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How to float your coffee creamer
Mechanics, offer a detailed, mathematical understanding of drop coalescence, which can be observed in everday ... droplets to act as mechanical ball bearings in zero-gravity environments. “Based on our new theory, ... able to sustain,” says Michela Geri, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-float-your-coffee-creamerLow-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
predict a user’s biomechanical performance, or walking behavior, based on the mechanical design of the ... Winter, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Now we can do that. And that’s super ... foot in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, with graduate student Victor Prost and research engineer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-prosthetic-foot-mimics-natural-walkingRe-engineering the sprinkler
Journal of Mechanical Design, could reduce the energy demands of pulsating sprinklers used for irrigation. ... conserve resources.” Wang co-authored the paper with three researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... activate the pressure compensation mechanism. That takes a lot of pumping power.” The team’s experiment ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/re-engineering-sprinkler3 Questions: How to control biofilms in space
sick. MIT News asked professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi and doctoral student Samantha ... they do on on the ground, then that’s also great, because now we have a mechanism to prevent biofilm ... biomechanical, biophysical, and biochemical mechanisms behind the growth. By adding the surface morphology, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-how-control-biofilms-spaceDesigning for a more equitable world
others. A senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Smith recently sat down with the ... mechanical engineering, to introduce a low-cost filter that will be affordable to the poorest households. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-more-equitable-world3 Questions: Peko Hosoi on the data-driven reasoning behind MIT’s Covid-19 policies for the fall
Anette “Peko” Hosoi, the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate dean ... Anette “Peko” Hosoi, right, the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-peko-hosoi-data-driven-reasoning-behind-mit%E2%80%99s-covid-19-policies-fallMechE Milestones
of the long desired Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.”- Professor Channing Whitaker, 1874 Report to ... S.B. 1869, in the “1874 Report to the President.” Whitaker served as head of mechanical engineering ... we swapped numbers with Civil Engineering, and officially became Course 2.” The study of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-milestones‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness
bunch of elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... Mechanical Engineering, developed the Anklebot as an experimental and rehabilitation tool. Much like ... coaching.” Ankle mechanics In their most recent experiments, the researchers tested the Anklebot on 10 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%98anklebot%E2%80%99-helps-determine-ankle-stiffnessSolving a Rubik's Cube in record time
a lightning speeds. In 2016, a robot broke the world record and solved the cube in 0.637 seconds. Mechanical ... to their success. “I worked on the computer vision software, while Ben worked on the more mechanical ... stuff,” adds Di Carlo. Submitted by: Mary Beth O'Leary, Department of Mechanical Engineering | Video ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-rubiks-cube-record-timeRAS Proposal Submission Timeline
Timelines Mechanical Engineering has established the following internal deadlines to have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/ras-proposal-submission-timelineMIT Hyperloop team competes in SpaceX global competition
The MIT team includes students concentrating in aeronautics, mechanical engineering, electrical ... Freidah/Department of Mechanical Engineering | 3 min, 7 sec Tuesday, January 24, 2017 MIT News Office Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-hyperloop-team-competes-spacex-global-competitionUltrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses, study finds
iStockphoto A new study by researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering suggests that ... imaging. Through computer simulations, the team has modeled the virus’ mechanical response to vibrations ... invisible damage to the RNA inside,” says Tomasz Wierzbicki, professor of applied mechanics at MIT. “The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasound-has-potential-damage-coronaviruses-study-findsEngineering Joy
a revolution in engineering education, and it quickly helped solidify the Department of Mechanical ... Fort Flowers (1941) Professor in Mechanical Engineering. “I can’t think of a single person to have ... Flowers became interested in mechanical engineering and design at a young age, thanks in large part to his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-joy-0Q&A: Engineering professors on America’s Cup
hour). Several professors in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering — who are experts in naval ... architecture, marine hydrodynamics, and fluid mechanics — know a thing or two about sailboat design. Some have ... mechanical engineering; Paul Sclavounos, a professor of mechanical engineering and naval architecture; and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qa-engineering-professors-america%E2%80%99s-cupArtificial whisker reveals source of harbor seal’s uncanny prey-sensing ability
a large-scale model of a harbor seal’s whisker, and identified a mechanism that may explain how seals sense ... it to vibrate at the precise frequency of the wake — a mechanism that may give seals a clue to an ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, says that biologically inspired sensors, modeled after the harbor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-whisker-reveals-source-harbor-seal%E2%80%99s-uncanny-prey-sensing-ability-0Talking Shop: Dr. Anuradha Annaswamy
a senior research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If we can design smart ... powered by renewable resources. Why is it important for mechanical engineers in particular to be looking ... at how to build intelligent systems? Mechanical engineers have a rich culture of being true to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-dr-anuradha-annaswamyClimbing the ‘power ascension’ market
control switches (up or down) and a trigger. An innovative rope-feeding, capstan-based mechanism ensures ... featuring advanced manufacturing and testing equipment. Popular Mechanics, NPR, “MythBusters,” and other ... rope-grabbing mechanism, invented primarily by Ball, who won the 2007 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climbing-%E2%80%98power-ascension%E2%80%99-marketMicrofluidics from LEGO bricks
mechanical engineering at MIT. Indeed, LEGO bricks are manufactured so consistently that no matter where in ... Owens, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We hope in the future, others ... might use LEGO bricks to make a kit of microfluidic tools.” Modular mechanics Hart, who is also director ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-lego-bricksA new tool for modeling the human gut microbiome
However, MIT biological and mechanical engineers have now designed a specialized device in which they can ... new-micro-model-1024.jpg MIT biological and mechanical engineers have designed a specialized device in which they can grow ... Griffith and David Trumper, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering, are the senior authors of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-tool-modeling-human-gut-microbiomeRitu Raman Is an Architect of Muscle and Nerve
Design and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is developing a biofabricated platform that can ... “can do things nonbiological robots can’t,” she says. Observing nature’s mechanisms Going about our ... neuromuscular systems are nature’s actuators—mechanical devices that convert energy to motion. Through reverse ...
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