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Giving robots a sense of touch
a senior research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Chenzhuo Zhu, an undergraduate ... Engineering and Computer Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Mechanical Engineering; Adelson; and ... area. The MIT researchers adopted the same approach. Wenzhen Yuan, a graduate student in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-sense-touchA New Way to Make Sheets of Graphene
says Hart, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “To make it ... manufacturing. Since then, focus has shifted to making graphene films on metal foil, but researchers have faced ... taught, the work was done in collaboration with a large glass manufacturer, Guardian Industries. “To meet ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-sheets-grapheneDrive-by monitoring for urban streetlights
researchers at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering thought. And after several iterations of software ... PhD ’14; Sanjay Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor in Mechanical ... Engineering and vice president for open learning; and three others. “The way we measure street lighting is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drive-monitoring-urban-streetlights2.009 lights up the stage
— to do something new.” Course instructor David Wallace, professor of mechanical engineering and master ... gamers were the top two online scorers, as well as mechanical engineering department head Evelyn Wang. ... their drive for design and engineering, the students presented him with a gift “that will ignite ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-lights-stageBasic training
campus,” says Culpepper, who is also a professor of mechanical engineering, and runs the MakerLodge program ... makerspace. Junior Ruben Peinado, a student volunteer and mechanical engineering major, is making the most of ... build the makerspace itself this summer. MakerLodge_01_1024.jpg MIT has over 40 design ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basic-trainingSoft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought
hidden stresses during processing could help manufacturers design better products that last longer and ... to do with the goop’s “mechanical memory.” Soft gels and lotions are made by mixing ingredients until ... and slide back into its former, premixed state. Mechanical memory is, in part, why hand lotion ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-materials-hold-%E2%80%9Cmemories%E2%80%9D-their-past-longer-previously-thoughtStudent product ideas range from lifesaving to just plain fun
The theme for this year’s student projects in the mechanical engineering class called Product ... engineering David Wallace and a large team of assistants and mentors. It is designed to give its students ... 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-funInstrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
of Mechanical Engineering. “For instance, someone who has heard about the water crisis in Flint, ... professor of mechanical engineering; and Rohit Karnik, professor of mechanical engineering and associate ... designed this for use in India, but it’s taught me a lot about our own water issues and trace contaminants ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/instrument-may-enable-mail-testing-detect-heavy-metals-waterAn easier way to remove medical devices
Traverso, the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of ... designed medical devices that could be used inside the body as stents, staples, or drug depots, then safely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/easier-way-remove-medical-devicesMIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
Micha Feigin-Almon, research scientist in mechanical engineering, seek to compare the movements of ... dynamic props that evolve as they progress through the game? Department of Electrical Engineering and ... appealing three-dimensional objects. “While this system is specifically designed for varifocal, multifocal, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mitnano-awards-inaugural-ncsoft-seed-grants-gaming-technologiesPrintable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
John Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. ... MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and ... is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum. The new printable metal is made from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-partsOn a mission to build the uncrashable car
causing a crash.” Saturday, June 9, 2018 Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering ... and associate professor at the University of Michigan. “From an engineering perspective, the focus ... University of Michigan’s Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, where he continued his work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mission-build-uncrashable-carA new way to irrigate crops year-round
farmers to design an inexpensive, low-pressure drip irrigation system. She quickly learned the bigger ... co-founder who is no longer with the company), who were classmates in of hers in 2.760 (Global Engineering ... point of moving to India was so we could spend more time with farmers, get more feedback, manufacture in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-irrigate-crops-year-roundMIT students' works redefine human-AI collaboration
Credits: Be the Beat “Be the Beat,” by Ethan Chang, an MIT mechanical engineering and design student, and ... Zhixing Chen, an MIT mechanical engineering and music student, is an AI-powered boombox that suggests ... Technology program, and Haoheng Tang, a recent graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-students-works-redefine-human-ai-collaborationSmart laser cutter system detects different materials
team designed and 3-D printed a lightweight mechanical housing. Beyond laser cutters, the team ... MIT Mechanical Engineering MathWorks Seed Fund Program. Thursday, August 19, 2021 Rachel Gordon | MIT ... between transparent materials from a workshop. The user would first select a design file in the interface, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-laser-cutter-system-detects-different-materialsWith “Hello!” as its theme, 2.009 returns to the stage
of what engineers in a product development firm might go through to design a new product. Students ... David Wallace, professor of mechanical engineering and the event’s longtime master of ceremonies, who ... for the final presentations of 2.009, MIT’s popular Product Engineering Processes course. After going ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Chello%E2%80%9D-its-theme-2009-returns-stageTackling air pollution with autonomous drones
new skills quickly. “I’m a mechanical design student, so I do a lot of 3D modeling,” says ... pollution monitoring system is the capstone project of recently graduated New Engineering Education ... the other projects we were looking at,” says Trautman, who majored in electrical engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-air-pollution-autonomous-dronesA 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 ... knew that they wanted a mechanical solution, one that wouldn’t be as prone to electronic failure, or as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/measurable-improvement-stem-access-blindClearing the air
contributed to the project are about to get closer to their goal. Li, then a recent mechanical engineering ... time sophomore mechanical engineering student Annie Dai arrived for her MISTI internship in June 2016, Plume was ... Externship program to help design, build, and test the Flow tracker, a wearable device that tracks indoor and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/clearing-airCleaning Water Without the Grid
professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, but he describes one of the most important aspects of his job as ... Their research team, sponsored by the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design and its partner, the ... Desal Prize earlier last year with their design of a solar-powered electrodialysis desalination system. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cleaning-water-without-grid