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paper originally grew out of an MIT class, 2.675 (Micro/Nano Engineering), taught by Rohit Karnik, ... severely limit graphene’s practical uses. Seeking an alternative, a team from MIT and Harvard University is ... a fraction of the cost, the researchers say. MIT-Nanoscrolls-1024.jpg An electron microscopy image shows many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stronger-lighter-cheaper-materials-scrollSusan Su
a mechanical engineering major at MIT, Su had childhood dreams of being an artist, but she had never been ... engineering solutions to global poverty challenges. Already, she has helped design a water desalination system ... year, working with a biomedical engineering group at Tsinghua University. But the lab was relatively ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/susan-suPutting projects at the forefront
the potential to re-engineer engineering education. MIT-NEET-1024.jpg Second-year student Albert Go ... the development of NEET. MIT has a long history of innovative thinking in engineering education, he ... engineering at MIT and co-director of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, speaks in an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/putting-projects-forefrontNew scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand
experiments in MIT’s Robotic Mobility Group lab, where engineers have set up a rail and pulley system that ... engineers at MIT have come up with a similar scaling law to describe how objects move through sand. The ... MIT-Driving-Sand-1.JPG Engineers at MIT have come up with a scaling law to describe how objects move through sand. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-scaling-law-predicts-how-wheels-drive-over-sandLamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the future
charge in relation to mass and volume, the patent promises to increase energy density by up to 100 ... Lamborghini-MIT-patent-intern-1024.jpg MIT and Lamborghini recently filed a joint patent for a material that will serve as the ... Lamborghini through MIT-Italy, is seen at work at Lamborghini Santa Agata Bolognese Labs. Photo courtesy of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lamborghini-and-mit-pave-way-electric-supercar-futureFaithfully supporting well-being
Planning; the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society; and Civil and Environmental Engineering ... the Center for Complex Engineering Systems. Youcef-Toumi's research has focused primarily on ... students with “unbounded energy.” That, according to student nominators, is what enables him to advise ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faithfully-supporting-well-beingFor MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Faith Brooks, the sky’s the limit
could you get a better education in ocean engineering than MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ... Faith Brooks, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, has had a clear dream since the ... naval aviator, taking her one step closer to her dream. The USNA also helped guide her path to MIT. Her ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-whoi-joint-program-student-faith-brooks-sky%E2%80%99s-limit-0Lifetime Achievement: Professor Emeritus Jerome Milgram
unrelenting seeker of the most precise ocean science and engineering truths. He was a member of the MIT team ... undergraduate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, adding naval architecture ... patents. In addition to teaching naval architecture, ocean engineering, theoretical hydrodynamics, system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lifetime-achievement-professor-emeritus-jerome-milgramTaking a break and making connections
In spring of 2014, Jahnavi Kalpathy was weighing her options: She could remain at MIT and try to ... the possibility of a fresh start. jahnavi-kalpathy-mit-00_460.jpg “I was going through a lot of ... engineering. “I would start off each semester doing really well academically, then I’d lose momentum and become ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/taking-break-and-making-connectionsRoad Safety Drives VP of GM
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... these systems. “The goal isn’t to replace human judgment but to build systems that reflect and respond ... the Model X and created Tesla Autopilot, a system that feeds information from sensors into a neural ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/road-safety-drives-vp-gmSterling Anderson
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... these systems. “The goal isn’t to replace human judgment but to build systems that reflect and respond ... the Model X and created Tesla Autopilot, a system that feeds information from sensors into a neural ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sterling-andersonMIT announces 2025 Bose Grants
System, a hand-held MRI device and a light-based technique to correct a brain-based vision disorder are ... Engineering Jacob White, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elfar Adalsteinsson, ... Mechanical Engineering Professor Kripa Varanasi, Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2025-bose-grantsDiscovering nature’s properties through nonlinear solid mechanics
professor of civil and mechanical engineering, was founded in 2016 in the Department of Civil and ... Environmental Engineering with the aim of first developing, then testing, theories in this field. According to ... material. This linearization is extremely useful for engineers in predicting the behavior of structures. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/discovering-nature%E2%80%99s-properties-through-nonlinear-solid-mechanicsImmune action at a distance
Engineering, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. “Now, with ... MIT-Koch-Institute-Traverso-Tumor-Gel.png Researchers from MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have ... incites the immune system to attack metastasized tumors. The advent of cancer immunoadjuvants, which ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/immune-action-distanceStefanie Mueller changes everything: A hands-on class responds to Covid
Assistant professor adapts her laboratory class, Engineering Interactive Technologies, to the ... That’s because Mueller’s hands-on building and fabrication class, 6.810 (Engineering Interactive ... teaching,” says the assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), who ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stefanie-mueller-changes-everything-hands-class-responds-covidResearchers present novel, enzyme-free strategy for detaching cells from culture surfaces
from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Cancer Program at the Broad Institute of ... author and mechanical engineering researcher at MIT, emphasizes the potential for industrial scalability. ... contamination-conscious workflows for cell therapies, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine Anchorage-dependent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-present-novel-enzyme-free-strategy-detaching-cells-culture-surfacesJahnavi Kalpathy
design. “I changed my mechanical engineering concentration to sustainable development and energy because ... In spring of 2014, Jahnavi Kalpathy was weighing her options: She could remain at MIT and try to ... fix them,” says Jahnavi, now a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. “I would start off each ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jahnavi-kalpathyPushing material boundaries for better electronics
faculty member in MIT’s departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Kim ... Today, Kim and his students at MIT are exploring materials, devices, and systems that could take over ... your next big discovery. At least, that’s been the case for MIT’s Jeehwan Kim. A recently tenured ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pushing-material-boundaries-better-electronicsWindow-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water
origami-inspired hydrogel material, designed by MIT engineers, that swells to absorb water from the air. When water ... Whitaker Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. “It’s a test ... such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. To improve access to safe and affordable drinking water, MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/window-sized-device-taps-air-safe-drinking-waterCooling when there’s too much heat
MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the lead author of the study. The goal for Varanasi and ... from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the MIT Energy Initiative, and the MIT ... a thin layer of vapor and then bouncing along it — just as they would in a hot cooking pan. Now, MIT ...
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