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A Mollusk of a Different Stripe
co-author Mathias Kolle, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We believe that the ... without overly compromising the shell’s mechanical integrity. Materials scientists and engineers could ... a limpet’s shell can flash brilliantly even in murky water. MIT-Shell-Design-02.jpg Scientists at MIT and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mollusk-different-stripeKirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscale
journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT professor of mechanical engineering Nicholas X Fang and five ... Now, researchers at MIT and in China have for the first time applied this approach to the creation of ... creation of new light-based communications, detection, or computational devices. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kirigami-inspired-technique-manipulates-light-nanoscale3 Questions: Asegun Henry on five “grand thermal challenges” to stem the tide of global warming
need to be made in order to stem the rise of global warming. MIT News spoke with Asegun Henry, the lead ... author and the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical ... Engineering, about this grand vision. Q: Before we get into the specifics of the five challenges you lay out, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-asegun-henry-five-%E2%80%9Cgrand-thermal-challenges%E2%80%9D-stem-tide-global-warmingWhy have solar energy costs fallen?
mechanisms driving PV system cost reductions, the MIT team will delve deeply into specific ... MIT researchers have been awarded a grant of nearly $1.3 million through the U.S. Department of ... investigator Jessika Trancik, associate professor in MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/why-have-solar-energy-costs-fallenA champion of renewable energy
Combining interests in mechanical engineering and political science, MIT MechE senior Darya Guettler ... to combine her mechanical engineering major with a degree in political science and has gravitated to ... for mechanical engineering, 2.s009 (Explorations in Product Design). The class — which this year ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/champion-renewable-energyReliable energy for all
knew he wanted to study engineering, and upon coming to MIT as an undergraduate, he majored in ... mechanical engineering. He discovered a new area of interest, however, when he took 15.031J (Energy ... quick thinking Nyovanie was originally drawn to MIT for its learning-by-doing engineering focus. “I ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reliable-energy-allFour from MIT are named IEEE Fellows for 2021
are four members of the MIT community: Domitilla Del Vecchio, professor of mechanical engineering ... ; Asuman Ozdaglar, professor and head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ... the Department of Mechanical Engineering was elevated to IEEE Fellow for her "contributions to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-are-named-ieee-fellows-2021Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
joined 2.013/2.014 (Engineering System Design/Development) taught by MIT professor of mechanical ... co-inventor Ian Salmon McKay ’12, SM ’13, who co-founded OWP with fellow mechanical engineering graduate ... Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering. There, they began developing electrolytes and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batteries-%E2%80%9Cdrink%E2%80%9D-seawater-could-power-long-range-underwater-vehicles-0The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
support from the MIT Energy Initiative, the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical ... spearheading the project, is a graduate student working with mechanical engineering professor Alex Slocum, the ... Engineering and Computer Science, and the MIT Edgerton Center. Initial tests were conducted on a dynamometer, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/future-motorcycles-could-be-hydrogenExpanding the conversation about sustainability
a disproportionately heavy environmental burden. At MIT, she chose a double major in mechanical engineering with ... and received a presentation award during the MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition. This past ... Stacy Godfreey-Igwe sat in her dorm room at MIT, staring frantically at her phone. An ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/expanding-conversation-about-sustainabilityTechnique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
do,” says Qianru Wang, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “There is recent work ... adds Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Thus, a tool that allows you ... laboratory conditions. Now MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic technique that can quickly process ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-identifies-electricity-producing-bacteriaRobotic palm mimics human touch
in mechanical engineering. “By combining rigid structures with deformable, compliant materials, we ... from a robot. Why? Most of them don't have palms. 1024MIT-GelPalm.png MIT CSAIL student Sandra Q. ... Liu displays her innovative GelPalm robotic design in her lab workspace. Credit: Michael Grimmett/MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-palm-mimics-human-touchBubble, Bubble, at the Flick of a Switch
processes, is described in a paper by Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Evelyn Wang, graduate ... first time, researchers at MIT have found a way to control this process, literally with the flick of an ... being hydrophilic and hydrophobic, Wang explains. MIT-Switchable-Boiling.jpg Researchers found that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-bubble-flick-switchPowering Desalination with the Sun
graduate student Natasha Wright began her PhD program in mechanical engineering, she had no idea how to ... mechanical engineering, in 2012. The lab was just getting established, and the aim of Wright’s project was ... MIT-natasha-wright_1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Wright joined the lab of Amos Winter, an assistant professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/powering-desalination-sunMIT spinoff takes top honor at MassChallenge Awards
Co-founders Kripa Varanasi, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and postdocs Maher Damak PhD ’18 ... MIT_Infininte_Cooling_Awards_1024.jpg The Infinite Cooling team accepts the $100K Diamond Winner Award at the MassChallenge Awards on ... being tested at MIT’s Central Utility Plant. Monday, October 22, 2018 Entrepreneurship International ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-spinoff-takes-top-honor-masschallenge-awardsMIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team wins 2021 American Solar Challenge
(equivalent to 597.5 miles). In the process, SEVT member and rising junior in mechanical engineering Cameron ... After three years of hard work, the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team took first place at the 2021 ... the University of Kentucky, by over 100 miles. mit-solar-electric-vehicle-team-asc-champs-00.jpeg The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-solar-electric-vehicle-team-wins-2021-american-solar-challengeCollaboration runs through J-WAFS-funded projects
Voigt, a professor in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering, made those comments at the first of ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, whose expertise in optical materials proved to be key. ... Sept. 14th and Sept. 28th at the Samberg Center. The annual workshop brings members of the MIT community ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/collaboration-runs-through-j-wafs-funded-projectsFrom entrepreneur to climate policy advocate
entrepreneurship. She experimented with mechanical engineering classes through MIT D-Lab, a program focused on ... solutions.” Wahnschafft arrived at MIT with the desire to continue pursuing product engineering for social ... Today, Wahnschafft is a junior studying both mechanical engineering and economics. In her career, she ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/entrepreneur-climate-policy-advocateMaintaining the equipment that powers our world
— who recently completed his PhD program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and will be ... undergraduates, they took a few of the same courses, with Vega-Brown double majoring in mechanical engineering and ... estimate if and when components will fail. MIT-Tagup-01_1024.jpg Tagup's industrial equipment ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/maintaining-equipment-powers-our-worldSimple, solar-powered water desalination
Zhang and Lin Zhao, postdoc Zhenyuan Xu, professor of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn ... of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, who was not involved in this ... A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in ...
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