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New 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-wasteFrom triathlons to aerospace, Caitlin Braun MBA ’21, SM ’21 pursues passions for leadership and manufacturing
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 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/triathlons-aerospace-caitlin-braun-mba-%E2%80%9921-sm-%E2%80%9921-pursues-passions-leadership-andA 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-findsHands-on education goes remote
in their decision to study mechanical engineering. The hands-on aspect of MIT MechE’s education ... By its very nature, mechanical engineering is a “hands-on” field. While students studying ... mechanical engineering receive a solid foundation in fundamentals, at some point nearly every Course 2, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hands-education-goes-remoteAna 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-learningMark 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-kurzNew electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic ... easier to integrate,” Xinyuan Zhang, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and ... Engineering (DMSE). “For example, it could be directly worn on glasses.” The heat-sensing film could also have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-electronic-%E2%80%9Cskin%E2%80%9D-could-enable-lightweight-night-vision-glassesSand, 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-everywhereRemembering ‘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%99Hairy 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-drinkLemelson-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-winnersTechnique 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-sandLooking 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-contaminationAUVs: 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-implementationSix from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025
culture, and education. MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gareth H. McKinley Credit: John Frediah ... Six MIT faculty members are among the nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public ... technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/six-mit-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences-2025