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Research update: Electric fields can push droplets from surfaces
reported in the journal ACS Nano by MIT postdoc Nenad Miljkovic, associate professor of mechanical ... Researchers at MIT have followed up on their discovery that droplets of water acquire an electric ... engineering Evelyn Wang, graduate student Daniel Preston, and former postdoc Ryan Enright. The finding could ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/research-update-electric-fields-can-push-droplets-surfacesNominations open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization
The MIT Sea Grant College Program announces that nominations are now open for the Doherty ... Professorship in Ocean Utilization. All non-tenured MIT faculty members from any Institute department are ... associate provost; the dean for research; the dean of engineering; the dean of science; the chairman of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nominations-open-doherty-professorship-ocean-utilization2.007 Forever!
designed by undergraduates in MIT’s mechanical engineering course, 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I). Each ... final competition for MIT’s mechanical engineering course, 2.007 (Design and Manufacturing I). | The ... professor of mechanical engineering Kaitlyn Becker. “They may have started out a little bit timid and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2007-foreverNew design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Nicholas Kwok, an MD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health ... associate professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and ... Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Mindy Blodgett | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Horizontal MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-design-principle-could-prevent-catheter-failure-brain-shuntsAn immersive experience in industry
and an academic supervisor from MIT’s mechanical engineering faculty. They also produce a report of ... This summer, four mechanical engineering graduate students had the opportunity to gain hands-on ... and aerospace engineering. katie-hahm-nithin-reddy_1024.jpg MIT PhD candidates Katie Hahm (left) and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/immersive-experience-industryBuilding robots to expand access to cell therapies
startup came from Melocchi, who was a visiting PhD candidate in MIT’s chemical engineering department in ... move to cell therapy comes after Parietti’s small team of mostly MIT-trained roboticists and engineers ... a great adventure for someone like me, a physician-scientist, to interact with mechanical engineers and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-robots-expand-access-cell-therapiesMini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
developer Benjamin Katz, a technical associate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The ... in the lab of Sangbae Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering. Kim says loaning mini ... MIT’s new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mini-cheetah-first-four-legged-robot-do-backflip-0Turning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that can transform ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that ... structures in nature, architecture, and more. Scientists and engineers have also taken inspiration from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formulaRunning on Waste Heat
of Power Engineering and head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, used nanotechnology to ... change, thanks to thermoelectric innovators such as MIT’s Gang Chen. Thermoelectric materials convert ... — including Institute Professor Emeritus Mildred Dresselhaus at MIT — began using nanotechnology to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/running-waste-heatBasketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Data return Across the sports world, data analysts have grown in number and ... according to a new study by MIT researchers, there’s one member who consistently boosts their team’s ... performance: the data analyst. An MIT basketball player dribbles during a game. Credit: MIT DAPER The new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/basketball-analytics-investment-key-nba-wins-and-other-successesFaculty Promotions
and Productivity, and currently serves as Graduate Admissions Officer in Mechanical Engineering ... R&D 100 Awards. Most recently, he was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ... authority in the field of precision engineering. His research focuses on the design, fabrication, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-promotionsMaking solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
year. From surgical robots to solar robots While majoring in mechanical engineering at MIT, Hunter found ... Hunter and Justicz, who majored in mechanical engineering and computer science, had discussed starting ... with fellow MIT alumnus Max Justicz ’17. “We’re going from a very bespoke, hands on, manual ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-solar-projects-cheaper-and-faster-portable-factoriesAI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), a principal ... target, MIT researchers developed a new, machine learning-based adaptive control algorithm that could ... MIT researchers developed a new adaptive control system that could help autonomous drones stay on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-enabled-control-system-helps-autonomous-drones-stay-target-uncertain-environmentsStartup with MIT roots wins R&D 100 Award
Leslie Bromberg, a research scientist at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and Alexander ... measures the amount, type, and distribution of contaminants on filters used to reduce engine and vehicle ... emissions, while Sappok was still a graduate student at MIT’s Sloan Automotive Laboratory. The two first met ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-mit-roots-wins-rd-100-awardNoninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time
engineering at MIT, director of MIT’s Laser Biomedical Research Center, and one of the authors of the paper. ... making it difficult to study ongoing changes in gene expression. An alternative approach developed at MIT ... and a number of degenerative diseases,” says Peter So, a professor of biological and mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-technique-reveals-how-cells%E2%80%99-gene-expression-changes-over-timeUnder the sea
oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Young, a mechanical and ocean engineering major, will take charge of marine ... the sea. Yet when ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau asked MIT senior Grace Young to join his team of ... remaining a full-time MIT student. “Hopefully we’ll resurface before final exams,” she says with a smile. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/under-seaNew materials improve oxygen catalysis
Shao-Horn, the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering ... MIT researchers have found a new family of materials that provides the best-ever performance in ... MIT researchers say. The specific compounds used in this research were made by combining a lanthanide ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-materials-improve-oxygen-catalysisBatch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach
mechanical engineers, PhD candidate Emily Tow and postdoc David Warsinger, and also includes MIT PhD student ... water is energy-intensive. A team of MIT researchers has responded by creating new designs for reverse ... could substantially reduce the energy use of future desalination systems. The team is co-led by two MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batch-desalination-configuration-bests-standard-reverse-osmosis-approachProfessors Ghoniem and Kellogg honored as Committed to Caring
Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Center for Energy and ... MIT professors Ahmed Ghoniem and Katherine “Kate” Kellogg have been selected as the most recent ... Committed to Caring seeks to recognize and celebrate MIT faculty members who go above and beyond to make an ...
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