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Marie Elimbi Moudio
Engineering (MechE). “I thought everyone at MIT would be about science all the time. Instead I found strong ... Moudio will graduate from MIT able to apply the principles of engineering, physics, and material sciences ... “Only at MIT.” Meg Murphy School of Engineering Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Culture Prospective-Grad ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/marie-elimbi-moudioThe Freedom of Constraint
cost-effective ways of using clean and alternative energy resources, as well as improving existing energy systems ... Engineering for global change. You’ve probably heard of MechE alum and Associate Professor Hugh ... Herr (SM ’93), head of the Biomechatronics group at MIT Media Lab. The TED Talk he gave earlier this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/freedom-constraintLessons from the Clean Air Car Race 50 Years Later
a gasoline-engine car with a tightly controlled fuel-injection system, the winner. In the end, the race was less ... Agency by the end of the year. In the midst of this progress, a team of MIT students and faculty, with ... could make the 3,600 miles from MIT to Caltech in fast, rally-style race, while meeting new stringent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lessons-clean-air-car-race-50-years-laterAlumni Profile: RJ Scaringe SM ’07, PhD ‘09
sustainability. Sunday, November 24, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... a journey that has its roots in MIT’s Sloan Automotive Lab, where Scaringe conducted his master’s and ... compression ignition engines, an internal combustion engine with low emissions. “RJ was a low key but ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-rj-scaringe-sm-%E2%80%9907-phd-%E2%80%9809New Microscope Creates Near-Real-Time Videos of Nanoscale Processes
capture active, changing environments. Now engineers at MIT have designed an atomic force microscope that ... engineering at MIT, says the instrument’s sensitivity and speed will enable scientists to watch atomic-sized ... Engineering, are published in the journal Ultramicroscopy. MIT-Better-Micro-2-1024.jpg Photo by Jose-Luis ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-microscope-creates-near-real-time-videos-nanoscale-processesMIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
operation for the new MIT.nano facility. This facility includes many energy-intensive labs that necessitate ... campus For years, MIT has been keenly focused on increasing the energy efficiency and reducing emissions ... “the cross-functional teams play an especially critical role at MIT, since we are a district energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-continues-advance-toward-greenhouse-gas-reduction-goals“Colloidal gels,” ubiquitous in everyday products, divulge their secrets
and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Our results enable researchers to determine why weak ... Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for determining the structure and behavior of ... these colloidal gels in a crystallized, porous form known as zeolites. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ccolloidal-gels%E2%80%9D-ubiquitous-everyday-products-divulge-their-secretsRemembering Dr. Victor Wong
With great sadness, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering shares the news that our colleague ... diagnostics of diesel engine exhaust treatment systems, lubricant films in internal combustion engines, clean ... Sunday, July 12, 2020 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering Horizontal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/remembering-dr-victor-wongRobotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials
materials discovery. This work is supported, in part, by First Solar, Eni through the MIT Energy Initiative, ... Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more ... which researchers can manually measure important material properties. A fully autonomous robotic system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-probe-quickly-measures-key-properties-new-materialsMIT community members honored with 2024 Franklin Institute Awards
photosynthetic light-harvesting systems that are of interest for sustainable energy applications. Following ... a graduate of MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and is a former ... influential scientists, engineers, and inventors who have significantly advanced science and technology. It is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-community-members-honored-2024-franklin-institute-awardsJulia Sokol
who works on a drip irrigation project at MIT’s Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab. “That’s ... system. “The biggest takeaway from these field trials was how much our system reduced energy and cost ... engineering, is hoping to improve sustainability and yield by focusing on one aspect of agriculture: ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/julia-sokolAccessible, open-source tools for measuring zeta potential
systems—poses significant challenges for scientists and engineers. Traditionally, zeta potential, an indirect ... Research from the MIT Laboratory for Energy and Microsystems Innovation (LEMI) presents a novel solution, ... and Chemical engineering departments at MIT, and is supported by a Multi University Research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/accessible-open-source-tools-measuring-zeta-potentialStudy shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable
systems.” The study’s MIT co-authors are Brooke Bao, Enoch Ellis, and professor of mechanical engineering ... MIT_Hydrogen-FOOTPRINT-01-PRESS_1024x768.jpg MIT engineers have developed a new aluminum-based process to produce hydrogen gas, that they are ... a doctorate in mechanical engineering. “This work highlights aluminum’s potential as a clean energy source and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-shows-making-hydrogen-soda-cans-and-seawater-scalable-and-sustainableMore than 30 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Connor Coley SM ’16, MIT graduate student in chemical engineering, in the category of Healthcare Dianna ... category of Energy Cameron Myhrvold, researcher at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, in the category ... engineering, in the category of Science Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/more-30-mit-named-forbes-30-under-30-listsCookstoves and Connections in the Himalaya
MIT D-Lab "In this time of isolation, this trip was a precious chance to connect with the ... universities." The project and the team In January 2022, during MIT’s Independent Activities Period, a team ... from MIT D-Lab visited North India and Nepal to conduct field research regarding firewood cooking and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cookstoves-and-connections-himalayaEducating Future Naval Leaders
a remote-controlled vessel to complete a series of tasks in the MIT Towing Tank. Ocean Science and Engineering ... https://youtu.be/3XZdf-IDgFg In class 2.702 (Systems Engineering and Naval Ship Design), naval officers and other graduate ... In class 2.702 (Systems Engineering and Naval Ship Design), naval officers and other graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/educating-future-naval-leaders-2Folkers Rojas
oil wells. He is also a part-time instructor in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. “In the ... that could harvest solar energy, designing a camera for MIT’s Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, and ... things when I arrived at MIT,” recalls Rojas. “I thought that a mechanical engineer was the guy who fixed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/folkers-rojas-0Saving Seaweed
a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and halt disease spread. She says her goal for ... Design and Manufacturing Ocean Science and Engineering Bioengineering Health Innovation Environment ... Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify ...
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