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Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals
Nature Catalysis, in a paper by Yang Shao-Horn, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering and of ... a postdoc in RLE; Yirui Zhang, a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and five ... Foundation’s Extreme Science and Engineering Environment. Tuesday, September 7, 2021 David L. Chandler | MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-catalytic-surfaces-more-active-help-decarbonize-fuels-and-chemicalsKripa Varanasi: Innovating at interfaces
about to be upended by a new product coming to market. The brainchild of MIT mechanical engineer Kripa ... fundamentals in engineering and gave me the confidence to pursue my dreams,” he says. “Coming to MIT was ... earned tenure as an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He met his wife ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kripa-varanasi-innovating-interfacesUltralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
says the study’s lead author, Carlos Portela, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. If ... A new study by engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich shows that “nanoarchitected” materials ... MIT-Supersonic-Carbon-01-press1024.jpg Engineers at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zürich find “nanoarchitected” materials designed from precisely ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultralight-material-withstands-supersonic-microparticle-impactsSolving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
their paper. Kripa Varanasi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, says, “We wanted to ... MIT-Polymer-1.jpg A scanning transmission electron micrograph (STEM) of the polymer material shows its division into ... Photo by: Asli Ugur Now researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have explained how ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymersResearchers clarify mystery about proposed battery material
to explain them. MIT-Lithium-i-1024.jpg This series of photographs shows the chemical reaction that ... Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Now, a team at MIT has carried out detailed tests that seem to resolve the questions ... Environmental Science, in a paper by Yang Shao-Horn, MIT’s W.M. Keck Professor of Energy; Paula Hammond, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-clarify-mystery-about-proposed-battery-materialSponge creates steam using ambient sunlight
How do you boil water? Eschewing the traditional kettle and flame, MIT engineers have invented ... Ni, an MIT graduate student; and Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering ... and the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; in collaboration with TieJun Zhang and his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sponge-creates-steam-using-ambient-sunlightHow to assess new solar technologies
by MIT graduate student Sarah Sofia, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, ... question, but a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has come up with a way to figure out the best ... are better. MIT-Cost-Solar_1024.jpg A team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has come up with a way ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-new-solar-technologiesEven as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture
thermal regulation,” says Lenan Zhang, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... drying effects. MIT engineers have now found that polyethylene glycol (PEG) — a hydrogel commonly used in ... -CapturingHumidity1024.jpg MIT engineers have found that a common hydrogel has unique, super-soaking abilities. Even as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/even-temperatures-rise-hydrogel-material-keeps-absorbing-moistureTurning heat into electricity
conventional semiconductors like silicon,” says Te-Huan Liu, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Physics; and Gang Chen, the Soderberg Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering ... might one day become a reality. MIT-dirac-heat-1024.jpg MIT researchers, looking for ways to turn heat ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-heat-electricityElectron-phonon interactions affect heat dissipation in computer chips
graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT. “If phonons are scattered by electrons, they’re not as ... MIT engineers say cellphones, laptops, and other electronic devices may face a higher risk of ... Professor in Power Engineering and the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Alexei Maznev, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/electron-phonon-interactions-affect-heat-dissipation-computer-chipsHigh-speed images capture archer fish’s rocket-like launch
Alexandra Techet, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. But once an insect is shot down, it ... insect in midair, ensuring that no other competitor steals its prey. Now MIT engineers have detailed the ... engineering at MIT. “All that force has to be created close to the surface, at a near standstill. That’s what ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/high-speed-images-capture-archer-fish%E2%80%99s-rocket-launchResearchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
Svetlana Boriskina, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina is author ... heat-radiating capabilities. Image: Felice Frankel Now MIT engineers have made samples of strong, tissue-like ... material-engineering technique. Her MIT co-authors are Luis Marcelo Lozano, Seongdon Hong, Yi Huang, Hadi Zandavi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-tune-material%E2%80%99s-color-and-thermal-properties-separatelyExperiments reveal the physics of evaporation
of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn Wang, and three others at MIT and Tokyo ... a liquid boils away from a hot surface. MIT-Evaporation-Physics-01_1024.jpg Evaporation hasn’t been studied ... in detail at a molecular level, until now. New MIT research has revealed details of the process. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/experiments-reveal-physics-evaporationNew Concept Turns Battery Technology Upside-Down
co-authored by Kyocera Professor of Ceramics Yet-Ming Chiang, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... operation, says a team of MIT researchers who have made a demonstration version of the new battery. Liquid ... Alexander Slocum, School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation Gareth McKinley, and POSCO ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-concept-turns-battery-technology-upside-downExtending the life of low-cost, compact, lightweight batteries
Energy Yang Shao-Horn, and professor of mechanical engineering Douglas P. Hart. While several other ... their metal electrodes. Now, MIT researchers have found a way to substantially reduce that corrosion, ... expensive and more compact and lightweight, but they can lose 80 percent of their charge a month. The MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/extending-life-low-cost-compact-lightweight-batteriesSee-through film rejects 70 percent of incoming solar heat
still letting in a good amount of light. Nicholas Fang, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... to grow as the global thermostat climbs. Now MIT engineers have developed a heat-rejecting film that ... professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Smart windows that regulate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/see-through-film-rejects-70-percent-incoming-solar-heatWaves in the Deep
a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, tracked the theoretical movement of fluid caught up ... wave — either of which can be devastating. Now a new study by an MIT researcher suggests that these ... and other nutrients around the globe in a matter of hours. MIT-Deep-Ocean-Waves-1024.jpg Usama Kadri, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/waves-deepGetting more heat out of sunlight
Zhao, an MIT graduate student; Evelyn Wang, professor and head of the Department of Mechanical ... 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit). MIT-Heat-Collection-01-1024.jpg The key to the process ... Engineering; Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering; and five others. The key to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-more-heat-out-sunlightAdvanced silicon solar cells
Buonassisi, associate professor of mechanical engineering and lab director. ... Mechanical Engineering have identified defects that may be causing a promising type of high-efficiency ... Ashley Morishige, postdoc in mechanical engineering. That behavior is perplexing because manufacturers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advanced-silicon-solar-cellsA streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys
of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, who heads the department’s Quantum Matter Group — was ... Chen, a mechanical engineering PhD student. “But those calculations scale with the fourth order of the ... already thinking along similar lines. In fact, Li and nine collaborators (from MIT, Lawrence Berkeley ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/streamlined-approach-determining-thermal-properties-crystalline-solids-and-alloys