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Yunyi Zhu
MIT PhD student in electrical engineering and computer science, affiliate of CSAIL, and lead author on ... Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and leader of the HCI Engineering Group at CSAIL. ... extra appendage for many of us. Digital fabrication engineers are now working toward expanding the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/yunyi-zhuSophia Chen
Sophia Chen, a fifth-year senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and art and design, ... learned about MIT D-Lab when she was a Florida middle schooler. She drove with her family from their ... home in Clearwater to Tampa to an MIT informational open house for prospective students. There, she ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sophia-chenPrintable 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 ... fan blades in jet engines. Fan blades are traditionally cast from titanium — a material that is more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-partsHow to Hide Like an Octopus
their surroundings — a capability that engineers have long struggled to duplicate in synthetic ... Development Associate Professor in Engineering Design, and Duke University Professor of Chemistry Stephen ... Craig. Zhao, who joined the MIT faculty from Duke this month and holds a joint appointment with the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-hide-octopusScientists make microscopes from droplets
Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We can create complex geometries that form lenses, ... Blankschtein, professor of mechanical engineering George Barbastathis, and John D. MacArthur Professor of ... Researchers at MIT have now devised tiny “microlenses” from complex liquid droplets comparable in size to the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-make-microscopes-dropletsNew control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe
Mechanical Engineering PhD student Kiwan Wong, the lead author of a new paper describing the framework. “The ... efficiently. In MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Laboratory for ... mathematics, careful engineering, and a vision for robots that can safely interact with humans and delicate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-control-system-teaches-soft-robots-art-staying-safeToday's Annoyances, Tomorrow's Technology
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 ... Ten,” explores the mechanics and physics underlying natural and manufactured structures with the goal of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/todays-annoyances-tomorrows-technologyLetting robots manipulate cables
Dong, and Neha Sunil; Alberto Rodriguez, MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering; and Edward ... Robotic gripper with soft sensitive fingers developed at MIT CSAIL can handle cables with ... slow and incremental deformations, as well as mechanical fixtures, to get the job done. Recently, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letting-robots-manipulate-cablesJuncal Arbelaiz Mugica
Anette “Peko” Hosoi, who is the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering as well as ... sensing and computation. At MIT, Arbelaiz is an applied math student who is working on the fundamentals of ... fascinating as compared to what we can achieve with human-made machines.” A fluid transition to MIT Her ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/juncal-arbelaiz-mugicaLEGO Group COO discusses the production network that enables the builders of tomorrow
Thursday, March 27, 2025 Maeve Rich | Department of Mechanical Engineering Horizontal The LEGO Group COO ... Speaking at MIT, the LEGO Group COO Carsten Rasmussen discussed the company’s manufacturing ... stranger to many members of the MIT community. Faculty, staff, and students, alike, have developed a love ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lego-group-coo-discusses-production-network-enables-builders-tomorrowOffice of Sustainability names 2018 grant winners
Mechanical Engineering installed an electrified, water-catching dome structure over the steam plumes of MIT ... Systems, and Society, and Professor Douglas Hart, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Trancik ... Anderson in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and now overseen by MIT Research Scientist Jeremy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/office-sustainability-names-2018-grant-winnersMIT team races to second in electric car competition
MIT Motorsports team places second at the Society of Automotive Engineers' electric car ... is what the MIT Motorsports team did when they snagged a Second Place Overall Spirit of Excellence ... Award at the Society of Automotive Engineers' Formula SAE Electric competition in Lincoln, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-team-races-second-electric-car-competitionMark Kurz
Department of Mechanical Engineering as well as an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management. “I was really ... drawn to the MIT LGO program because it covered three main areas: engineering and technology ... never expected to be at the forefront of a pandemic — who does? — but his participation in the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/mark-kurzLow-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Sen, Kantareddy, and their colleagues at ... open learning and the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... Now MIT researchers have developed a “smart” diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D-diaper-can-notify-caregiver-when-it%E2%80%99s-wetNew method for propulsion in fluids
journal Physical Review Letters by associate professor of mechanical engineering Thomas Peacock and four ... Researchers at MIT have discovered a new way of harnessing temperature gradients in fluids to ... propel objects. In the natural world, the mechanism may influence the motion of icebergs floating on the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-method-propulsion-fluidsSolar panels get a face-lift with custom designs
to embed into existing solar panels? Recruiting MIT mechanical engineering student Jody Fu, Sistine ... Sistine recruited Anthony Occidentale, an MIT mechanical engineering student who has since helped further ... 2006. MIT-Sistine-Solar.jpg Founded at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sistine Solar creates custom ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-panels-get-face-lift-custom-designsWind power — even without the wind
Slocum, the Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT; Brian Hodder, a researcher at the MIT ... mechanical engineering and naval architecture at MIT, among others; this storage system would dovetail well ... be intermittent and unpredictable. But a new approach from researchers at MIT could mitigate that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wind-power-%E2%80%94-even-without-windMaking RNA vaccines easier to swallow
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In ... of Mechanical Engineering. Other authors of the paper are Grace Zhong, Joy Collins, Siddartha Tamang, ... needles. Now, a team of MIT researchers has developed a way to deliver RNA in a capsule that can be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-rna-vaccines-easier-swallowCaitlin Braun MBA ’21, SM ’21
in mechanical engineering — helped her balance diplomacy with technical discipline. So did a 2020 ... Hardt, Braun’s mechanical engineering advisor. “All of this took place during a time of great uncertainty ... process can often take six months to a year.) While engineering is important, Braun is most excited about ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/caitlin-braun-mba-%E2%80%9921-sm-%E2%80%9921Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics
Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin. MIT ... engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchable-hydrogel-electronics