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Can 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-accessibleHow strong is your knot?
experienced the greatest stress or pressure. Kolle, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was ... what exactly makes one knot more stable than another has not been well-understood, until now. MIT ... mathematicians and engineers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how stable a knot is, based on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-strong-your-knot“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-structuresWhen 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-organsEldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
Bolli, a graduate student in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. “All the demographic trends ... urgent societal issue. To help address the eldercare challenge, a team of MIT engineers is looking to ... Engineering at MIT. “Our design concept is to provide older adults having balance impairment with robotic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eldercare-robot-helps-people-sit-and-stand-and-catches-them-if-they-fallMicrofluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, MIT researchers describe a microfluidics-based system that ... Department of Mechanical Engineering. “You can also frequently monitor the disease as it progresses.” Joining ... A novel sensor designed by MIT researchers could dramatically accelerate the process of diagnosing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-device-helps-diagnose-sepsis-minutesReal People, Real Solutions at D-Lab
work with environmental, mechanical, and civil engineers. Patel and his team helped a group in Colombia ... Heilshorn ’25 learned something she’ll never forget: what gets engineered in the controlled comforts of ... lesson of MIT D-Lab, which works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/real-people-real-solutions-d-labTa Corrales
a degree in mechanical engineering (and a minor in chemistry), Corrales is a leader at the OAXIN Innovation ... she says. Back at MIT, Corrales switched her major to engineering. She was only a few classes shy of ... long housed the MIT Museum. The rooms look more like a handyperson’s workshop than a scientist’s lab. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ta-corralesElliot Avila
Elliot Avila (SB ’14) is a recent graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering who has ... Summit (IDDS) project, and he recently began a new job in Tanzania as a product designer and engineer for ... been really fulfilling. From an engineering perspective, the kind of problems that I work with are ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/elliot-avilaJani Adcock and Drew Bent named Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Adcock from Seattle, Washington, is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer ... a senior pursuing a double major in physics and electrical engineering and computer science. At MIT, Bent ... Two MIT seniors, Jani Adcock and Drew Bent, will be part of this fall’s inaugural class of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/jani-adcock-and-drew-bent-named-knight-hennessy-scholarsResearchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. “Now we ... bullet-train journey, significantly limiting graphene’s electrical performance. Now engineers at MIT have found ... Samuel Cruz, and Yunjo Kim from MIT, along with researchers from IBM, the University of California at Los ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-%E2%80%9Ciron-out%E2%80%9D-graphene%E2%80%99s-wrinklesChecking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Now, a new AI tool developed by MIT engineers could help clear the ... engineering at MIT. “Then you can use SpectroGen to generate the rest. And this could improve productivity, ... development and distribution of new technologies. MIT-SpectroGen-01-press_1024.jpg The circle with the chip ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/checking-quality-materials-just-got-easier-new-ai-toolAudrey Chen
explore her eclectic interests at MIT. When she wasn’t fulfilling the requirements for her mechanical ... engineering degree, she could be found leather crafting, glass blowing, or table welding in one of MIT ... MIT’s autonomous boat team Arcturus to entering a leadership position at 3D printing technology ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/audrey-chenDrawn to big challenges, from GM to Caterpillar
industry. She interned at GM during summers while she earned her mechanical engineering degree from Michigan ... toughest of times.” Learning from classes and classmates Even as she pursued a mechanical engineering ... a pioneer throughout her career in a male-dominated engineering world,” says MIT LGO Executive Director ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drawn-big-challenges-gm-caterpillarLegena Henry SM ’10
engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... says she credits MIT for showing her how the best solutions come from a multidisciplinary approach. It ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/legena-henry-sm-%E2%80%9910Legena Henry
engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... says she credits MIT for showing her how the best solutions come from a multidisciplinary approach. It ...
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