new study, a team of researchers at MIT and the ... just like it's very hot,” says Asegun Henry, professor of mechanical engineering and co-author of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/phonon-catalysis-could-lead-new-fieldTapping the hidden value of farm waste, while reducing harmful burn off
MIT, and Kevin Kung, a PhD student in biological engineering and fellow in the MIT Tata Center for ... the poverty line? Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ... their energy feedstock. This cycle has the added benefit of helping meet the huge demand for affordable ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-hidden-value-farm-waste-while-reducing-harmful-burnMoving perovskite advancements from the lab to the manufacturing floor
use. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced that MIT ... industry into closer partnership,” says MIT professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, who will ... Rand, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/moving-perovskite-advancements-lab-manufacturing-floorProjects make inroads on global food and water challenges
Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) program at MIT. John H. Lienhard V, the Abdul Latif ... the program has received and funded grant proposals from all five of MIT’s schools, provided 24 seed ... projects is one by Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering Evelyn Wang and chemistry professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/projects-make-inroads-global-food-and-water-challengesThe Secret of Wrinkling, Folding, and Creasing
another? MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Xuanhe Zhao and postdoc Qiming Wang describe ... skin of pumpkins. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering ... a fundamental level by researchers at MIT. The underlying process is the same in all of these cases: Layers of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/secret-wrinkling-folding-and-creasingTurning desalination waste into a useful resource
systems and that must be managed carefully to prevent damage to marine ecosystems. Now, engineers at MIT ... other papers by MIT research scientist Amit Kumar, professor of mechanical engineering John. H. Lienhard ... by Cadagua, a subsidiary of Ferrovial, through the MIT Energy Initiative. Tuesday, February 12, 2019 ...
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