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“Active” Surfaces Control What’s on Them
surfaces are passive,” says Kripa Varanasi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and ... material, such as electric fields or differences in temperature. Neelesh Patankar, a professor of mechanical ... engineering at Northwestern University who was not involved in this work, says this research “introduces a new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cactive%E2%80%9D-surfaces-control-what%E2%80%99s-themStretchable Hydrogel Electronics
engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that ... Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Engineering. The hydrogel, which Zhao detailed earlier this month, is a rubbery material, mostly composed of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchable-hydrogel-electronicsInfinite Cooling wins Cleantech University Prize competition
mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, and graduate student Maher Damak. Photo: Alexi Taylor Ko Infinite ... and Karim Khalil, all from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have been fine-tuning their ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/infinite-cooling-wins-cleantech-university-prize-competitionA new approach to liquid-repelling surfaces
a paper by graduate student Kyle Wilke, professor of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn ... management in high-performance devices.” Chang-Jin Kim, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-approach-liquid-repelling-surfacesNew material could make it easier to remove colon polyps
Mechanical Engineering and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Traverso is the senior ... Mechanical Engineering. Monday, July 29, 2019 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration Entrepreneurship ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-material-could-make-it-easier-remove-colon-polypsHow to get conductive gels to stick when wet
Baoyang Lu, and professor of mechanical engineering Xuanhe Zhao. Most electrodes used for biomedical ... uncoated polymer, he says. The result is a mechanically strong and conductive gel that bonds tightly with ... chemical engineering at Stanford University, who was not associated with this research. “Wet adhesives are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-get-conductive-gels-stick-when-wetDriving a human-machine collaboration
Mechanical and Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Is there a sort of future ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/driving-human-machine-collaborationGraphene holds up under high pressure
associate professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, says the team’s results, reported today ... But engineers at MIT have found that the ultrathin material is exceptionally sturdy, remaining intact ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graphene-holds-under-high-pressureLet it rain! New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof
water-resistant,” says Varanasi, who is an associate professor of mechanical engineering. “If you’re standing out in ... Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering and associate provost at MIT. Credit for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/let-it-rain-new-coatings-make-natural-fabrics-waterproofA new way to make droplets bounce away
and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. The key to the process, they explain, is ... In many situations, engineers want to minimize the contact of droplets of water or other liquids ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-droplets-bounce-awayDepartment Head John Hart Announces New MechE Leadership
Mechanical and Ocean Engineering. He has provided extensive service to MechE in various roles ... Associate Head for Research Ellen Roche is the Latham Family Career Development Associate Professor in Mechanical ... Engineering and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES). Her research focuses on the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-head-john-hart-announces-new-meche-leadershipSAE honors MIT researchers for best paper
of Mechanical Engineering — C. Justin Kamp, Alex G. Sappok, and Victor W. Wong — with the 2014 Arch ... 2014 Department of Mechanical Engineering orange ... The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recently presented three researchers in the Department ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sae-honors-mit-researchers-best-paperSecretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visits MIT
the MIT campus on Sept. 29. Wright earned a BS in mechanical engineering and spent two and a half ... research. After earning his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, Wright entered into graduate ... years pursuing graduate studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science before ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/secretary-energy-chris-wright-%E2%80%9985-visits-mitIcing ALS: MIT Family Reshapes Research Models
Rafael Reif and the mechanical engineering faculty recently took the chilly dunks — with a decidedly MIT ... Mechanical Engineering John Heywood SM ’62, PhD ’65 — Stephen Heywood, who died of ALS in 2006, and whose ... and provided startup funds and connections to other donors. Jamie’s mechanical engineering training at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/icing-als-mit-family-reshapes-research-modelsAn inflatable gastric balloon could help people lose weight
deflated in between meals,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at ... limitation.” The research was funded by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Karl van Tassel Career ... engineers have designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. In an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-gastric-balloon-could-help-people-lose-weight“Cold spray” 3D printing technique proves effective for on-site bridge repair
Massachusetts at Amherst in collaboration with researchers from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... | Department of Mechanical Engineering red Collaboration Horizontal ... associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UMass Amherst and former visiting professor in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ccold-spray%E2%80%9D-3d-printing-technique-proves-effective-site-bridge-repairTool Designer Puts “Mind and Hand” to Work
a high-torque impact wrench made for iron workers and truck mechanics that was twice as powerful as anything his ... Slice_09_04_25_Brown_credit Beth Cholst '16_1024.jpg Brown's work as a manager of design engineering at Milkwaukee ... '16 He attributes that achievement to skills learned during his undergraduate studies in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tool-designer-puts-%E2%80%9Cmind-and-hand%E2%80%9D-workPower Efficiency in the Violin
a professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT. “You’re cutting with a knife into thin wood and you ... scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The team modeled the airflow through a simple round ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-efficiency-violinFinding leaks while they’re easy to fix
development and testing for nine years by professor of mechanical engineering Kamal Youcef-Toumi, graduate ... period of time,” says Mark Gallager, director of engineering and distribution at the Cambridge, ... Ultimately, the team hopes, the robot could not just find leaks but also be equipped with a special mechanism ...
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