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Robo-picker grasps and packs
stored. Now engineers from MIT and Princeton University have developed a robotic system that may one day ... an impact,” says Alberto Rodriguez, the Walter Henry Gale Career Development Professor in Mechanical ... Engineering at MIT. Rodriguez and his colleagues at MIT and Princeton will present a paper detailing their ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robo-picker-grasps-and-packsMonthly birth control pill could replace daily doses
a daily dose. Langer and Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and ... a month, while the tablets last for only a day. For use in humans, the capsule would be designed to break ... Entrepreneurship International Horizontal MIT engineers including Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monthly-birth-control-pill-could-replace-daily-dosesToday's Annoyances, Tomorrow's Technology
Ten,” explores the mechanics and physics underlying natural and manufactured structures with the goal of ... transform today’s annoyances into tomorrow’s technology. Reis, who holds a dual appointment in mechanical ... engineering and civil and environmental engineering and recently named one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/todays-annoyances-tomorrows-technologyMIT robot combines vision and touch to learn the game of Jenga
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, says the robot demonstrates something that’s ... a solitary, slow-moving, yet surprisingly agile game of Jenga. The robot, developed by MIT engineers, is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-robot-combines-vision-and-touch-learn-game-jengaA 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 ... with a specially designed shape. Images by Kyle Wilke Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-approach-liquid-repelling-surfacesHow slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide
of mechanical engineering at MIT, along with former students Leonid Rapoport PhD ’18 and Brian ... has now tackled a new category of consumer and manufacturing woe: how to get much thicker materials to ... forces associated with such interfaces. The new paper explains the fundamental design principles that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-slippery-surfaces-allow-sticky-pastes-and-gels-slideClimbing the ‘power ascension’ market
featuring advanced manufacturing and testing equipment. Popular Mechanics, NPR, “MythBusters,” and other ... as more line wraps around a cylinder and more weight is added. A mechanical engineering alumnus, Ball ... — which began as a prototype for MIT’s Soldier Design Competition in 2005 — has a handle with direction ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climbing-%E2%80%98power-ascension%E2%80%99-marketStudy: There’s real skill in fantasy sports
teams,” says Hosoi, who is also the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “But ... sports,” says Anette “Peko” Hosoi, associate dean of engineering at MIT. “We ask, does that skill have an ... investigate: Have they designed the contest such that skill is rewarded? If so, then these contests should be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-there%E2%80%99s-real-skill-fantasy-sportsTop collegiate inventors awarded 2021 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
of the Lemelson-MIT Program and associate dean of innovation at the MIT School of Engineering. “This ... Foundation and administered by the School of Engineering, the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize recognizes and ... of centrifugal pumps that mechanically adapts the hydraulic chamber to adjust to fluctuating system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/top-collegiate-inventors-awarded-2021-lemelson-mit-student-prizeMonitoring muscles to improve athletic training
innovation, and entrepreneurship while pursuing his PhD in mechanical engineering, and Babini was on his way ... trial designed to ensure the Hex solved a significant pain point. The founders added features to the Hex ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monitoring-muscles-improve-athletic-trainingMIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research priorities amidst a changing energy landscape
Department of Mechanical Engineering. “It’s an unbelievably enormous problem people have to wrap their minds ... that,” said Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Climate and Energy in ... MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Energizing@MIT: the MIT Energy Initiative’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-energy-initiative-conference-spotlights-research-priorities-amidst-changing-energyMechE announces three new appointments
Mechanical Engineering, and Professor John Leonard has been appointed associate head for research, both ... provide oversight of its machine shops. Hosoi joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2002 as ... and has taken a strong lead as the Department of Mechanical Engineering revamped its innovative Course ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-announces-three-new-appointmentsHelping older adults stay safe and independent
Smartwatches and Fitbits are great for tracking movement, but they weren’t designed for the type ... as a graduate student. Problems worth solving While pursuing his master’s degree in mechanical ... engineering at MIT, Chamberlain was involved in a lot more than just his coursework. In one of his first weeks ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/helping-older-adults-stay-safe-and-independentNew MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age
MIT departments of Mechanical Engineering (Course 2, MechE) and Electrical Engineering and Computer ... mechanical engineering with an accompanying AI certificate awarded by the MIT Schwarzman College of ... for manufacturing and design, with special emphasis on navy applications; and AI for marine autonomy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-mit-program-train-military-leaders-ai-age-0Evan Brown
undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at MIT. Since graduating, his work as manager of design ... inner mechanics of things runs in the family. His grandfather owned a small-engine business, selling ... importance of designing components that can be easily manufactured. A plastic component with vertical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/evan-brownPhotovoltaic-powered sensors for the “internet of things”
buildings and homes. Joining Kantareddy on the papers are: Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) ... Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Combining two low-cost technologies In recent attempts to ... problematic for long-term monitoring. MIT-Solar-Sensor_1024.jpg MIT researchers have designed low-cost, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/photovoltaic-powered-sensors-%E2%80%9Cinternet-things%E2%80%9D“For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade"
of Ocean Engineering merged into the Department of Mechanical Engineering to become the Center for ... demand in the ocean shipping industry, the Department of Mechanical Engineering recently forged ... architecture and marine engineering at MIT in 2013, is coding a software program to design ship propellers and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9C-whosoever-commands-sea-commands-tradePalladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel
MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Kim and his colleagues report details of the new membrane in ... Persad, a former MIT research scientist in mechanical engineering who is now an assistant professor at the ... pure hydrogen for semiconductor manufacturing, food processing, and fertilizer production, among other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/palladium-filters-could-enable-cheaper-more-efficient-generation-hydrogen-fuelHow to Hide Like an Octopus
Development Associate Professor in Engineering Design, and Duke University Professor of Chemistry Stephen ... their surroundings — a capability that engineers have long struggled to duplicate in synthetic ... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says the new material is essentially a layer of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-hide-octopusAmos Winter wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award
and Dorsch in 2016. In addition, the famed mechanical engineering undergraduate course, 2.007 (Design ... in mechanical engineering from MIT. He did postdoctoral research at the SUTD/MIT International Design ... Amos G. Winter, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/amos-winter-wins-harold-e-edgerton-award