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Researchers develop novel AI-based estimator for manufacturing medicine

Barbastathis, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and corresponding author of the study. The machine ... departments: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. ... serious,” says Allan Myerson, a professor of practice in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering and one ...

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Flora Klise

different in every part of the world,” says Klise, currently a senior studying mechanical engineering ... in the flexibility a mechanical engineering degree provides. “Mechanical engineering is an area where ... quickly found an opportunity in the lab of John Lienhard, professor of mechanical engineering. Her project ...

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Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2023

Professor of Power Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Chen is a pioneer in nanoscale ... MIT faculty in 2001. Chen served as department head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering from ... field of research. Together with the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, ...

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What happens during the first moments of butterfly scale formation

happen as engineers,” says Mathias Kolle, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “But in ... professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering Peter So, professor of mathematics Jörn ... likely a result of “buckling” — a general mechanism that describes how a smooth surface wrinkles as it ...

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Susan Su

a mechanical engineering major at MIT, Su had childhood dreams of being an artist, but she had never been ... openness and appreciation for new experiences led her to study mechanical engineering with a concentration ... [she] can use mechanical engineering for a biology or medicine application.” So far, she’s worked on ...

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New design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts

associate professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and ... Department of Mechanical Engineering; Nicholas Kwok, an MD student in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health ... Thomas Heldt, an associate professor of electrical and biomedical engineering in the Department of ...

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Fast, furious, and soon to be electric

and fun — a home for mechanical and electrical engineers exploring their love for design and ... engineering in a very exciting way. As team members examine a still-functioning car built for the 2011 ... competition, for instance, sophomore Connor McMahan remarks on the finesse of engineering the seat and firewall ...

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Rohit Karnik named director of J-WAFS

Rohit Karnik, the Tata Professor in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named ... Lienhard V, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Mechanical Engineering. Rohit Karnik is the Tata ... Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water ...

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From 3D-printed limbs to semi-autonomous race cars

and Professor of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering J. Kim Vandiver, panelists included Robert Bond, ... chief technology officer of MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Dan Frey, professor of mechanical engineering and ... MIT D-Lab faculty research director; Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering ...

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Leslie's legacy

After forty-seven years in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Leslie Regan retired, ... you mention Leslie Regan’s name to any alum of MIT’s mechanical engineering graduate program, their ... thousands of mechanical engineering students. Regan joined MIT’s staff in September  1974. She started as an ...

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Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection

engineering, swung into action to see if the mechanical properties of the proteins played a role in their ... Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of ... involve biochemical mechanisms, but for this study the researchers took a different approach. Using ...

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MIT MechE DEI Vision Statement

a better place, the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department (MechE) aims to solve global challenges by ... training the next generation of mechanical engineering leaders. 1 We know inclusive diversity is central to ... fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment in the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department where ...

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A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care

into it,” the mechanical engineering PhD candidate says, adding that growing up in suburban California, ... learning in mathematics,” and later on, his major in mechanical engineering at Yale University agreed with ... Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor in Mechanical Engineering, in the Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newton Laboratory ...

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Fifteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2021-23

Mechanical Engineering Devin Bunten, Department of Urban Studies and Planning Esther Duflo, Department of ... Environmental Engineering); Neha Sunil (Department of Mechanical Engineering); Paula do Vale Pereira (Department ... Economics Michael Birnbaum, Department of Biological Engineering Irmgard Bischofberger, Department of ...

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MechE Connects Spring 2024: News and Awards

graduate program and undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering for 2022–2023. Women’s Technology ... mechanical device engineering, biomedical engineering, and  materials science with pharmaceutical and ... QS World University Rankings honored MIT with a number one ranking in the subject area of Mechanical ...

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Hybrid drones carry heavier payloads for greater distances

Fort Flowers Professor in Mechanical Engineering and vice president for open learning, asked him to ... engineering “firsts” under his belt. In the mid-1990s, Phan helped build the Draper Small Autonomous Aerial ... pounds. The drone can be customized for any number of industrial-strength applications. The engine weighs ...

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Training manufacturing technologists to be future shop floor leaders

chains, and management of manufacturing. Dave Hardt, MIT professor of mechanical engineering and the Ralph ... head of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, co-director of the Manufacturing@MIT Working ... shop-floor leaders. Monday, April 1, 2024 Julie Diop | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration ...

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Computing for the health of the planet

simulations, and data science. Jossou obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering in 2019 from the University of ... of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society in academic year 2023-24. ... planet necessitates approaches that connect scientific, engineering, social, economic, and political ...

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Three from MIT Named Inaugural Schwarzman Scholars

in mechanical engineering. His goal is to produce technologies for the developing world that can ... graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in civil engineering and a concentration in Mandarin. She currently ... and engineering. Kelsey Jamieson Kelsey Jamieson is a senior majoring in chemical engineering. She ...

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