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Student product ideas range from lifesaving to just plain fun
The theme for this year’s student projects in the mechanical engineering class called Product ... its 21st year, the class, known by its course number, 2.009, is led by professor of mechanical ... Engineering Processes was “rough, tough, and messy,” but the student teams’ product ideas were much more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-product-ideas-range-lifesaving-just-plain-funMick Mountz
management Benge Ambrogi (SM ‘87) and engineering fellow Pete Mansfield (PhD ‘90) joined the start-up. ... firmware and control systems. On the back end, software is engineered to distribute missions to the robots ... traverse, but they have to do it on a very consistent, reliable basis. From a mechanical perspective, it’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/mick-mountzA measurable improvement in STEM access for the blind
technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Jain and Singhal, PhD candidates in Course 2 (mechanical ... engineering) at MIT, co-founded Squirrel Devices to tackle this problem. Their first instrument aims to make ... answer is, yes, of course they care! BLV students may not be able to see color, but like any 13-year old, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/measurable-improvement-stem-access-blindFrom counting blood cells to motion capture, sensors drive patient-centered research
research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. “MIT.nano has the tools to support ... presentations underscored the multidisciplinary reach of sensors research. Mechanical engineering Associate ... a mechanical engineering graduate student, shared her work on human balance that she hopes will lead to a new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/counting-blood-cells-motion-capture-sensors-drive-patient-centered-researchCooling when there’s too much heat
MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and the lead author of the study. The goal for Varanasi and ... Bird, who is now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University. “Common ... a professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who was not ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cooling-when-there%E2%80%99s-too-much-heatBryan Schmid
A conventional high-angle rescue normally involves five to 10 rescuers over the course of hours, whereas a rescue ... up to 600 pounds. What kind of engineering challenges did you encounter in your design? When you ... deliver it to the rope-climbing mechanism. We do a pretty good job of that, but we’re still pulling so ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/bryan-schmidA new strategy for choosing cancer drugs
Erna Viterbi Professor in the MIT departments of Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and ... cells and analyzing them to understand mechanisms of resistance,” Manalis says. In a recent paper in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-strategy-choosing-cancer-drugs3 Questions: Asegun Henry on five “grand thermal challenges” to stem the tide of global warming
author and the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical ... Engineering, about this grand vision. Q: Before we get into the specifics of the five challenges you lay out, ... needs to be spread much more broadly. This particular paper is about thermal science and engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-asegun-henry-five-%E2%80%9Cgrand-thermal-challenges%E2%80%9D-stem-tide-global-warmingProfessional Education
develop the knowledge base of professionals in particular fields, including mechanical engineering and its ... virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. ... Through OCW, educators improve courses and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/professionalImaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution
author along with mechanical engineering professor Peter So and principal research scientist Brian ... a 0.7-milimeter-thick slice of mouse brain tissue. In fact, says co-lead author and mechanical engineering postdoc W. ... regions underneath, such as the hippocampus. In a new study, a team of MIT scientists and engineers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/imaging-tech-promises-deepest-looks-yet-living-brain-tissue-single-cell-resolutionDanielle Zurovcik
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zurovcik was one of the first to identify the significance ... $4,000. But how could a device with such simple mechanics be so expensive? “If you look at it from ... Alissa Mariello Mallinson MechE Communications Office Saturday, February 7, 2015 Alumni Course ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/danielle-zurovcikBatch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach
mechanical engineers, PhD candidate Emily Tow and postdoc David Warsinger, and also includes MIT PhD student ... School of Engineering Culture Entrepreneurship International Horizontal Emily Tow, left, and David ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batch-desalination-configuration-bests-standard-reverse-osmosis-approachMIT students hack assistive technology solutions for local clients
Laboratory; Don Fredette of The Boston Home; Michael Buchman of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... they decided to expand the remote's capabilities. They created a mechanical light switch that can ... be mounted to any switch in Dan's home. The mechanism surrounds a light switch and moves up and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-students-hack-assistive-technology-solutions-local-clientsComputing
Computing Mechanical Engineering aims to prepare students to tackle some of the world’s most ... challenging engineering problems by leveraging computational tools and methods. This concentration allows ... students to learn about mechanical systems modeling combined with computing and numerical methods. This ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/undergraduate/course-2a/computingAnnMarie Thomas
course 2.007 [Design and Manufacturing] was utterly life changing for me,” says Thomas, who majored in ... ocean engineering (now a part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering) while at MIT. “He had an ... create fun, hands-on engineering projects. “The common theme in our lab is a mix of technology, fun, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/annmarie-thomasA low-tech solution for high-impact health care
certainly broadened my perspective.” Mechanical engineering sophomore Claire Traweek appreciated in ... were provided by VHacks. Over the course of the 36-hour challenge, 120 students representing 30 ... electrical engineering and computer science. “I was particularly excited about VHacks due to its unique ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-tech-solution-high-impact-health-careWater, water everywhere … even in the air
including MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Evelyn Wang, MIT postdoc Sameer Rao, graduate ... water that satisfies the needs of a household. … To me, that will be made possible because of this ... technology,” says Yang Yang, a professor of engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, who was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-water-everywhere-%E2%80%A6-even-airHow to assess new solar technologies
by MIT graduate student Sarah Sofia, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, ... findings could be significant for those planning new solar installations, Sofia says. “For me, showing that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-new-solar-technologiesMechE Connects Spring 2024: News and Awards
graduate program and undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering for 2022–2023. Women’s Technology ... Program (WTP-ME) The Women’s Technology Program (WTPME) introduces high school students to mechanical ... mechanical device engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials science with pharmaceutical and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-connects-spring-2024-news-and-awardsTargeting Product Design for the Developing World
Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, combed through the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/targeting-product-design-developing-world