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Today'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-technologySpreading 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-wideMicrofluidics 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-minutesBettina 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-arkhurstRoad 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-gmPrakash 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-andersonTwo 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-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-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-safeNew 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-fluidsStretchable 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-electronicsChecking 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-toolLetting 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-tomorrowStripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids
co-author Irmgard Bischofberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “And from ... emerge from chiral forces and building blocks. But that assumption may need some retuning. MIT engineers ... which an object cannot be superimposed onto its mirror image. 1024_Twisted-Liquid-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stripes-flowing-liquid-crystal-suggest-route-%E2%80%9Cchiral%E2%80%9D-fluidsMark 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-kurz