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Ken Kamrin seeks fundamental behaviors in sand
member in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. MIT-Kamrin-02-PRESS-1024.jpg Associate Professor ... faculty position in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2011, where he has continued his work in ... in that way,” he jokes. At the University of California at Berkeley, he majored in engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ken-kamrin-seeks-fundamental-behaviors-sandTough New Hydrogel Hybrid Doesn’t Dry Out
Associate Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, devised a method to robustly bind ... Now engineers at MIT have found a way to prevent hydrogels from dehydrating, with a technique that ... even artificial skin. The engineers, led by Xuanhe Zhao, the Robert N. Noyce Career Development ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tough-new-hydrogel-hybrid-doesn%E2%80%99t-dry-outWatering the world
led by Amos Winter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, plans to further modify the ... MIT-Drop-Irrigation.JPG Engineers at MIT have found a way to cut the cost of solar-powered drip systems by half, by ... environments where they cost farmers more than $3,000 per acre to install. Now engineers at MIT have found ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/watering-worldHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
options as fast as possible,” says Ken Kamrin, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This is ... through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor ... processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve. Now, engineers at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-push-wiggle-or-drill-object-through-sandJ-WAFS grants advance sustainable agriculture
professor of mechanical engineering, and Chintan Vaishnav, senior lecturer at the Sloan School of Management ... a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. J-WAFS Solutions funding is supporting the ... runoff Kripa Varanasi, associate professor of mechanical engineering, received a 2017 grant to support ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-grants-advance-sustainable-agricultureFaculty Research: Professor Kripa Varanasi
journal Nature co-authored by Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, along ... with James Bird, a former MIT postdoc who is now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at ... Environmental Protection Agency. Howard Stone, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-kripa-varanasiAlumni Spotlight: Prakash Govindan PhD '12
engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT ... Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Entrepreneurship LIENHARD@MIT.EDU Horizontal Alum Prakash ... the global water crisis that inspired Govindan – who received a master’s degree in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-prakash-govindan-phd-12Going with the flow
mechanical engineering who received tenure earlier this month. “I think if we want to develop a better ... Mechanical Engineering Horizontal Associate Professor Ken Kamrin’s model of granular material flow could ... explains. As a student studying engineering physics and applied mathematics, Kamrin developed an interest ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/going-flow-0Morphable surfaces could cut air resistance
of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering. “Less is known about what happens ... efficiency, he says. John Rogers, a professor of materials research and engineering at the University of ... of how controlled processes of mechanical buckling can be used to create three-dimensional structures ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/morphable-surfaces-could-cut-air-resistanceNew gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, bonded layers ... one. Now MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or ... MIT-Hydrogel-Lam-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gel-coatings-may-lead-better-catheters-and-condomsWrinkle Predictions
Norbert Stoop Now a team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has developed a mathematical theory, ... Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Associate Professor in Civil Engineering. In past ... mechanics with elasticity theory, Dunkel and Stoop derived a simplified equation that accurately predicts ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wrinkle-predictionsResearchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. “Now we ... bullet-train journey, significantly limiting graphene’s electrical performance. Now engineers at MIT have found ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-%E2%80%9Ciron-out%E2%80%9D-graphene%E2%80%99s-wrinklesSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering ... Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandToward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices
Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, and Yoonji Kim, an assistant professor in the College of Art ... in electrical engineering and computer science and CSAIL affiliate. “FlexBoards tackle these issues ... Mueller, a CSAIL affiliate and associate professor in the MIT departments of Electrical Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toward-more-flexible-and-rapid-prototyping-electronic-devicesThe breadth of MechE
expanding the field of mechanical engineering into new areas, driving increased interdisciplinary ... fields, and redefining what mechanical engineering is,” says Faez Ahmed, d'Arbeloff career ... development assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. Across MechE, faculty and staff are engaging in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/breadth-mecheMIT Students Win First Round of SpaceX Hyperloop Contest
mile-long run. With strengths in aeronautics, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering and ... MIT. Douglas P. Hart of Mechanical Engineering, is facilitating team members working on the project for ... credit as part of his Engineering System Development course. During MIT's Independent Activities ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-students-win-first-round-spacex-hyperloop-contestCultivators of Research
engineering, Kendall Rohsenow Professor, and professor of mechanical engineering. She works in the area of ... admitted into the Media Lab rather than mechanical engineering, Yang welcomed the student into her research ... deputy dean of engineering, Kendall Rohsenow Professor, and professor of mechanical engineering, has been ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivators-researchUnderstanding and treating disease
conducting represents just one example of how mechanical engineering researchers across a diverse range of ... of prosthetic feet or building cheaper wheelchairs, mechanical engineers are finding ways to improve ... organelles in the cell, or using genetic circuits to create stem cells, mechanical engineers are shaping both ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-and-treating-diseaseRainfall Can Release Aerosols, Study Finds
Buie, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “It’s a very common phenomenon, and it ... an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University, says that scientists have long ... mechanism that releases this aroma, as well as other aerosols, into the environment. Using high-speed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rainfall-can-release-aerosols-study-findsFaculty Promotions
informed engineering choices and used in an ensemble manner, offers key advantages over widely used ... fractional factorial design approaches, enabling engineers to effectively utilize engineering knowledge to ... nanoscale to develop new concepts, devices, and systems with improved engineering performance. His group has ...
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