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David Hu

This is a question that David Hu (SB ’01, PhD ‘06), a professor of mechanical engineering and biology ... MechE, he got hooked on fluid mechanics after taking a course with Professor Gareth McKinley. “I always ... wanted ways to teach people fluid mechanics – and I think there is no better way to learn fluid mechanics ...

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2.75: Precision Machine Design

manus,” meaning “mind and hand.” His purpose was to take the deep fundamental understanding of mechanical ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering and recipient of the 2000 Massachusetts Professor of the Year Award. ... underlying mechanics, have a chance to experience the process of product development in a real situation. ...

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Domitilla Del Vecchio Bridges Math, Engineering, and Biology

Mechanical engineering professor carries out pioneering work in the creation of biological ... research since she came to MIT as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in 2010. Attracted by ... for me,” she says. Del Vecchio is now an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical ...

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Bubble, bubble…Boiling On the Double

by mechanical engineering postdoc Navdeep Singh Dhillon, professor of nuclear science and engineering ... Jacopo Buongiorno, and associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. “Roughly 85 percent ... says. “What was really missing was an understanding of the specific mechanism that textured surfaces ...

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Alumni Spotlight: John Wall (SB, SM ’75, ScD ’78) and Jennifer Rumsey (SM ’98)

fascinated by complex systems, especially those that combined mechanical, electrical, and chemical ... to 1972, when he had met Leroy Besone, SM ‘72, his new roommate and a master’s student in mechanical ... middle of researching the mechanics of engine pollution (see page X). The EPA had just been formed, and ...

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Jennifer Rumsey and John Wall

that combined mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering.” Wall had been at the company for five ... ‘72, his new roommate and a master’s student in mechanical engineering at MIT. “After he graduated, ... mechanics of engine pollution (see page X). The EPA had just been formed, and many people were interested in ...

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Powered by Literature on Her Way Toward an MD

— Cara Lai, Class of 2016, majoring in literature and mechanical engineering. Photo: Jon Sachs/MIT-SHASS ... Communications As a result, Lai will graduate this week with a double major — in both literature and mechanical ... at MIT as a personal passion. She declared a major in mechanical engineering and prepared for ...

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Team 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 ... (Development of Mechanical Products) this past spring, which was taught by Rodgers; Alex Slocum, the Pappalardo ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Precision Engineering Group; and research scientist ...

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Harder, better, faster, stronger

funds from sponsors inside and outside of MIT. The Edgerton Center, the Department of Mechanical ... says Elliot Owen, a junior in mechanical engineering and battery lead for MIT FSAE. “This year’s ... it, and by the time the new car is built, the software, the mechanical parts, are already worked out,” ...

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Study: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions

accounted for by a surface-only mechanism, was indeed being released. The measurements were tricky to carry ... appointments in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, and is ... traditional mechanism” used to explain oxygen evolution reaction kinetics, Diaz-Morales says. “We have ...

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Matthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering

Matthew Cavuto, now a senior in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, embarked on his career ... an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Cavuto has developed a patent-pending artificial ... and from the inexpensive yet durable custom locking mechanism he designed. His work on that project, ...

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Turning any room into an operating room

Department of Mechanical Engineering, where she also received her bachelors, Miller connected with Daniel ... Frey, professor of mechanical engineering and faculty research director of MIT’s D-Lab. Frey had been ... President’s Challenge grant of $70,000, the SurgiBox team was looking for a mechanical engineering graduate ...

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Just what the doctor ordered

Department of Mechanical Engineering, program manager at the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design, and ... very different backgrounds — mechanical, electrical, health sciences,” Slocum says. Jonathan Miller, ... this past semester. His team also included two mechanical engineering undergraduates, an electrical ...

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Yo-yo champion pursues his passions at MIT

not MIT would be a good fit. For Alex Hattori, a rising senior studying mechanical engineering, ... Department of Mechanical Engineering would allow Hattori to pursue his two biggest passions: robotics and ... division. While studying mechanical engineering has afforded Hattori the opportunity to explore his passions ...

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Finding love in the lab

doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering. Less than two weeks earlier, Nill and Nietner were at another ... with David Hardt, professor of mechanical engineering. “Scott and Larissa are two of the most ... mechanical engineering and passing qualifying exams, Nietner and Nill began their respective PhD projects in ...

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Student Spotlight: David Larson ’16, SM ’18, PhD Candidate

Initially intent on studying physics, Larson quickly determined that he was most interested in mechanical ... Sclavounos, professor of mechanical engineering and naval architecture. The class would end up shaping the ... 2016, Larson enrolled in MIT’s graduate program for mechanical engineering and ocean engineering. The ...

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Class Close-Up: 2.729 Design for Scale

hospitals,” explains Toria Yan, a senior studying mechanical engineering at MIT. Class close up_Okea 1024.jpg ... Yang, class co-instructor and professor of mechanical engineering. “We are asking students to design ... developing world. For Suji Balfe, a junior studying mechanical engineering, figuring out how to increase ...

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Departmental News & Awards- Summer 2019

Departmental News- MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering has been named the number one ... mechanical engineering department in the world by both US News & World Report and QS World University ... Awards- Sarah Tress, a senior studying mechanical engineering, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. She will ...

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Alex Hattori