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Study 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-resilienceOceanographers produce first-ever images of entire cod shoals
professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Ocean Engineering, and Olav Rune Godø of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/oceanographers-produce-first-ever-images-entire-cod-shoals-0A new way to provide cooling without power
professor of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn Wang, professor of physics Marin Soljačić, ... been based on complex engineered photonic devices that can be expensive to make and not readily ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-provide-cooling-without-powerExotic “second sound” phenomenon observed in pencil lead
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering. MIT co-authors on the paper are lead authors Sam ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exotic-%E2%80%9Csecond-sound%E2%80%9D-phenomenon-observed-pencil-leadCould we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina and her colleagues have ... adoption as a wearable textile. Now, MIT engineers have spun polyethylene into fibers and yarns designed to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/could-we-recycle-plastic-bags-fabrics-futureTransatlantic connections make the difference for MIT Portugal
hugely successful,” says Douglas Hart, MPP co-director and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. ... sustainable energy, transportation systems, engineering design, and advanced manufacturing. Now halfway ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transatlantic-connections-make-difference-mit-portugalNew technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells
development is slow — typically 10 to 25 years,” says Tonio Buonassisi, an associate professor of mechanical ... engineering at MIT and senior author of the paper. “One of the things that makes the process slow is the long ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-technique-allows-rapid-screening-new-types-solar-cellsResearchers develop a roadmap for growth of new solar cells
Marius Peters, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT, Wellesley ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-develop-roadmap-growth-new-solar-cellsSolar energy farms could offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
by six current and former MIT researchers, including postdoc Ian Mathews and professor of mechanical ... engineering Tonio Buonassisi, who is head of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory. MIT-Battery-Reuse-1024.jpg ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-energy-farms-could-offer-second-life-electric-vehicle-batteriesCovid-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output
mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, research scientist Ian Marius Peters, and three others in Singapore ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/covid-19-shutdown-led-increased-solar-power-outputHow to clean solar panels without water
graduate student Sreedath Panat and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. Despite concerted ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-clean-solar-panels-without-waterHow to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion
doctoral students Simon Rufer, Tal Joseph, and Zara Aamer, and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-solve-bottleneck-co2-capture-and-conversionA material’s insulating properties can be tuned at will
temperatures.” Yongjie Hu, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace ngineering at the University of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/material%E2%80%99s-insulating-properties-can-be-tuned-willStudy suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2
reported similar demonstrations, but the mechanisms driving the electrochemical reaction have remained ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-suggests-energy-efficient-route-capturing-and-converting-co2Peer coaching helps graduate students thrive
spring of 2020, she got an email about the launch of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Coaching Program ... mechanical engineers is to think about coaching as collaborative product development, with the student as the ... ’05, who also works as a research engineer at MIT. Hendrickson draws a distinction between coaching and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peer-coaching-helps-graduate-students-thriveQ&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
of Shipping Career Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, discusses her work with ... grow millions of times faster than plants and dozens of times faster than microalgae. Engineering these ... Sciences; Architecture and Planning; Engineering; and Science; plus the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qa-climate-grand-challenges-finalists-accelerating-reductions-global-greenhouse-gasAdvancing the energy transition amidst global crises
a problem to where it’s safer. Kripa K. Varanasi, MIT professor of mechanical engineering, described ... (MITEI) director and the Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, introducing MITEI’s 15th Annual ... Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Emeritus, founding director of MITEI, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advancing-energy-transition-amidst-global-crisesVapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
The technology was originally envisioned by professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi to ... Jacopo Buongiorno in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering immediately spotted a good ... further testing of the system with the help of NRL engineer Ed Block. With its 24/7 operation and its ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vapor-collection-technology-saves-water-while-clearing-air