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Turning emissions into fuel
postdoc Xiao-Yu Wu and Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-emissions-fuelHow to assess new solar technologies
by MIT graduate student Sarah Sofia, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-new-solar-technologiesA new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi and postdocs Susmita Dash and Jolet de Ruiter. “Icing is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-remove-ice-buildup-without-power-or-chemicalsOptimizing carbon nanotube electrodes
applications," says Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering. "But an underlying ... Yuan "Jenny" Lu '15, a materials science and engineering graduate, she deposited thin ... Wardle and postdoc associate Itai Stein PhD ’16. Using a custom plastic device, she mechanically squeezed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/optimizing-carbon-nanotube-electrodesFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT and NREL. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterCleaning up industrial filtration
Engineering. Grossman was pursuing research into nanoporous membranes for water desalination. “We thought we ... plans. The company’s first capital investment came from The Engine, a venture firm founded by MIT to ... entrepreneurial ecosystem,” Keller says, noting that The Engine support alone “probably shaved years off our ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cleaning-industrial-filtrationHoming in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their greatest drawback is their tendency to degrade relatively rapidly. Over recent years, the usable lifetime of perovski ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/homing-longer-lasting-perovskite-solar-cellsThree professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows
mechanical engineering. Now in its 25th year, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program was created to honor the ... engineering in 1991. She went on to earn a MS in 1994 and PhD in 2000 in the mechanical engineering design ... professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and in the Engineering Systems Division. Yang was the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-professors-named-2017-macvicar-fellowsAmber Velez
be different and better. After assembling an engine by hand in an introductory mechanical ... engineering (MechE) course, she declared her first major and forged a career path. She explains, “I love ... took an introductory metalsmithing course at the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laboratory. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/amber-velezLaura Rosado
sold me. I thought this just makes me very excited to be a mechanical engineer.” There have, of course ... , been other important formative experiences in the aspiring mechanical engineer’s life, which reinforced ... mechanical engineering and creative writing. The swim coach she had from about age 11 to 16 taught her to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/laura-rosadoLetter from Department Head Mary C. Boyce
that they become advancements the public can utilize. In Mechanical Engineering, we integrate product ... development into a number of our core undergraduate courses, such as 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) and ... Thank you, as always, for your continued support of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Sincerely, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-mary-c-boyceTeaching With Digital Technology Award winners recognized for their innovations
Management Adam Hartz- Computer Science Stefan Helmreich- Anthropology Barbara Hughey- Mechanical Engineering ... Planning David Wallace- Mechanical Engineering Jacob White- Electrical Engineering Innovation, agility, ... engineering professor Jacob White, recognized for his Feedback System Design (6.302) course, exemplified this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/teaching-digital-technology-award-winners-recognized-their-innovationsWinners of 2020 Teaching With Digital Technology Award recognized for their innovations
Banzaert — Mechanical Engineering Kara Blackburn — Sloan School of Management Amanda Bosh — Earth, ... Barbara Hughey — Mechanical Engineering Pei-Ken Hung — Mathematics Alexandre Jacquillat — Sloan School of ... Management Bruno Verdini — Urban Studies and Planning David Wallace — Mechanical Engineering Jacob White ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/winners-2020-teaching-digital-technology-award-recognized-their-innovationsFaculty Promotions
flexible engineering degree within Mechanical Engineering (Course 2-A, now the sixth largest major at MIT) ... development of novel engineered structures that enable innovative solutions in thermal management, energy, and ... well as an understanding of the engineering performance of complex interfacial engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-promotions-12026 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE). He joined the faculty in 2012 and is best known for teaching ... has fundamentally shaped my path as a mechanical engineer.” Especially notable is Winter’s energetic ... Mechanical Engineering David Hardt writes, “Thanks to Amos, this subject has become transformative for many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2026-macvicar-faculty-fellows-namedMarkus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award
Engineering (CEE) and Mechanical Engineering. He served as the department head of CEE from 2013 to 2020, as well as ... American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Institute of ... the nation’s oldest and most esteemed engineering honors. The Washington Award is conferred to “an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/markus-buehler-receives-2025-washington-awardAmos Winter wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award
and Dorsch in 2016. In addition, the famed mechanical engineering undergraduate course, 2.007 (Design ... Amos G. Winter, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of ... assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, speaks to individuals in India, where he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/amos-winter-wins-harold-e-edgerton-awardThe Quest for Clean Water
Mechanical Engineering. “They don’t map over, because when you start looking into the requirements, they ... rural Indian villages, Amos Winter, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration International awinter@mit.edu Vertical Cleaner water, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quest-clean-waterChuck Goddard
Nicholas Makris, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering and director of the Center for Ocean ... Chryssostomidis, professor of mechanical engineering ocean engineering. After graduating from MIT, it was time to ... MIT’s Ocean Engineering Research and Development Fund. Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/chuck-goddardStudents Unveil “Magical” Product Designs
others. In the 20 years that David Wallace has been teaching the mechanical engineering course “product ... Final presentations in mechanical engineering class show devices for climbers, patients, and ... engineering processes,” known by its course number 2.009, he has spiced up the class by donning costumes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-unveil-%E2%80%9Cmagical%E2%80%9D-product-designs