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Faculty and staff reflect on international collaboration, shared learning as MIT-SUSTech research agreement concludes
for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education at MIT and at the Southern University of Science and ... Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, and a delegation of MIT faculty ... tissues and organs. In clean energy and environment, researchers introduced a system that efficiently ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-and-staff-reflect-international-collaboration-shared-learning-mit-sustechFrom the Classroom to the Lab
tools like oscilloscopes, strain gauges, thermocouples, and laser measurement systems, students gain ... firsthand experience with the methods engineers use to understand and quantify the physical world. Here, ... methods' energy-intensive, expensive, and sometimes ineffective nature. The Varanasi Group is investigating ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/classroom-labTackling air pollution with autonomous drones
pollution monitoring system is the capstone project of recently graduated New Engineering Education ... 2017 in an effort to fundamentally reconceptualize the way that engineering is taught at MIT. It ... energy systems design. The Autonomous Machines thread teaches students to design, build, and program ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-air-pollution-autonomous-dronesUsing mechanics for cleaner membranes
soon be in sight. A team of researchers from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, supported by ... a seed grant from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), has found an alternative. ... materials. MIT-Lienhard-Zhao1024.png Mechanical engineering professors John Lienhard and Xuanhe Zhao teamed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-mechanics-cleaner-membranesRitu Raman Is an Architect of Muscle and Nerve
neuromuscular systems are nature’s actuators—mechanical devices that convert energy to motion. Through reverse ... self-organization, and resilience. At her lab, Raman, the d’Arbeloff Career Development Professor in Engineering ... Design and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is developing a biofabricated platform that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ritu-raman-architect-muscle-and-nerveAlumni Spotlight: Associate Professor Hugh Herr (SM ’93)
a motorcycle than a bicycle, meaning that it puts energy into the system rather than relying solely on human ... A condensed version of a story by Courtney Humphries, MIT Technology Review Uncomfortable ... Biomechatronics Group in MIT’s Media Lab, Herr is building sophisticated devices that aid human movement by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-associate-professor-hugh-herr-sm-%E2%80%9993QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2017-18
Linguistics; Computer Science and Information Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering ... MIT has been ranked as the top university in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings. ... faculty, and proportion of international students. MIT earned a perfect overall score of 100. MIT was also ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qs-ranks-mit-world%E2%80%99s-no-1-university-2017-18Device that recycles vaporized water from power plants wins MIT $100K
year’s Clean Energy Prize — has developed a system that can be retrofitted on top of cooling towers, ... professor of mechanical engineering and serial entrepreneur, told MIT News after the competition. Many ... The grand prize winner at this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition was an MIT spinout ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/device-recycles-vaporized-water-power-plants-wins-mit-100kThe Power of Salt
, according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT. The researchers evaluated an emerging method of power ... produce energy. In principle, a PRO system would take in river water and seawater on either side of ... MIT study investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater. Where the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-saltOrisa Coombs
make a difference in the world led her to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering at MIT. “I didn’t ... Black Lives Petition and working closely with senior administration to shape MIT’s response to systemic ... At a young age, Orisa Coombs pledged to use her engineering knowledge to reduce inequality. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/orisa-coombsQS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2020
Environment; Chemistry; Computer Science and Information Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural ... MIT has been honored with 12 No. 1 subject rankings in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. ... Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qs-world-university-rankings-rates-mit-no-1-12-subjects-2020Drive-By Heat Mapping
roads around the world. Now MIT spinout Essess is bringing similar “drive-by” innovations to energy ... heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, which eat up about 50 percent of energy used in ... Startup’s thermal-imaging cars can quickly track energy leaks in thousands of homes and buildings. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drive-heat-mappingThree MIT graduate students awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention
in the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab, developed All Photons Imaging, a system that ... MIT graduate students Tyler Clites, Maher Damak, and Guy Satat are among 14 collegiate inventors ... awarded the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, which recognizes young inventors who have designed and built ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-graduate-students-awarded-lemelson-mit-student-prize-inventionFaculty Promotions
development of novel engineered structures that enable innovative solutions in thermal management, energy, and ... in multiscale systems design and manufacturing. His contributions to the fields of energy harvesting ... flexible engineering degree within Mechanical Engineering (Course 2-A, now the sixth largest major at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-promotions-1Hugh Herr
a motorcycle than a bicycle, meaning that it puts energy into the system rather than relying solely on human ... sciences and leader of the Biomechatronics Group in MIT’s Media Lab, Herr is building sophisticated devices ... were amputated below the knees. Hugh Herr 1024.jpg Photo courtesy of MIT Media Lab. “It’s alarming to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/hugh-herrRJ Scaringe
the culmination of a journey that has its roots in MIT’s Sloan Automotive Lab, where Scaringe ... limit of homogeneous charge compression ignition engines, an internal combustion engine with low ... management system (BMS). Rivian’s BMS observes driver and vehicle behavior such as the duration and frequency ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/rj-scaringe-02.009 gets “Wild!”
detergent tank. An MIT staff member watching from home submitted a question asking if the system could also ... theme for this year’s 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) senior capstone course, and it’s also ... a great word to describe of the energy of the capacity crowd gathered for the course’s annual product ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-gets-%E2%80%9Cwild%E2%80%9DCleaning Water Without the Grid
MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that could significantly ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, but he describes one of the most important aspects of his job as ... the system and the energy needed to pump water through it. The only “real necessary power” for running ...
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