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Alumni Spotlight: John Wall (SB, SM ’75, ScD ’78) and Jennifer Rumsey (SM ’98)
engineering at MIT. “After he graduated, Leroy returned to his job at Chevron Research in San Francisco,” ... someone coming into this role of CTO who is so experienced with engines and exhaust aftertreatment systems ... then Vice President of Advanced Heavy Duty Engine Development at engine design and manufacturing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-john-wall-sb-sm-%E2%80%9975-scd-%E2%80%9978-and-jennifer-rumsey-sm-%E2%80%9998Navy officer deepens her engineering and leadership skills at MIT
mechanical engineering at MIT. “My mom was laying down the foundation for me, showing me what it truly meant ... a process of self-discovery at MIT. Allison realized that she had grown passionate about engineering during ... officer in July 2020 and applied to the graduate program in naval construction and engineering at MIT in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/navy-officer-deepens-her-engineering-and-leadership-skills-mitMIT Society of Women Engineers’ journey into virtual connection
engineering and MIT SWE co-president. “It just shows the impact that this organization has had and how much ... Celebration. Photo courtesy of the MIT Society of Women Engineers. MIT SWE is comprised of five departments that ... diversity in engineering, and to determine and advocate for the needs of women engineers at MIT and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-society-women-engineers%E2%80%99-journey-virtual-connectionMIT engineers introduce the Oreometer
stressed. MIT engineers have now subjected the sandwich cookie to rigorous materials tests to get to the ... before putting the second wafer on top,” says Crystal Owens, an MIT mechanical engineering PhD candidate ... which turns out to be really hard,” says Max Fan, an undergraduate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-introduce-oreometerTeaching With Digital Technology Award winners recognized for their innovations
engineering professor Jacob White, recognized for his Feedback System Design (6.302) course, exemplified this ... instructors who have effectively used digital technology to improve teaching and learning at MIT. The goal is ... to recognize instructors for their innovations and to give the MIT community the opportunity to learn ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/teaching-digital-technology-award-winners-recognized-their-innovations‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. The paper’s co-authors are Hyunglae ... other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and bones. Upon ... bunch of elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%98anklebot%E2%80%99-helps-determine-ankle-stiffnessSaving seaweed with machine learning
Xia received word that she had been accepted into the mechanical engineering graduate program at MIT ... announced a new seed funding program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The program encouraged ... Xia_1024.jpg Charlene Xia, pictured at the MIT Sailing Pavilion, tests her microbiome monitoring system in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/saving-seaweed-machine-learningBiomechanics and Biomedical Devices
subjects with a strong mechanical engineering disciplinary background. Major areas covered in this ... complementary to both the biomedical engineering minor and the minor program in toxicology and environmental ... REST subjects: 2.772/ 20.110; REST subjects with no engineering: 5.07 / 7.05, 5.12 Suggested ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/biomechanics-and-biomedical-devicesKripa Varanasi named faculty director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Kripa Varanasi, professor of mechanical engineering, was named faculty director of the MIT ... Mechanical Engineering The MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation is an interdepartmental center ... professor of mechanical engineering, has been appointed faculty director of the MIT Deshpande Center for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kripa-varanasi-named-faculty-director-deshpande-center-technological-innovationSun-powered desalination for villages in India
energy, Wright and Winter concluded, an economically viable and culturally acceptable system could supply ... fresh water for about half the energy required by a reverse-osmosis system. That means the solar panels ... grid that could run conventional reverse-osmosis desalination plants. Now an analysis by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sun-powered-desalination-villages-indiaResearch update: Electric fields can push droplets from surfaces
Researchers at MIT have followed up on their discovery that droplets of water acquire an electric ... found that by applying an electric field to the system, the droplets “jump” more rapidly away from the ... reported in the journal ACS Nano by MIT postdoc Nenad Miljkovic, associate professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/research-update-electric-fields-can-push-droplets-surfacesFour from MIT are named 2018 IEEE Fellows
Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and MIT Lincoln ... Tony Pulsone Jones joined MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1994. She has served on ... Each year the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) honors members who have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-are-named-2018-ieee-fellowsHelping older adults stay safe and independent
engineering at MIT, Chamberlain was involved in a lot more than just his coursework. In one of his first weeks ... is putting themselves at greater risk of falling.” MIT_Walk-Wise-01-PRESS_0.jpg WalkWise uses ... Chamberlain could have imagined when he was tinkering with a prototype for his family in MIT’s MakerWorkshop ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/helping-older-adults-stay-safe-and-independentHow much CO2 is emitted by manufacturing batteries?
materials is rising, explains Yang Shao-Horn, JR East Professor of Engineering in the MIT Departments of ... amount of energy they can store in a small space, charging capabilities, and ability to remain effective ... make these batteries good candidates for energy storage for the electric grid. However, that does come ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-much-co2-emitted-manufacturing-batteriesStudent Awards
Undergraduate Alfred A. H. Keil Ocean Engineering Development Award (For Excellence in ... Broad-Based Research in Ocean Engineering) Jacqueline Sly, Grace Young AMP Inc. Award (Outstanding Performance ... Department Service Award (Outstanding Service to the Department of Mechanical Engineering) Edward Burnell, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-awards-0Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and ... John Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT ... fan blades in jet engines. Fan blades are traditionally cast from titanium — a material that is more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-partsAn easier way to remove medical devices
Traverso, the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... postdoc, is the lead author of the paper. MIT-Dissolving-Devices-01-press_0.jpg MIT engineers have shown ... Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/easier-way-remove-medical-devicesTonio Buonassisi Seeks to Make Solar Cells Competitive
Mechanical engineering professor pursues a vision of a cleaner, more energy-efficient world. One ... tenure at MIT as an associate professor of mechanical engineering — has taken a few different turns in ... opportunity to push the needle” on energy and climate change, he joined the faculty of MIT’s Department of ...
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