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Peter Chamberlain
student. Problems worth solving While pursuing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT ... imagined when he was tinkering with a prototype for his family in MIT’s MakerWorkshop as a graduate ... he met classmates who were starting the MIT Water Innovation Prize (WIP), a startup competition for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/peter-chamberlainRobotic palm mimics human touch
from a robot. Why? Most of them don't have palms. 1024MIT-GelPalm.png MIT CSAIL student Sandra Q. ... Liu displays her innovative GelPalm robotic design in her lab workspace. Credit: Michael Grimmett/MIT ... ongoing Herculean effort. Now, a new robotic hand design developed in MIT's Computer Science and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-palm-mimics-human-touchThe Power and Potential of Oceans Unknown
present significant challenges to exploration technology. At MIT, ocean engineering has always been ... a joint MIT-WHOI program in oceanographic engineering. In 1989, Professor Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis ... Engineering and the Ocean Environment: Challenge and Opportunity by Alissa Mallinson Vast ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-and-potential-oceans-unknownFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
researchers at MIT and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a pathway to slashing ... detailed in a paper in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, co-authored by MIT postdoc Zhe Liu, ... professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT and NREL. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterOcean engineering students set stage for a smarter fleet
working life. Now, Course 2N (Ocean Engineering) students Travis Anderson, Katie Gerhard and Bart ... operating hours above 28 knots. In his Naval Engineer’s thesis (advised by Professor Franz Hover), Travis ... profile has already been entered into the official Design Data Sheet for DDG-51 by the Naval Sea Systems ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ocean-engineering-students-set-stage-smarter-fleetSeaPerch, a robot with a mission
Engineering. SeaPerch II, which has been in development at MIT Sea Grant since 2021, builds on the original ... engineering, first became involved with the project in January 2023 through a UROP with MIT Sea Grant. ... engineering challenges, developing a passion for engineering, science, and the aquatic environment. MIT Sea ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/seaperch-robot-missionMechE Milestones
Engineering at MIT in a playful numeric nod at MIT’s course numbering system, kicked off with The R.B. Wallace ... engineering at MIT dates back to the founding of the Institute in 1861. In fact, when the first students ... MIT celebrates the 150-year anniversary of its first lab opening and its designation as Course ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-milestones2.009: An Iconic Engineering Class
Video Teaser Image: Teaser Headline: 2.009: An Iconic Engineering Class at MIT Teaser Text: ... Mechanical Engineering program at MIT, bringing together everything students have learned along the way to ... Wallace, 2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a rigorous capstone class for undergraduates in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-iconic-engineering-classLight-activated muscle grafts show promise in aiding muscle recovery post trauma
professor and d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and MIT ... students in her lab (Photo: Tony Pulsone, MIT MechE) “We engineer optogenetic muscle grafts that contract ... tissue engineering, but many previous studies have focused on creating replacement tissue in the lab, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-activated-muscle-grafts-show-promise-aiding-muscle-recovery-post-traumaComputing for the health of the planet
biodiversity, and sustainable sources of energy. The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is committed to hiring ... the MIT School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ... of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society in academic year 2023-24. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/computing-health-planetFormer MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
biological engineering; engineering systems; and new media, among others. “Personally and professionally, ... Engineering and Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering. Vest fostered MIT’s international engagement ... birth of the Singapore-MIT Alliance, intended to promote global engineering education and research using ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/former-mit-president-charles-m-vest-dies-72Training STEM teachers to uncover students’ full potential
In the summer of 2011, MIT PhD student Heather Beem travelled to a rural region of Ghana to try ... and using magnets and wires taken from scraps to harvest energy from the motion. Within a few days, ... she noticed something special about MIT’s community. “Everyone had this confidence that we could solve ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/training-stem-teachers-uncover-students%E2%80%99-full-potentialHeather Beem
In the summer of 2011, MIT PhD student Heather Beem travelled to a rural region of Ghana to try ... and using magnets and wires taken from scraps to harvest energy from the motion. Within a few days, ... she noticed something special about MIT’s community. “Everyone had this confidence that we could solve ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/heather-beemHeather Beem
In the summer of 2011, MIT PhD student Heather Beem travelled to a rural region of Ghana to try ... and using magnets and wires taken from scraps to harvest energy from the motion. Within a few days, ... something special about MIT’s community. “Everyone had this confidence that we could solve any problem,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/heather-beem-0School of Engineering awards for 2023
Each year, the MIT School of Engineering honors outstanding faculty, students, and staff across ... the following members of the engineering community at MIT as winners of its 2023 awards. Faculty and ... Department of Chemical Engineering. The Infinite Mile Awards recognize and reward members of the MIT School ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-awards-2023Cerebral Curiosity
a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and based at the MIT Media Lab, Keating says ... Sciences, and David Wallace, a professor of mechanical engineering and engineering systems — Keating studies ... tumor that was removed this past August. MIT-Steven-Keating-04-1024.jpg 3-D-printed versions of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cerebral-curiosityEngineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, MIT engineers have designed “smart” sutures ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of ... 1024GioSmartSutures.jpg MIT engineers have designed tissue-derived “smart” sutures, pictured here, that can not only hold ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-sutures-can-deliver-drugs-or-sense-inflammationSolving a mystery of thermoelectrics
researchers at MIT and elsewhere say they have finally found a theoretical explanation for the differences, ... which could lead to the discovery of new, improved thermoelectric materials. The findings — by MIT ... graduate student Sangyeop Lee; Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; and ...
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