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2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style
before nightfall, a revolution was afoot at MIT. The battleground was set, the munitions were stocked, ... annual competition for Course 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing), MIT’s popular undergraduate course in ... mechanical engineering. This year, instructors modeled the competition’s obstacle course after major ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2007-robots-battle-it-out-revolutionary-styleGiving robots a faster grasp
combinations of these properties interact mechanically, based on fundamental laws of physics. Now MIT engineers ... this preplanning process down to less than a second. MIT-Robot-Gripper_1024.jpg A new algorithm speeds ... Image courtesy of the researchers Alberto Rodriguez, associate professor of mechanical engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-faster-graspPhysicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow
study co-author Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who is designing ... either enormous accelerations or vast amounts of observation time. But researchers at MIT and the ... MIT-Unruh-Effect-01-press_0.jpeg According to a prediction known as the Unruh effect, Millenium Falcon pilots would more likely see ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/physicists-embark-hunt-long-sought-quantum-glowNew gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
one. Now MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or ... MIT-Hydrogel-Lam-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber ... Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, bonded layers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gel-coatings-may-lead-better-catheters-and-condomsMinimally invasive 3D-printable bioadhesive cardiac pacing lead may reduce complications, improve safety for cardiac patients
bioadhesive technologies,” said Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, PhD ’21, a former MIT research scientist who is now the ... engineering and of civil and environmental engineering, has introduced a 3D-printable bioadhesive pacing lead ... authors of the study, former MIT researcher Jue Deng is the paper’s first author. “This work introduces ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/minimally-invasive-3d-printable-bioadhesive-cardiac-pacing-lead-may-reduce-complicationsVibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
sometimes jiggling the key a bit will help. Now, new research from MIT suggests that coronaviruses, ... cell wall so it can hijack the cell’s reproductive mechanisms. MIT-COVID-Spikes-02-PRESS.jpg New ... research at MIT shows that vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including the one that causes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vibrations-coronavirus-proteins-may-play-role-infectionSoft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought
researchers Credits: Now, an MIT engineer has devised a simple way to measure the degree of residual stress in ... part, by MIT’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Engineering Excellence and an MIT Mathworks Fellowship. ... separates and gets runny over time. MIT-MaterialMemory-01-press_1024.jpg Using a rheometer, MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-materials-hold-%E2%80%9Cmemories%E2%80%9D-their-past-longer-previously-thoughtStephen H. Crandall, professor emeritus in MechE, dies at 92
Stephen H. Crandall, the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at MIT, a pioneer in random ... in mathematics from MIT in 1946, he transferred to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. There, ... vibrations and rotordynamics, and a leader in transforming mechanics into an engineering science, passed away ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stephen-h-crandall-professor-emeritus-meche-dies-92A cool new way to study gravity
Shin, a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE). “The key to answering ... this lies in preparing mechanical systems that are massive enough to feel gravity, yet quiet enough ... 08_1024x768.jpg Dongchel Shin, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering and the lead author of a new paper that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cool-new-way-study-gravityDesigning AR apps to close the skills gap
Every semester as Dr. John Liu walked through the machine shop in MIT Building 35, he heard his ... mechanical engineering, Digital Learning Lab scientist, and principal investigator of the LEAPGroup, felt ... augmented reality (AR) apps for 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools, 2.008 Design and Manufacturing II, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-ar-apps-close-skills-gapA Letter from Department Head Gang Chen
is being conducted across a myriad of sports here in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. This ... exciting research is not done in a vacuum. Thanks to the newly minted MIT 3-Sigma Sports (formerly the ... Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department Head This article originally ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-gang-chenMIT Scientists Twist Apart More Than 1,000 Oreos in Search for Perfect Method
Owens, a Ph.D. candidate in MIT’s mechanical engineering department. She led a group of researchers on ... in MIT’s department of mechanical engineering and co-author of the study. Another was to attach both ... 1024 Crystal.jpg Crystal Owens in an MIT lab with a 3D-printed Oreo and equipment for her team’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-scientists-twist-apart-more-1000-oreos-search-perfect-methodNoninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes
(LBRC) and an MIT professor of biological engineering and mechanical engineering; and Youngkyu Kim and ... A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes ... patients from having to prick their fingers several times a day. The MIT team used Raman spectroscopy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-imaging-could-replace-finger-pricks-people-diabetesSoft biorobotic heart, computational fluid models, aid in evaluation of surgical techniques for Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect
Development Professor and associate professor of mechanical engineering. The researchers developed a model of ... Engineering blue Collaboration Horizontal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-biorobotic-heart-computational-fluid-models-aid-evaluation-surgical-techniquesRobo-picker grasps and packs
stored. Now engineers from MIT and Princeton University have developed a robotic system that may one day ... Engineering at MIT. Rodriguez and his colleagues at MIT and Princeton will present a paper detailing their ... system consists of a standard industrial robotic arm that the researchers outfitted with a custom gripper ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robo-picker-grasps-and-packsMorris Chang
left the country in the late 1940s, and earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from MIT. He ... long-term ascendancy in semiconductor manufacturing, while speaking to a large campus audience in an MIT ... includes a healthy supply of talent, in the form of engineers and other technical employees willing to work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/morris-changStatement on MechE qualifying exams
Engineering The faculty, students, and staff of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are committed to ... 49.6% of mechanical engineering undergraduates at MIT, compared to the national average of 14.8%,. Over ... The following statement was issued by the leadership team in MIT's Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/statement-meche-qualifying-examsDigital Instruments for Musical Togetherness
he says. Ntaimo has found MIT to be the perfect place to blend his interests in engineering and ... Engineering graduate student Joseph Ntaimo ’23 builds instruments that “empower people to jam with ... measured, and is converted to a sonic output. Today, as a graduate student in mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/digital-instruments-musical-togethernessAn all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment
the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... companies to further develop them. The research was funded by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Collaboration Horizontal MIT engineers led by Giovanni Traverso are working on an app that identifies and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/all-one-approach-diabetes-treatmentConnecting through conversation
diplomacy, Woodard, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, envisioned a future in engineering at MIT ... a foundation in STEM. By the time he was in the seventh grade, he knew he wanted to attend MIT for engineering ... MIT, the mechanical engineering major worked on making those opportunities more available to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/connecting-through-conversation