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Spreading kindness far and wide
engineering course load, a teaching assistant position in a Physics I class, and roles with MIT’s gospel ... though I’m definitely a mechanical engineer at heart.” Heading into her senior year, Arkhurst is ... here at MIT. Bettina Arkhurst comes from a large, tight-knit family. Her relatives hail from across the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/spreading-kindness-far-and-wideBettina Arkhurst
a demanding mechanical engineering course load, a teaching assistant position in a Physics I class, and roles ... though I’m definitely a mechanical engineer at heart.” Heading into her senior year, Arkhurst is ... and support one another during difficult times. Bettina Arkhurst, MIT senior and RAK Week founder ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/bettina-arkhurstTechnique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold
a graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT and first author of the paper. In 2007, researchers first ... an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the ... scattering, but it also reduces imaging resolution. MIT-Subcutaneous-Superresolution-1024.jpg MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-could-boost-resolution-tissue-imaging-much-tenfoldRoad Safety Drives VP of GM
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as an incubator that provided him with both the ... networks—and giving people their time back.” Anderson credits MIT, where he focused on robotics while studying ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/road-safety-drives-vp-gmToday'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-technologyConnecting through conversation
MIT, the mechanical engineering major worked on making those opportunities more available to ... diplomacy, Woodard, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, envisioned a future in engineering at MIT ... a foundation in STEM. By the time he was in the seventh grade, he knew he wanted to attend MIT for engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/connecting-through-conversationPrakash Govindan
Institute of Technology at Madras and his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT – to do his part to find ... crisis that inspired Govindan – who received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian ... Center at MIT to develop a technology-based business in India, he proposed the creation of small-scale ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/prakash-govindanSterling Anderson
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as an incubator that provided him with both the ... networks—and giving people their time back.” Anderson credits MIT, where he focused on robotics while studying ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sterling-andersonCould lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
Beckwith is lead author and a PhD student in mechanical engineering. Coauthors are Beckwith’s co-advisors ... sample of cells extracted from zinnia leaves. MIT researchers have proposed a method to grow plant-based ... Velásquez-García, a principal scientist in MIT’s Microsystems technology Laboratories, and Jeffrey Borenstein, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/could-lab-grown-plant-tissue-ease-environmental-toll-logging-and-agricultureCan an LED-Filled “Robot Garden” Make Coding More Accessible?
’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering have ... lights and more than 100 origami robots that can crawl, swim, and blossom like flowers. A team from MIT ... says CSAIL Director Daniela Rus, the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/can-led-filled-%E2%80%9Crobot-garden%E2%80%9D-make-coding-more-accessibleTwo from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars
a BS in mechanical engineering and a minor in biology. At Cambridge, she will pursue an MPhil in ... University in the U.K. MIT senior Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli and recent alumna Abigail (“Abbie”) Schipper ... field of their choice at Cambridge University in the U.K. A longtime leader of MIT EMS, senior Abigail ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-named-2025-gates-cambridge-scholarsYunyi 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-chen“Electroadhesive” stamp picks up and puts down microscopic structures
who worked in the lab of mechanical engineering associate professor John Hart. “So a special ... similar to or smaller than grains of flour,” says Sanha Kim, a former MIT postdoc and research scientist ... brush. MIT-Electro-Adhesion-1024.jpg Optical image of a pattern of silicon dioxide particles, each ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Celectroadhesive%E2%80%9D-stamp-picks-and-puts-down-microscopic-structuresPrintable 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-partsNew 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-safeWhen to get your head out of the game
just after.” Getting knocked around — for science Harvatine, who studied mechanical engineering at MIT ... athletes. Now an MIT-invented tool is aiding in detecting and diagnosing concussions, in real-time. ... MIT-Jolt_1024.jpg Photo by Rob Chron In 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine estimated that each year ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-game3-D Printing 101
Engineering at MIT, says early education on 3-D printing is the key to helping the technology expand as an ... As MIT course challenges students to reinvent 3-D printing, professor aims to share approach with ... however, 3-D printing is a small-scale fabrication tool, used by engineers and designers to quickly print ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-printing-101Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
Kidambi’s MIT co-authors are Rohit Karnik, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Jing Kong, ... MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the ... molecules out of solutions vastly more efficient. MIT-Big-Graphene-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stamp-sized-graphene-sheets-riddled-holes-could-be-boon-molecular-separationThis ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
MIT engineers have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can monitor the stiffness of organs ... engineering at MIT. “With this wearable sticker, we can continuously monitor changes in rigidity over long ... can stiffen over time,” says the senior author of the paper, Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasound-sticker-senses-changing-stiffness-deep-internal-organs