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Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69
Mechanical Engineering (MechE), died on Sunday, Jan. 7. He was 69. MechENews_RichWiesman.jpg Richard Wiesman ... Mechanical Engineering. “Dr. Wiesman’s great enthusiasm for teaching, in parallel with his distinguished ... professor of mechanical engineering. “We will miss him very much.” A technology innovator and leader who saw ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/richard-wiesman-professor-practice-mechanical-engineering-dies-age-69A Mechanical Engineering Rite of Passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate ... Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) — it’s been this way since 1865. It was around that time that ... can be superstars.” The first challenges were purely mechanical traps and contraptions, using ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mechanical-engineering-rite-passage-mitShih-Ying Lee, longtime mechanical engineering professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, dies at 100
Shih-Ying Lee, a longtime MIT mechanical engineering professor and expert in process control, ... faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1952. Throughout his tenure as a professor, Lee ... 1974, Lee retired after 22 years on the mechanical engineering faculty at MIT. For the next three ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shih-ying-lee-longtime-mechanical-engineering-professor-inventor-and-entrepreneur-diesMIT Mechanical Engineering 2020 Staff Awards
On July 1, 2020, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering celebrated the many talented staff ... members of the support staff for outstanding service to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. • ... July 9, 2020 MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering Culture Education Horizontal MechE ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-mechanical-engineering-2020-staff-awardsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Wins New England Emmy Award for “Hope Regenerated”
1970s. The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) multimedia team has been recognized with ... his PhD with Professor Yannas. Freidah, the in-house videographer for the MIT Department of Mechanical ... was for me personally. The Department of Mechanical Engineering has consistently supported my work, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-mechanical-engineering-wins-new-england-emmy-award-%E2%80%9Chope-regenerated%E2%80%9DMechanical engineer-led startups offer healthcare solutions
Traverso, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Traverso is no stranger to startups. He has ... a variety of drugs, including an oral memantine for Alzheimer’s MedTech Research Focus: Mechanical ... mechanical engineering, is currently trying to determine the regulatory needs for her own startup. In May, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mechanical-engineer-led-startups-offer-healthcare-solutionsCompeting Mechanisms Influence Tumor Cell Migration
Singapore Research Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, and Mechanical Engineering ... existence of two competing mechanisms. One is autologous chemotaxis, which occurs in low-cell-density ... the CCR7 receptor is blocked. This newly discovered mechanism kicks in when the pressure of a fluid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/competing-mechanisms-influence-tumor-cell-migrationLearning challenges shape a mechanical engineer’s path
helped design and test a sensor for measuring tendon stress. He recognized his strengths in mechanical ... Hermus completed his PhD in mechanical engineering from MIT. He has been an author on seven papers in ... won awards for his academics and for his mechanical engineering research and has served as a mentor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/learning-challenges-shape-mechanical-engineer%E2%80%99s-path'Imagine it, build it' describes spirit of 2.679 (Electronics for Mechanical Systems II)
(Electronics for Mechanical Systems II) offers a sort of alchemy that transforms students from consumers of ... says Tonio Buonassisi, professor of mechanical engineering. "Between those two is a universe, and ... a more comprehensive understanding of how to integrate mechanical systems and electronics.” Banzaert says ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/imagine-it-build-it-describes-spirit-2679-electronics-mechanical-systems-iiClosing the gender gap in mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering, for example, only 13.2 percent of bachelor’s degrees in 2015 were earned by women, ... contrast to the undergraduate population in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), which as of ... mechanical engineering Dawn Wendell ’04 SM ’06 PhD ’11, and lecturer in comparative media studies and writing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/closing-gender-gap-mechanical-engineeringThe Making of a Mechanical Engineer in Seven UROPs
of Mechanical Engineering. “In the midst of shuffling papers, I took the time to skim the ... degrees in mechanical engineering and nuclear science and engineering in 2009. The UROPs included an ... really clueless about a lot of things when I arrived at MIT,” recalls Rojas. “I thought that a mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-mechanical-engineer-seven-uropsRetired mechanical engineer puts hundreds of parts to use in kinetic sculptures
many different disciplines,” explains Goldstein, who as chief of the mechanical engineering section ... Bike that dispenses cookies, to Ro-Bow, a mechanical violin player, the projects all have hundreds of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/retired-mechanical-engineer-puts-hundreds-parts-use-kinetic-sculpturesBioengineering: A Mechanical Engineering Crossroads
cheetah. Photo Credit: M. Scott Brauer by Alissa Mallinson MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering has ... engineers in particular, who are now applying biological principles to mechanical design and, conversely, ... mechanical engineering principles to the understanding of biology, advancing both fields dramatically in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bioengineering-mechanical-engineering-crossroadsGraduate Professional Development Opportunities
Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities for Graduate Students MIT Mechanical Engineering ... Graduate Travel Grants MIT Mechanical Engineering Department is pleased to again offer five Graduate Travel ... Travel Award in Mechanical Engineering Keck Travel Award in Thermal Sciences Den Hartog Travel Award in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/graduate/developmentIridescent Displays
up with the idea to simulate the mechanism for iridescent color in butterfly wings? The mechanism ... very little understanding of how the relationships between mechanical stress, device geometry, material ... functioning full display. After all, the basic device is mechanical in nature and so the mechanical properties ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/iridescent-displaysClarence Chui
Chui_Clarence.jpg Photo by Ken Hansen How did the team come up with the idea to simulate the mechanism for ... iridescent color in butterfly wings? The mechanism responsible for the iridescent color in butterfly wings ... relationships between mechanical stress, device geometry, material thicknesses, and environmental conditions ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/clarence-chuiFaculty Research: Professor Neville Hogan
elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. ... Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, developed the ... the dependence on the machine. It’s a little bit like coaching.” Ankle Mechanics In their most recent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-neville-hoganMechE Faculty Contact Information
617-253-9860 Bathe, Klaus-Jurgen KJB@MIT.EDU Becker, Kaitlyn KAIT@MIT.EDU Fox, Geoff gfox@mit.edu 617-253-9344 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/meche-faculty-contact-information3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design
The process of computational design in mechanical engineering often begins with a problem or ... Assistant Professor Faez Ahmed, and graduate student Amin Heyrani Nobari in the Department of Mechanical ... principles to tackle design challenges and enhance the creation of mechanical systems. One of their projects, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-inverting-problem-designStudent Awards
Award (Outstanding Service to the Department of Mechanical Engineering) Jad El Khoury, Rohun Kulkarni, Jacqueline ... Lockheed Martin Prize (Outstanding Sophomore in Mechanical and Systems Engineering) Nicholas Kwok Louis ... Michael Stern Department Service Award (Outstanding Service to the Department of Mechanical ...
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