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Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to “grow” like a plant

oil cap. Now MIT engineers have developed a robot designed to extend a chain-like appendage flexible ... mechanical engineering at MIT. “After you open the engine roof, you have to be flexible enough to make sharp ... for a product at the back of a cluttered shelf, or snaking around a car’s engine parts to unscrew an ...

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Five with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2021

systems gynopathology, and for the establishment of the biological engineering department at MIT. The ... Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; and Feng Zhang, a professor in the MIT departments of ... engineering, biomaterials, and systems biology, including the development of the first "liver chip" ...

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A New Quantum Approach to Big Data

System for handling massive digital datasets could make impossibly complex problems solvable. From ... information than people can actually process, manage, or understand. Machine learning systems can help ... the same even when something is bent and stretched every which way.   MIT-Quantum-Big-Data.JPG This ...

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Laura Rosado

MIT’s Human Systems Lab and Little Devices Lab. Her 2019 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program ... When Laura Rosado was headed to MIT four years ago, she was undecided about choosing a major. ... engineering and creative writing. Photo Credit: Ian MacLellan Then, in the spring semester of her first year, ...

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Erik Ballesteros

is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT, and has already made good on his childhood goal. ... engineer who was a former lecturer at MIT. As a practical suggestion, she nudged Ballesteros to consider ... MIT-Erik-Ballesteros-01-press_1024.jpg Erik Ballesteros is currently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to refine the design of ...

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2.009 lights up the stage

MIT’s Product Engineering Processes class, known simply by its course number, 2.009. Each year, 2.009 ... Chu | MIT News Office Culture Education Horizontal MechE students in class 2.009, Product Engineering ... On Monday night, MIT’s Kresge Auditorium might as well have been a rock arena, for all the ...

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Faculty Opening in Music Technology

have expertise applying engineering principles to music research, and who embrace MIT's “mens et ... Current Searches Mechanical Engineering Music Technology Position: Assistant Professor in Music ... Technology, with Specialization in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering   Description: The ...

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Three from MIT named 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

MIT senior Pam Stark and alumni Bhav Jain and Sreya Vangara are recipients of this year’s ... Vangara '22 is one of three from MIT named Knight-Hennessy Scholars for 2023. The fellowship funds ... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduated from MIT in May 2022 with a BS in computer science and brain and cognitive ...

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Four MIT students named 2017 Marshall Scholars

from Skillman, New Jersey, is an MIT senior majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in ... engineering design course offered at MIT, and he is a prolific carpenter, designer, and artist. Matt ... for electrical engineering and computer science. Through the MIT International Science and Technology ...

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Speedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces

  Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch, MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that ... SaLoutos, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Someone could put something new ... scratch for another chance at a prize. MIT_Reflex-Grip-02-PRESS.jpg The research team, from left to right: ...

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Unlocking new science with devices that control electric power

engineering, followed by a PhD in mechanical engineering under MIT Professor Ian Hunter, which involved ... Mo Mirvakili PhD ’17 was in the middle of an experiment as a postdoc at MIT when the Covid-19 ... microelectronics, clean energy, optics, and biomedicine. “Our goal is to become one of the leaders in providing ...

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Three MIT students named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars

at MIT, where he studies generative artificial intelligence (genAI) for engineering design. ... sciences. An engineer as well as a neuroscientist, he has conducted research at MIT with Professor Guangyu ... Three MIT students — Yutao Gong, Brandon Man, and Andrii Zahorodnii — have been awarded 2025 ...

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Giving robots a sense of touch

electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and is now a postdoc at the University of California at ... Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ... sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and ...

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The MIT-Portugal Program enters Phase 4

Mueller, the TIBCO Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s departments of Electrical Engineering ... research institutions and corporations, the MIT-Portugal Program (MPP) has achieved a slew of successes ... — from enabling 47 entrepreneurial spinoffs and funding over 220 joint projects between MIT and ...

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MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies

MIT.nano has announced the first recipients of NCSOFT seed grants to foster hardware and software ... innovations in gaming technology. The grants are part of the new MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming program, with ... inaugural funding provided by video game developer NCSOFT, a founding member of the MIT.nano Consortium. The ...

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Setting a new standard for hormone health

MIT studying mechanical engineering and design. Mathur, who began waking up in the middle of the night ... impact quality of sleep, quality of muscle toning, energy, sex drive, skin health, mental health, energy ... than something they are dreading or feel is a burden.” The startup, which was conceived during the MIT ...

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New AI agent learns to use CAD to create 3D objects from sketches

practice. MIT engineers are looking to ease CAD’s learning curve with a new AI model that can use CAD ... software. Credit: iStock MIT engineers are looking to ease CAD’s learning curve with an AI model that uses ... version by clicking buttons and file options, similar to how an engineer would use the software. The MIT ...

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No Drop to Spare

solar-powered precision irrigation controller that optimizes both energy use and water use. MIT researchers have ... with end users, MIT researchers have created several drip irrigation technology solutions, including ... a low-cost, solar-powered precision irrigation controller that optimizes energy use and water use. Design and ...

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Mapping the future of metamaterials

in nature. With engineered three-dimensional (3D) geometries at the micro- and nanoscale, these ... conventional materials – and have emerged over the past decade as a promising way to engineering challenges ... industries, from biomedical implants, sports equipment, automotive and aerospace, and energy and electronics. ...

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Can an LED-Filled “Robot Garden” Make Coding More Accessible?

lights and more than 100 origami robots that can crawl, swim, and blossom like flowers. A team from MIT ... ’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering have ... developed a tablet-operated system that illustrates their cutting-edge research on distributed algorithms ...

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