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Water vapor sets some oxides aflutter
to mechanical engineering, Shao-Horn holds joint appointments with the Department of Materials ... mechanisms. “It’s an unexpected result that opens a lot of questions to address scientifically.” While the ... the material suggests that it could offer a new mechanism for catalyst designs, she says. In addition ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/water-vapor-sets-some-oxides-aflutterWhy have solar energy costs fallen?
(IDSS), along with co-principal investigators Tonio Buonassisi, associate professor in mechanical ... engineering; and David Hs, assistant professor in urban studies and planning — all of whom are also faculty ... mechanisms driving PV system cost reductions, the MIT team will delve deeply into specific ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/why-have-solar-energy-costs-fallenMechE students win 2017 Lemelson-MIT Student Prizes honoring promising collegiate inventors around the country.
Yu, undergraduates in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering and computer science, are ... devices. Wright, a grad student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who also works with the MIT ... foot. Olesnavage, a grad student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who also works with the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-students-win-2017-lemelson-mit-student-prizes-honoring-promising-collegiateSolving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
their paper. Kripa Varanasi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, says, “We wanted to ... and I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering. As a result, understanding of the electrical ... ultrathin layers that amplify the hopping mechanism, “We are able to achieve ultraconductive, as well as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymers3-D-printed structures shrink when heated
mechanical engineering at MIT, has manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or ... expanding. Engineers from MIT, the University of Southern California, and elsewhere are now adding to this ... Spadaccini, who is the director of LLNL’s Center for Engineered Materials and Manufacturing. “It has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-printed-structures-shrink-when-heatedTapping the hidden value of farm waste, while reducing harmful burn off
the poverty line? Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ... MIT, and Kevin Kung, a PhD student in biological engineering and fellow in the MIT Tata Center for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-hidden-value-farm-waste-while-reducing-harmful-burnResearchers Unravel Secrets of Hidden Waves
these waves,” says Thomas Peacock, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and one of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-unravel-secrets-hidden-wavesNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high tem ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonToy-making offers seriously fun introduction to engineering
mechanical engineering and instructor of course 2.00b. “We create a fun environment in which students aren’t ... Amanda Garofalo, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering, it was Legos and K’nex. “Growing up my ... Mechanical Engineering. “When it comes to learning, motivation is key,” explains David Wallace, professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toy-making-offers-seriously-fun-introduction-engineering-0Team Led by MechE Engineers Places Second at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
a dream into reality through a special section of Department of Mechanical Engineering design course 2.752 ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Precision Engineering Group; and research scientist ... Nevan Hanumara. The students involved in the project were mechanical engineering undergraduates Jarrod ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-led-meche-engineers-places-second-pikes-peak-international-hill-climbVeteran engineer studies career pathways of today’s graduates
Seering, the Weber-Shaughness Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The other half of his ... time is spent teaching Course 6.912 (Engineering Leadership), which is part of the GEL core curriculum ... are similar to what they might face on the job as engineers. Interest in the course, which teaches ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/veteran-engineer-studies-career-pathways-today%E2%80%99s-graduatesInnovation in Education: MechE Goes Online
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, the second course of study to be offered at MIT, was ... Engineering’s fundamental Course 2.002 on mechanics and transform it into something that residential students ... graduate Course 2.739: Product Design and Development, which teams mechanical engineering students up with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/innovation-education-meche-goes-onlineAnette “Peko” Hosoi named associate dean of engineering
associate department head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Neil and Jane Pappalardo ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Hosoi has been at MIT since 1997 and a member of the faculty since ... activities in mechanical engineering, including enhancements to the current flexible undergraduate program ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/anette-%E2%80%9Cpeko%E2%80%9D-hosoi-named-associate-dean-engineeringChanneling creativity through art and engineering
’22, who recently graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. Raised in Lowell, ... MIT. But she quickly found herself gravitating more toward mechanical engineering. For her, making ... “That’s when I started to realize that art was who I was,” she says. “Especially as a mechanical engineer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/channeling-creativity-through-art-and-engineeringProfessor Emeritus T. Francis Ogilvie, former ocean engineering department head, dies at 89
Alzheimer's Association. Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering ... Thomas (T.) Francis Ogilvie, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, passed away on March 30, at ... the age of 89. Ogilvie dedicated most of his career to improving how ocean engineering and naval ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-t-francis-ogilvie-former-ocean-engineering-department-head-dies-89-0Navy officer deepens her engineering and leadership skills at MIT
mechanical engineering at MIT. “My mom was laying down the foundation for me, showing me what it truly meant ... Nuclear Engineering Officer course was a pivotal moment in my life,” Allison says. “It meant I would have ... a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. In spring 2023, Allison was selected to participate in GradEL, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/navy-officer-deepens-her-engineering-and-leadership-skills-mitDepartment snapshot: Civil and Environmental Engineering
with the departments of chemical, biological and mechanical engineering. CEE researchers also work ... Whittle, the head of MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). That history, dating ... back to the Institute’s founding, is reflected in the department’s designation as Course 1 (of the many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-snapshot-civil-and-environmental-engineeringDaniel Hastings and Maria Yang appointed associate deans of engineering
all levels across the school. Yang is the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... Academy of Engineering. Maria Yang Yang graduated from MIT with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering ... from the mechanical engineering department’s design division. She joined the MIT faculty in 2007. Yang ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/daniel-hastings-and-maria-yang-appointed-associate-deans-engineeringWoodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering education
mechanical engineering, most of his classes involved paper-and-pencil design exercises with predetermined ... education: He developed a hands-on, project-centered mechanical engineering class, which has since been ... Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. He summarizes the idea as: “Compete like crazy, but treat each other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/woodie-flowers-pioneer-hands-engineering-educationEngineering Defense, with the Help of Butterflies
As a mechanical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Phillip Daniel ’13, SM ’15, PhD ’22, conducts ... specializing in engineering, and he went on to earn three mechanical engineering degrees at MIT. He felt at ... a mechanical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Phillip Daniel ’13, SM ’15, PhD ’22, conducts research for the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-defense-help-butterflies