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Solving 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-bacteriaResearchers 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-separatelyEngineers 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-heartStudent 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-candidateD-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-printingMoving 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-floorPhonon 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-burnProjects 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-challengesImaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution
regions underneath, such as the hippocampus. In a new study, a team of MIT scientists and engineers ... demonstrates a new microscope system capable of peering exceptionally deep into brain tissues to detect the ... developed a new microscope system to finely image molecules deep in live brain tissues, an advance that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/imaging-tech-promises-deepest-looks-yet-living-brain-tissue-single-cell-resolutionTurning 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 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-desalination-waste-useful-resourceDOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid Interactions
and Engineering, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and the MIT Institute for Soldier ... exploration, and the development of advanced thermal protection systems. “CHEFSI will capitalize on MIT’s deep ... perform under some of the harshest conditions encountered in engineering systems,” says Raúl Radovitzky, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/doe-selects-mit-establish-center-exascale-simulation-coupled-high-enthalpy-fluid%E2%80%93solidThe 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-creasingBatch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach
could substantially reduce the energy use of future desalination systems. The team is co-led by two MIT ... water is energy-intensive. A team of MIT researchers has responded by creating new designs for reverse ... mechanical engineers, PhD candidate Emily Tow and postdoc David Warsinger, and also includes MIT PhD student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batch-desalination-configuration-bests-standard-reverse-osmosis-approachTalking Shop: Professor Ian W. Hunter
Zealand, where he is an honorary professor, and has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT since ... Electronic and Electrical Engineers. He is the director of MIT’s BioInstrumentation Lab. Monday, December 10, ... Brian Hemond, started looking at all of the sub systems of one type of mass spectrometer and redesigning ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-professor-ian-w-hunterHybrid drones carry heavier payloads for greater distances
late 2000s, when Phan was recalled to MIT twice to solve different engineering problems — both times ... Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tactical Systems Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, approached Phan and asked ... Phan founded the startup in 2014, along with Sarma and other MIT engineers, and set up operations in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-drones-carry-heavier-payloads-greater-distancesTechnique inspired by dolphin chirps could improve tests of soft materials
MIT engineers have devised a technique that vastly improves on the speed and accuracy of measuring ... processes and materials,” says Bavand Keshavarz, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT; Thibaut Divoux of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-inspired-dolphin-chirps-could-improve-tests-soft-materials