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School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards

Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty working in our academic departments, labs, and ... Engingeering First Quarter 2021 Awards  Cullen Buie of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named an ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ’77, SM ’79, PhD ’83)

put those pieces together in the best possible way.” One day during his job hunt, he got a call from ...

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Dana Yoerger

  One day during his job hunt, he got a call from his advisor saying a guest was coming in. Dr. Yoerger ...

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The tenured engineers of 2017

The School of Engineering has announced that 10 members of its faculty have been granted tenure by ... MIT. “This year’s newly tenured faculty in the School of Engineering are remarkable,” said Ian A. ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, works to exploit microscale electric-field driven transport phenomena ...

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Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students

Caring (C2C), which honors caring faculty on campus. In recent years, a growing body of research has ... tone for student experiences, and positive faculty support has the ability to shape student research ... scholarly pursuits. Selected faculty members are showcased via a broad campus poster campaign, individual ...

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Letter from Department Head Mary C. Boyce

that they become advancements the public can utilize. In Mechanical Engineering, we integrate product ... faculty increasingly seek to translate their research developments into real-world impact directly through ... about MechE faculty, alumni, and students who bring their creativity to bear on such diverse projects as ...

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Ernst Frankel, shipping expert and professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 95

faculty for 36 years, passed away on Nov. 18 at the age of 95. Frankel, who was also a former professor of ... with a master’s of science in ocean engineering and a master’s of marine mechanical engineering. In his ... in regular waves. After graduating, he joined the faculty of the then-named Department of Naval ...

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Professor Emeritus Justin “Jake” Kerwin, an expert in propeller design and ship hydrodynamics, dies at 90

at the age of 90 on May 23. Kerwin, who served on MIT’s ocean engineering faculty for four decades, ... of the Department of Mechanical Engineering) as assistant professor in 1960, one year prior to ... Kerwin conducted research on his lifelong passion of sailing. Alongside fellow faculty member Professor ...

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