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An Eye for Design
freely? Maria Yang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which people formulate ideas ... products’ success. MIT-maria-yang 1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark “People’s strategies are so fascinating,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eye-designA Message from New MechE Department Head John Hart SM ’02, PhD ’06
doing this at MIT, and to have an extended network of alumni and friends so invested and engaged in our ... success. My predecessor as Department Head, Evelyn Wang, the Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering ... Suh Professor of Mechanical Engineering, led our department since 2018 and through an especially ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/message-new-meche-department-head-john-hart-sm-%E2%80%9902-phd-%E2%80%9906This touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli
to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such ... MIT-Touchy-Glove-02-PRESS.jpg An MIT team of engineers has designed a new touch-sensing glove that can “feel” pressure and other ... tactile dysfunction,” says Nicholas Fang, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Fang and his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/touchy-feely-glove-senses-and-maps-tactile-stimuli3Q: Felice Frankel on improving the visual side of science
MITx. Her latest book, “Picturing Science and Engineering,” published this week by MIT Press, is an ... engineers, Frankel is also a consultant to the MIT News Office. She spoke with MIT News about some of the ... scientist at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has a new book that describes ways for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3q-felice-frankel-improving-visual-side-scienceJessica Xu
including pen and ink, colored pencil, and watercolor. In her time at MIT, she has expanded her horizon ... a senior studying mechanical engineering, has combined her passion for art and engineering through her work ... tunnels beneath MIT’s campus through the Borderline Tunnel Project. Later on, she collaborated with UA ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jessica-xuAt least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
care), MIT postdoc at the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. “[He] used a new technology ... MIT grad student in mechanical engineering and founder of the Disease Diagnostic Group. “Disease ... leading young change-makers and innovators” who are not yet 30 years old. As in past years, the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/least-30-mit-named-2017-forbes-30-under-30-listsDan Frey Named D-Lab Faculty Director
classrooms from in the U.S. and around the world. Dan holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT, an MS ... Professor of mechanical engineering brings a long association with D-Lab and a commitment to ... design for the developing world. Professor J. Kim Vandiver, MIT dean for undergraduate research, has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dan-frey-named-d-lab-faculty-directorTranslating MIT research into real-world results
entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem. The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) draws on MIT ... H. Lienhard V. “But successful commercialization of MIT technology requires engineers to focus on ... big and small,” says Eric Verploegen PhD ’08, former research engineer in MIT’s D-Lab and founder of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/translating-mit-research-real-world-resultsSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who characterized the mechanical properties ... forth to swim. Now a separate MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthCelebrating great mentorship for graduate students
“When we talk about our experiences as graduate students at MIT, my colleagues and I tend to use ... ahmed-ghoneim-wesley-harris-committed-to-caring-mit-1024.jpg Honorees Ahmed Ghoniem (left) and Wesley Harris enjoy the Committed to Caring celebration on April ... 11. Photo: Joseph Lee The conversation about challenges and stresses at MIT, though, is arguably ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/celebrating-great-mentorship-graduate-studentsStamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the ... Kidambi’s MIT co-authors are Rohit Karnik, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Jing Kong, ... U.S. Department of Energy. Monday, October 8, 2018 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office International ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stamp-sized-graphene-sheets-riddled-holes-could-be-boon-molecular-separation3 Questions: The risks of using 3D printing to make personal protective equipment
urgent. Institutions and organizations across the country – including MIT – have been scrambling to ... a recent memo, MIT faculty members Martin Culpepper, Peter Fisher, and Elazer Edelman, with input from Neil ... Covid-19-related medical devices. Martin Culpepper is a professor of mechanical engineering, director of Project ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-risks-using-3d-printing-make-personal-protective-equipmentDoug Field
processes.” He studied systems engineering and the use of Monte Carlo simulations to model complex ... tutelage of MIT Professor Alvin Drake in his legendary course 6.041/6.431 (Probabilistic Systems Analysis). ... software platforms central to all Ford models. “So many things I was lucky to be exposed to at MIT,” Doug ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/doug-fieldGliding From Classroom to Market
aid of MIT classes such as Course 6.933 (The Founder’s Journey), Course ESD.051 (Engineering ... numerous mentors at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and the Gordon Engineering Leadership ... MIT-Ello_1024.jpg Photo courtesy of ELLO In 2012, a team of students in MIT’s well-known product-design class, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/gliding-classroom-marketSixteen grad students named to the Siebel Scholars class of 2020
Alexandra (Allie) Beizer, MIT Sloan School of Management Sarah Bening, Department of Biological Engineering ... Allison (Allie) Brouckman, MIT Sloan School of Management Enric Boix, Department of Electrical Engineering ... Kehe, Department of Biological Engineering Emma Kornetsky, MIT Sloan School of Management Kyungmi Lee, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sixteen-grad-students-named-siebel-scholars-class-2020New pill can deliver insulin
2 diabetes An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for ... professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and a visiting scientist in MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-pill-can-deliver-insulinJ-WAFS welcomes Daniela Giardina as new executive director
Professor of Water and Food in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Karnik was named the director ... The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced that Daniela Giardina has ... innovation, and collaboration to solve global water and food systems challenges. The mission of J-WAFS is to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-welcomes-daniela-giardina-new-executive-directorEdward Burnell
a graduate student in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering where he works in the Ideation Lab ... his place at MIT Burnell, who also has a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT, didn’t expect to ... making software tools to see what can be done better in the process of engineering design. Photo by M. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/edward-burnellDesigning off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) is combining expertise in mechanical engineering ... , architecture, and energy systems to design affordable off-grid cold storage units for perishable crops. Three ... Department of Mechanical Engineering and the faculty director for research at MIT D-Lab; and Eric Verploegen, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-grid-refrigeration-technologies-crop-storage-kenyaCaitlin Braun MBA ’21, SM ’21
process can often take six months to a year.) While engineering is important, Braun is most excited about ... training in the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program — wherein she obtained both her MBA and SM ... in mechanical engineering — helped her balance diplomacy with technical discipline. So did a 2020 ...
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