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Untangling How Cables Coil
associate professor of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “We have ... can significantly slow telecommunications around the world. Now engineers at MIT, along with computer ... theoretical analyses. In the lab, MIT engineers set up a desktop system to spool spaghetti-like cables onto ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/untangling-how-cables-coilNew scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand
the researchers Ken Kamrin, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says the scaling law ... When engineers design a new aircraft, they carry out much of the initial testing not on full-sized ... engineers at MIT have come up with a similar scaling law to describe how objects move through sand. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-scaling-law-predicts-how-wheels-drive-over-sandFrom microfluidics to metastasis
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Koch Institute. As luck and lunch lines would have ... engineering advancements over the years have made it possible to extract cells via liquid biopsy and analyze ... significant progress toward creating genetically engineered mouse models, liquid biopsies hold great promise ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-metastasisAncient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
engineering and mechanical engineering major who graduated in May. She spoke above the “thwump, thwump” sound ... lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The first half of the class, taught by ... associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Admir Masic, focused on Roman concrete, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ancient-african-smelting-technique-sparks-anew-mitNew laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses
Metamaterials are products of engineering wizardry. They are made from everyday polymers, ... ordinary materials can take on extraordinary properties. With the help of computer simulations, engineers ... Courtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesMicrofluidics and nanofluidics research address global challenges
Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, addresses real-world ... July 22, 2014 John Freidah | Mechanical engineering green International karnik@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-and-nanofluidics-research-address-global-challengesJ-WAFS awards commercialization grants to develop technologies for water and food solutions
Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, has been awarded ... professor of mechanical engineering, is developing novel spray formulations comprising charged molecules to ... Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and co-PI Amy Smith, who is a senior lecturer in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-commercialization-grants-develop-technologies-water-and-food-solutionsSlowing the Spread
As Covid-19 cases increased worldwide, mechanical engineers developed solutions to help slow and ... is transmitted and manufacturing PPE, mechanical engineers have been a driving force in many research ... projects that seek to slow Covid-19’s spread and save lives. “Mechanical engineers are used to developing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/slowing-spreadOrisa Coombs
she approached her own role in society. Orisa Coombs_1024.jpg Portrait of mechanical engineering ... make a difference in the world led her to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering at MIT. “I didn’t ... I will be capable of working on almost any problem from a mechanical engineering perspective,” she adds. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/orisa-coombsReal 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 ... in a course called D-Lab: Development, creating two prototypes of the chamber, an iterative process ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/real-people-real-solutions-d-labLegena Henry SM ’10
In 2019, Legena Henry SM ’10 and the students in her renewable energy course at the University ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/legena-henry-sm-%E2%80%9910Legena Henry
In 2019, Legena Henry SM ’10 and the students in her renewable energy course at the University ... sargassum, they ran some experiments. “And the thing is, it worked!” says Henry, who has a mechanical ... engineering master’s from MIT and a PhD from the University of the West Indies (where she is a lecturer). They ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/legena-henryHarvesting Fresh Water from Fog
Engineering, working with colleagues at the Pontificial University of Chile in Santiago, are harvesting potable ... westerly winds, local Chilean communities collect fog water for drinking and agricultural use. Mechanics ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/harvesting-fresh-water-fog-0Student Spotlight: PhD Candidate Jaichander Swaminathan SM '14
Recover and reuse. Despite having two degrees in mechanical engineering, a passion for ... engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology in Madras and his master’s degree in mechanical ... mills in India to stay in business. Saturday, July 23, 2016 Alissa Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-phd-candidate-jaichander-swaminathan-sm-14The Secret of Wrinkling, Folding, and Creasing
another? MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Xuanhe Zhao and postdoc Qiming Wang describe ... skin of pumpkins. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering ... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The work began with a classification of patterns into ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/secret-wrinkling-folding-and-creasingHow Crispy is Your Bonbon?
engineers could predict the mechanical response of many other types of shells, from small pharmaceutical ... as a recipe,” says Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor of mechanical engineering ... smooth, even chocolaty shell. Now, a theory and a simple fabrication technique derived by MIT engineers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-crispy-your-bonbonHow to Hide Like an Octopus
their surroundings — a capability that engineers have long struggled to duplicate in synthetic ... Development Associate Professor in Engineering Design, and Duke University Professor of Chemistry Stephen ... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says the new material is essentially a layer of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-hide-octopusScientists make microscopes from droplets
Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “We can create complex geometries that form lenses, ... Blankschtein, professor of mechanical engineering George Barbastathis, and John D. MacArthur Professor of ... postdoc Julia Kalow, research affiliate Vishnu Sresht, professor of chemical engineering Daniel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-make-microscopes-droplets