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Sweat-proof “smart skin” takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals
Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We can provide wearable sensors that can do ... researchers in MIT’s departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, and the ... MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof “electronic skin” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sweat-proof-%E2%80%9Csmart-skin%E2%80%9D-takes-reliable-vitals-even-during-workouts-and-spicy-mealsOur hairy insides
the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and associate dean of the School of ... currents of the fluids they’re immersed in. MIT-Hair-Beds_1024.jpg Engineers at MIT can predict how beds of ... flow. Photo courtesy of the researchers Now engineers at MIT have found a way to predict how such tiny, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-hairy-insidesTechnique inspired by dolphin chirps could improve tests of soft materials
processes and materials,” says Bavand Keshavarz, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT; Thibaut Divoux of ... MIT engineers have devised a technique that vastly improves on the speed and accuracy of measuring ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-inspired-dolphin-chirps-could-improve-tests-soft-materialsUntangling How Cables Coil
associate professor of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “We have ... can significantly slow telecommunications around the world. Now engineers at MIT, along with computer ... theoretical analyses. In the lab, MIT engineers set up a desktop system to spool spaghetti-like cables onto ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/untangling-how-cables-coilNew scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand
the researchers Ken Kamrin, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says the scaling law ... When engineers design a new aircraft, they carry out much of the initial testing not on full-sized ... engineers at MIT have come up with a similar scaling law to describe how objects move through sand. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-scaling-law-predicts-how-wheels-drive-over-sandFrom microfluidics to metastasis
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Koch Institute. As luck and lunch lines would have ... engineering advancements over the years have made it possible to extract cells via liquid biopsy and analyze ... significant progress toward creating genetically engineered mouse models, liquid biopsies hold great promise ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-metastasisAncient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
engineering and mechanical engineering major who graduated in May. She spoke above the “thwump, thwump” sound ... lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The first half of the class, taught by ... associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Admir Masic, focused on Roman concrete, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ancient-african-smelting-technique-sparks-anew-mitNew laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses
Metamaterials are products of engineering wizardry. They are made from everyday polymers, ... ordinary materials can take on extraordinary properties. With the help of computer simulations, engineers ... Courtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesMicrofluidics and nanofluidics research address global challenges
Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, addresses real-world ... July 22, 2014 John Freidah | Mechanical engineering green International karnik@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-and-nanofluidics-research-address-global-challengesJ-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, has been awarded ... professor of mechanical engineering, is developing novel spray formulations comprising charged molecules to ... Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and co-PI Amy Smith, who is a senior lecturer in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-commercialization-grants-develop-technologies-water-and-food-solutionsReal People, Real Solutions at D-Lab
work with environmental, mechanical, and civil engineers. Patel and his team helped a group in Colombia ... Heilshorn ’25 learned something she’ll never forget: what gets engineered in the controlled comforts of ... in a course called D-Lab: Development, creating two prototypes of the chamber, an iterative process ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/real-people-real-solutions-d-labLegena Henry SM ’10
In 2019, Legena Henry SM ’10 and the students in her renewable energy course at the University ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/legena-henry-sm-%E2%80%9910Legena Henry
In 2019, Legena Henry SM ’10 and the students in her renewable energy course at the University ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/legena-henryMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... basement membrane, a material that itself has been tricky for scientists to characterize. Now MIT engineers ... study of cell mechanics, with a focus on the behavior of cancer cells and the processes that drive ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasisPeter Godart
a driving force in Godart’s academic career. As a mechanical engineering undergraduate at MIT, he took the ... Beth Gallagher Department of Mechanical Engineering Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Culture Prospective-Grad ... materials while providing clean energy and fresh water,” adds Douglas Hart, professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/peter-godartMIT 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 ... Materials with similar mechanical properties to Oreo creme—toothpaste, yogurt, ice cream—split down the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-scientists-twist-apart-more-1000-oreos-search-perfect-methodHarvesting Fresh Water from Fog
Engineering, working with colleagues at the Pontificial University of Chile in Santiago, are harvesting potable ... westerly winds, local Chilean communities collect fog water for drinking and agricultural use. Mechanics ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/harvesting-fresh-water-fog-0The Secret of Wrinkling, Folding, and Creasing
another? MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Xuanhe Zhao and postdoc Qiming Wang describe ... skin of pumpkins. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering ... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The work began with a classification of patterns into ...
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