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The best semiconductor of them all?
a paper by MIT postdoc Jungwoo Shin and MIT professor of mechanical engineering Gang Chen; Zhifeng Ren at ... qualities needed for an ideal semiconductor. “That’s important because of course in semiconductors we have ... arsenide were initially predicted based on quantum mechanical density function calculations made by Chen’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/best-semiconductor-them-allOnce abroad is not enough
a mechanical engineering major, has integrated three study abroad experiences into his MIT education. “I first ... authors in London, or taking summer courses in Scandinavia are just some of the ways that MIT students ... programs are now a growing sector in MIT’s global education offerings. The multi-week courses are attractive to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/once-abroad-not-enoughCaroline Sorensen
MIT graduate student Caroline Sorensen is using her talent for mechanical engineering to help ... a growing fusion ecosystem in which researchers across disciplines — mechanical engineering, electrical ... MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) are plasma physicists and nuclear engineering researchers, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/caroline-sorensenA robot that finds lost items
Mechanical Engineering. The research will be presented at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference ... associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and director of the ... lead author; electrical engineering and computer science graduate student Isaac Perper; research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robot-finds-lost-itemsScaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves
the whole process,” says Danielle Gleason, a senior studying mechanical engineering. “In order to ... that have a lasting impact,” explains Maria Yang, professor of mechanical engineering and faculty ... says. Monday, October 21, 2019 Mary Beth Gallagher | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scaling-cleaner-burning-alternative-cookstovesThe Freedom of Constraint
a two-hour focus group that Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Maria Yang has started to answer. ... December 13, 2014 Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering green International Maker ... Engineering for global change. You’ve probably heard of MechE alum and Associate Professor Hugh ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/freedom-constraintHow AI could speed the development of RNA vaccines and other RNA therapies
mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of ... Tassel Career Development Professorship, the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-ai-could-speed-development-rna-vaccines-and-other-rna-therapiesJ-WAFS welcomes Daniela Giardina as new executive director
Professor of Water and Food in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Karnik was named the director ... those involving engineering, science, technology, business, social science, economics, architecture, ... Italy. She also holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the Politecnico of Milan in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-welcomes-daniela-giardina-new-executive-directorNew materials improve oxygen catalysis
Shao-Horn, the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-materials-improve-oxygen-catalysisLate Summer Listening
engineering challenges involved, such as designing for biocompatibility, ensuring device stability in the ... to hear the story read by an AI voice. Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Jill Nguyen | Mechanical ... Engineering Horizontal Podcasts and audio stories offer a great way to learn about big ideas from MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/late-summer-listeningFaculty Research: Professor John Lienhard
Lienhard V, the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, you should. “The world supply of ... also spearheaded a one-of-a-kind course in desalination as part of the Department of Mechanical ... Engineering curriculum. He has dedicated the past six years of his career to addressing this worldwide water ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-john-lienhard-0Better batteries through biology?
Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range. But bringing that promise t ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/better-batteries-through-biologyUnderwater Robot for Port Security
a graduate student in mechanical engineering, who designed the robot together with her advisor, Ford ... and unique propulsion mechanism — which leaves no visible wake — the robots could, in theory, be ... Professor of Engineering Harry Asada. “If this is cheap enough — if I can get this out for $600, say — why ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/underwater-robot-port-securitySustainable solutions at home and abroad
initially drawn to mechanical engineering because he wanted to keep his options open. “I felt like ... mechanical engineering is that perfect niche where there’s so much exposure to so many different fields. It ... decision I ever made,” says Patel, now a senior studying mechanical engineering. RS4590_Arnav ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sustainable-solutions-home-and-abroadHow to Make a “Perfect” Solar Absorber
device that took the form of hollow cavities, explains Chou, of MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Engineering, who is the paper’s lead author. “They were empty, there was air inside,” he says. “No one had ... work shows the potential of both photonic engineering and materials science to advance solar energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-make-%E2%80%9Cperfect%E2%80%9D-solar-absorberA new way to harness waste heat
Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... than what was used to charge it. That extra energy, of course, doesn’t just appear from nowhere: It ... was not around at that time” for the battery electrodes, as well as advances in engineering the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-harness-waste-heatMeet the Oystamaran
mechanical and ocean engineering to make the world a better place. Luckily, she found the perfect senior ... — composed of six students in mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and electrical engineering and ... | Department of Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Maker Horizontal MIT students and researchers from MIT Sea ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-oystamaran-0Professor Emeritus Ernest Cravalho, an expert in thermodynamics and pioneer in thermal fluids education, dies at 82
Ernest “Ernie” Cravalho, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at MIT, passed away on ... Tuesday, April 13, at the age of 82. Cravalho served as a member of MIT’s mechanical engineering faculty ... in mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. After receiving his doctoral ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-ernest-cravalho-expert-thermodynamics-and-pioneer-thermal-fluidsA Revolution in Higher Education
says Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Examples ... schools’ massive open online courses, or MOOCs, including MITx. The edX platform has been customized and ... engineering. “And we’ve never forgotten our roots. MIT’s retained that deep interest in learning by doing,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/revolution-higher-educationModerating Extremes in Building Design
mechanical engineering says that both will be needed in the retrofitting of existing buildings and the ... start of a project would be the most prudent and cost-effective course. But such pro-activity isn’t ... professor of materials science and engineering Lorna Gibson, Glicksman has developed a fire-resistant ...
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