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Device that recycles vaporized water from power plants wins MIT $100K
Damak PhD ’17, a mechanical engineering graduate and co-founder of Infinite Cooling, said in the ... requirements,” said co-founder and co-inventor Karim Khalil PhD ’17, a mechanical engineering graduate. During ... professor of mechanical engineering and serial entrepreneur, told MIT News after the competition. Many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/device-recycles-vaporized-water-power-plants-wins-mit-100kHow strong is your knot?
experienced the greatest stress or pressure. Kolle, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was ... mathematicians and engineers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how stable a knot is, based on ... their results today in the journal Science. Pressure’s color In 2018, Kolle’s group engineered ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-strong-your-knotUsing sensors and social networks to make slopes safer
Mechanical Engineering (MechE) alumnus Jim Christian SM '14 had an idea to tap into the superabundance ... Connects. Friday, July 7, 2017 Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration ... charged with designing a product that solves a real-life problem for course 2.739 (Product Design and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-sensors-and-social-networks-make-slopes-saferInfinite 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 ... enormous water costs.” “We are grateful for the Tata Center for Technology and Design ’s early seed funding ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/infinite-cooling-wins-cleantech-university-prize-competition“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-themMorris Chang ’52, SM ’53 describes the secrets of semiconductor success
production and by focusing on manufacturing while chip design occurs elsewhere. In his remarks, Chang, whose ... in 1931, left the country in the late 1940s, and earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from ... Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Political Science, Leaders for Global Operations, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/morris-chang-%E2%80%9952-sm-%E2%80%9953-describes-secrets-semiconductor-successFinding leaks while they’re easy to fix
development and testing for nine years by professor of mechanical engineering Kamal Youcef-Toumi, graduate ... field tests there earlier this year that resulted in some further design improvements to the system, ... manufacturers in China. “In those new pipe systems there is still about 30 percent of water lost due to leaks ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finding-leaks-while-they%E2%80%99re-easy-fixMIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
incubator for new ideas. In 2019, MITOS director Julie Newman and professor of mechanical engineering ... high-energy-efficiency design features, including an innovative air filtering process to support clean room standards ... while minimizing energy use. For these sustainable design elements, the facility was recognized with an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-continues-advance-toward-greenhouse-gas-reduction-goalsNylon fibers made to flex like muscles
the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, researchers had come up with the basic principle ... contrast, uses cheap material and a simple manufacturing process, and demonstrates very good cycling ... turn that linear shrinking motion into bending typically requires a mechanism such as a pulley and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nylon-fibers-made-flex-musclesKripa Varanasi: Innovating at interfaces
about to be upended by a new product coming to market. The brainchild of MIT mechanical engineer Kripa ... earned tenure as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He met his wife ... to huge losses across industries,” Varanasi says. “For example, in paint manufacturing alone, paint ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kripa-varanasi-innovating-interfacesData-driven diabetes management
insulin.” Making a win-win product During their MIT years, White, a mechanical engineering student, and ... on new injection methods in the lab of Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Ian Hunter, ... design decision, there is a wealth of user experience research to back it up,” White says. Planned future ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/data-driven-diabetes-managementNew system recovers fresh water from power plants
by Maher Damak PhD ’18 and associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. Damak and ... A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-system-recovers-fresh-water-power-plantsMaking 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
designs are manually programmed into the printer, and each finished part is manually removed before ... Alloys, a startup developing high-speed, multimetal manufacturing systems that run at lower costs than ... Pieper ’14, director of software at Digital Alloys; and Mateo Peña Doll, director of hardware engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-3-d-printing-simple-printing-paperThis flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes
lenses in telescopes. Wim van Rees, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, also sees ... Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from ... designed a mesh embedded with conductive liquid metal, that curves into a dome to form an active antenna, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/flat-structure-morphs-shape-human-face-when-temperature-changesA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
going after this disruptive opportunity,” says Winter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... replicate the adjusted torque profile, using simple mechanical elements. Currently, the group has engineered ... Researchers design inexpensive prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion. In the last two ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeCoatings for shoe bottoms could improve traction on slick surfaces
Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, MIT engineers have designed a friction-boosting ... professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an assistant ... research was funded by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, the U.S. National Science Foundation, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/coatings-shoe-bottoms-could-improve-traction-slick-surfacesIntelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research
Department of Mechanical Engineering, École Normale Supérieure de Rennes, and Brown University, reveal ... objectives, like reduced drag. Earlier this year, Fan was awarded an MIT Mechanical Engineering de Florez ... with MIT Sea Grant; Gurvan Jodin from ENS Rennes; MIT PhD candidate in mechanical engineering Yu Ma; ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/intelligent-towing-tank-propels-human-robot-computer-research-0Tapping the MIT talent pool for the future of fusion
MIT graduate student Caroline Sorensen is using her talent for mechanical engineering to help ... disciplines — mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aero-astro — are working together to achieve ... physicists and nuclear engineering researchers, she says, but not all. “There are a few of us from other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-mit-talent-pool-future-fusionAutomating Aquaculture
mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and electrical engineering, and computer sciences students work ... Manufacturing Controls, Instrumentation and Robotics Ocean Science and Engineering Innovation Environment ... together to design a robot to help with flipping oyster bags at Ward Aquafarm on Cape Cod. Design and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/automating-aquaculture