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New Kind of “Tandem” Solar Cell Developed
student Jonathan Mailoa; associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi; Colin Bailie and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-%E2%80%9Ctandem%E2%80%9D-solar-cell-developedGovernment of India Taps MIT Expertise for Energy Solutions
base fuel in the near future. Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/government-india-taps-mit-expertise-energy-solutionsAir pollution can put a dent in solar power
instruments, Peters worked with MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi and three ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/air-pollution-can-put-dent-solar-powerHow to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
Joule, in a paper by MIT research scientist Shijing Sun, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-speed-discovery-new-solar-cell-materialsBubble-capturing surface helps get rid of foam
graduate Leonid Rapoport PhD ’18, visiting student Theo Emmerich, and professor of mechanical engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-capturing-surface-helps-get-rid-foamEnergy storage from a chemistry perspective
storage from a chemistry perspective. Co-founders Ian Hunter of MIT's Department of Mechanical ... Engineering and Tim Swager of the Department of Chemistry are longstanding MIT professors considered ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/energy-storage-chemistry-perspectiveOvercoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion
Soto, graduate student Jack Lake, and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overcoming-bottleneck-carbon-dioxide-conversionFaculty Research: Professor Thomas Peacock
are potentially “the key mechanism for transferring heat from the upper ocean to the depths,” Peacock ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-thomas-peacockTechnique quickly identifies extreme event statistics
structure,” says Themistoklis Sapsis, associate professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT. “You can ... research by MIT scientists may help engineers design more resilient offshore platforms. Courtesy of the ... researchers Now engineers at MIT have developed an algorithm that quickly pinpoints the types of extreme ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-quickly-identifies-extreme-event-statistics-0Three from MIT awarded 2022 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Luu Trang Luu graduated from MIT with a BS in mechanical engineering in 2018, and a master of ... engineering degree in 2020. Her Soros award will support her graduate studies at Harvard University in the ... MBA/MS engineering sciences program. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Luu was 3 when her family immigrated to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-awarded-2022-paul-and-daisy-soros-fellowships-new-americansSelf-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy
Computer Science (EECS) and professor of mechanical engineering, a member of the Research Laboratory of ... workings of a ship’s engine. There, it could automatically gather data on the machine’s power consumption ... easy to install,” says Steve Leeb, the Emanuel E. Landsman Professor of Electrical Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/self-powered-sensor-automatically-harvests-magnetic-energyUnlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry
and Jo, completed their PhDs in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Jo worked on energy ... and specialized engines. MIT-Amogy-01-press_1024.jpg Because of the power density advantages of ... catalysts as well as modular systems including fuel cells and engines to convert ammonia directly to power. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-ammonia-fuel-source-heavy-industryStudy Assesses Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
innovation; Tonio Buonassisi, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Robert Jaffe, the Jane and Otto ... Morningstar Professor of Physics; and graduate students Joel Jean of the Department of Electrical Engineering ... the 10 to 20 percent range. However, because complex nanomaterials can be engineered for maximum light ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-assesses-solar-photovoltaic-technologiesStudy: Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping
Doherty Professor in Ocean Science and Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and others ... marine scrubber is a huge, metal, vertical tank installed in a ship’s exhaust stack, above the engines ... exhaust gases as they exit the engines. The seawater interacts with sulfur dioxide in the exhaust, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-burning-heavy-fuel-oil-scrubbers-best-available-option-bulk-maritime-shippingMoving water and earth
these very scary degrees of freedom,” says Kamrin, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Shape ... sediment over time. Knowing how quickly or slowly this sediment flows can help engineers plan for the ... American engineer who originally derived it. This formula sets a relationship between the force of a fluid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/moving-water-and-earthMIT’s growing global leadership in water achieves industry recognition
innovations that have come out of his lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Lienhard Research ... dedicated to the distribution of practical knowledge for water system operators, wastewater engineers, and ... Environmental Engineering, and the technology that emerged grew into the city-scale wireless sensor network now ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit%E2%80%99s-growing-global-leadership-water-achieves-industry-recognitionNo more blackouts?
professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “In the end, it is a step toward lower-cost microgrids that can ... reason, engineers have typically designed microgrids in simple, centralized configurations with thick ... — a conservative measure that increases a microgrid’s reliability but comes with a significant cost. Now engineers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/no-more-blackoutsStudy opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials
Development Associate Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and ... Kong and Kuan Qiao Now MIT engineers have developed a technique to fabricate ultrathin semiconducting ... Engineering. Kim envisions the technique can be used to manufacture low-cost, high-performance devices such as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-opens-route-flexible-electronics-made-exotic-materialsMISTI pilots conversations in energy
picture of where I want to fit into this.” Titan Hartono, a PhD student in mechanical engineering ... during the first MISTI Career Conversations: Energy series: Ramboll, the international engineering ... engineering and minor in energy studies. “Throughout the series, I did get this insight. It was clear to see ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/misti-pilots-conversations-energyRooftop panels, EV chargers, and smart thermostats could chip in to boost power grid resilience
a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “If we can harness our smart dishwashers, ... stress on the grid, MIT engineers say. An example of the different types of IoT devices, physical objects ... of the National Academy of Sciences, the engineers present a blueprint for how grid-edge devices ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rooftop-panels-ev-chargers-and-smart-thermostats-could-chip-boost-power-grid-resilience