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Supporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work

Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering. A common theme in her work is the ...

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Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2

reported similar demonstrations, but the mechanisms driving the electrochemical reaction have remained ...

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A pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy

every evaluation,” says Hermano Krebs, principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pose-mapping-technique-could-remotely-evaluate-patients-cerebral-palsy

AI-driven tool makes it easy to personalize 3D-printable models

and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-driven-tool-makes-it-easy-personalize-3d-printable-models

Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time

and a number of degenerative diseases,” says Peter So, a professor of biological and mechanical ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-technique-reveals-how-cells%E2%80%99-gene-expression-changes-over-time

Self-powered sensor automatically harvests magnetic energy

Computer Science (EECS) and professor of mechanical engineering, a member of the Research Laboratory of ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/self-powered-sensor-automatically-harvests-magnetic-energy

Benchtop test quickly identifies extremely impact-resistant materials

study author Carlos Portela, the Brit and Alex d’Arbeloff Career Development Professor in Mechanical ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/benchtop-test-quickly-identifies-extremely-impact-resistant-materials

This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs

can stiffen over time,” says the senior author of the paper, Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasound-sticker-senses-changing-stiffness-deep-internal-organs

Pat McAtamney: Empowering student-led engineering teams

the Department of Mechanical Engineering, teaching 2.008 (Design and Manufacturing II) for 11 years ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pat-mcatamney-empowering-student-led-engineering-teams

MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field

the d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-researchers-remotely-map-crops-field-field

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

Toyota Professor of EECS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/method-rapidly-verifies-robot-will-avoid-collisions

MIT-derived algorithm helps forecast the frequency of extreme weather

director of the Center for Ocean Engineering in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-derived-algorithm-helps-forecast-frequency-extreme-weather

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-phd-students-awarded-j-wafs-fellowships-their-research-water

Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls

constrict their movements,” says Harry Asada, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We want to ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-%E2%80%9Csuperlimbs%E2%80%9D-could-help-moonwalkers-recover-falls

From NASA to MIT to Formlabs

interests at MIT. When she wasn’t fulfilling the requirements for her mechanical engineering degree, she ...

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Sophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect

Sophia Chen, a fifth-year senior double majoring in mechanical engineering and art and design, ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sophia-chen-it%E2%80%99s-our-duty-make-world-better-through-empathy-patience-and-respect

How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed

the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-general-purpose-ai-model%E2%80%99s-reliability-it%E2%80%99s-deployed

Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs

graduate student Simon Rufer, professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, research scientist Ben ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-findings-could-unlock-better-electrode-and-electrolyzer-designs

Interactive mouthpiece opens new opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions

Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering and leader of the HCI Engineering Group at CSAIL. ...

https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/interactive-mouthpiece-opens-new-opportunities-health-data-assistive-technology-and-hands

A portable light system that can digitize everyday objects