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Lemelson-MIT announces National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners
Foundation and administered by MIT's School of Engineering. The Lemelson Foundation seeks to inspire and ... The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced winners of the Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student ... students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $50,000 in prizes, with winning undergraduate teams receiving ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lemelson-mit-announces-national-collegiate-student-prize-competition-winnersMark Kurz
Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management. “I was really ... drawn to the MIT LGO program because it covered three main areas: engineering and technology ... never expected to be at the forefront of a pandemic — who does? — but his participation in the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/mark-kurzGuardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions
engineering at MIT, and the two robot enthusiasts became lifelong friends. “When Charles came to MIT, he ... to one day apply to MIT and do my engineering undergrad or go to the Sloan School of Management. I’ll ... MIT-Guardian-Ag-01-press_1024x768.jpg Guardian Ag is offering an alternative in the form of a large, purpose-built drone that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/guardian-ag%E2%80%99s-crop-spraying-drone-replacing-dangerous-pilot-missionsDrug delivery capsule could replace injections for protein drugs
injected. A team of MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ... National Science Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drug-delivery-capsule-could-replace-injections-protein-drugsNew filter captures and recycles aluminum from manufacturing waste
environmental impacts, including any pollutants that are released with its manufacturing waste. MIT engineers ... the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT. “This offers a promising solution ... Engineering. The study’s co-authors include MIT mechanical engineering undergraduates Trent Lee and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-filter-captures-and-recycles-aluminum-manufacturing-wasteRemembering ‘Papa Flash’
Kim Vandiver, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering and director of the MIT Edgerton Center, ... the tips of a rapidly whirring propeller, jumpstarting his future in ocean engineering at MIT ... The late MIT Professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton enchanted the world with his high-speed flash ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/remembering-%E2%80%98papa-flash%E2%80%99A new strategy for choosing cancer drugs
Erna Viterbi Professor in the MIT departments of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and ... become resistant. In a new approach to devising more personalized treatments, researchers at MIT and ... cells, based on how it affects their growth rates. MIT-Cancer-Cell-Mass.jpg Researchers have developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-strategy-choosing-cancer-drugsA light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide, study finds
Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the ... A good rain can have a cleansing effect on the land. But an MIT study published today in Nature ... bacteria remained alive for more than an hour afterward. MIT-Rain-Bacteria_1024.jpg A raindrop, splashing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-rain-can-spread-soil-bacteria-far-and-wide-study-findsAna Pantelic appointed executive director of MIT D-Lab
MIT classes; engineering and social science research groups; methodologies that guide technology ... MIT D-Lab recently welcomed new Executive Director Ana Pantelic to its team. Pantelic has worked ... at the confluence of systems change and social innovation and brings nearly 15 years of experience in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ana-pantelic-appointed-executive-director-mit-d-labSanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been responsible for MIT Open Learning, ... transition of over 1,000 MIT courses to Canvas, MIT’s new learning management system. Sarma also generated ... After nearly a decade running MIT’s digital learning platforms and education initiatives, Vice ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sanjay-sarma-step-down-vice-president-open-learningAUVs: From Idea to Implementation
director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program, the Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering and ... Nancy Stauffer, MIT Energy Initiative red ... Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/auvs-idea-implementationSand, Sand Everywhere
engineering major, is captain of MIT’s men’s track and field team — and when he isn’t launching himself into ... Carrington Motley spends a lot of his time at MIT surrounded by sand. “Yeah, sand is everywhere,” he admits ... MIT-Carrington-motley 1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Finding a balance Motley didn’t always know he would end up at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sand-sand-everywhereHairy tongues help bats drink up
spoons to scoop and drag up the tasty sap. Now engineers at MIT have found that, for bats and other ... with Alice Nasto, a graduate student in MIT’s Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, and Anette “Peko” ... Hosoi, professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean of engineering at MIT. The researchers have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hairy-tongues-help-bats-drinkTechnique rapidly measures cells’ density, reflecting health and developmental state
Biomedical Engineering. The paper’s lead author is MIT Research Scientist Weida (Richard) Wu. Measuring ... a large scale, especially with single-cell resolution, but a team of MIT researchers has now found a way ... Professor of Engineering in the departments of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-rapidly-measures-cells%E2%80%99-density-reflecting-health-and-developmental-stateHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve. Now, engineers at MIT ... options as fast as possible,” says Ken Kamrin, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This is ... through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-push-wiggle-or-drill-object-through-sandSophia Chen
Sophia Chen, a fifth-year senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and art and design, ... learned about MIT D-Lab when she was a Florida middle schooler. She drove with her family from their ... home in Clearwater to Tampa to an MIT informational open house for prospective students. There, she ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sophia-chenA new way to mend a broken heart
Roche, co-first author of the study and assistant professor at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Image: Whyte, et al./Nature Biomedical Engineering A new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering ... involving a team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-mend-broken-heartLooking to space to cure osteoarthritis
teaching a basic course on semiconductor physics and circuits in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering ... head of MIT’s chemical engineering department, who had pioneered the use of nanoparticles to deliver ... position in electrical engineering. He has been at the Institute ever since. In 1995, MIT set up the Center ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/looking-space-cure-osteoarthritisVelcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination
MIT engineers have designed a Velcro-like food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, ... .edu Horizontal MIT engineers, including Professor John Hart have designed a food sensor from an array of silk ... also spoiled. MIT-Spoilage-Sensor-2-FISH-1024.jpg Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT. Sensor texture ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/velcro-food-sensor-detects-spoilage-and-contamination