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Dora Aldama
MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program. “I was checking it out — what’s great, not so great. ... engineering major as an undergraduate at MIT before working for five years on oil systems of jet engines as an ... airplanes. Aldama decided to return to MIT and join the LGO program for a dual masters in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/dora-aldama-0Turning desalination waste into a useful resource
systems and that must be managed carefully to prevent damage to marine ecosystems. Now, engineers at MIT ... other papers by MIT research scientist Amit Kumar, professor of mechanical engineering John. H. Lienhard ... is such a ubiquitous chemical that “every lab at MIT has some,” he says, so finding markets for it ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-desalination-waste-useful-resourceAnnabel Flores
program that instilled confidence in the engineer. After she graduated from MIT, Flores was determined to ... aerospace and defense challenges? She uses a voice the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program ... are sometimes told is impossible — become an engineer. Upon beginning her collegiate career at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/annabel-floresPeer coaching helps graduate students thrive
spring of 2020, she got an email about the launch of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Coaching Program ... ’05, who also works as a research engineer at MIT. Hendrickson draws a distinction between coaching and ... product. MIT-Grad-Coach-02-press.jpg Graduate Student Coaching Program instructor Y. Jenny Wang SM ’15, PhD ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peer-coaching-helps-graduate-students-thriveMIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid
Now, MIT engineers have found that this “intercellular” fluid plays a major role in how tissues respond ... deformation, is completely ignored,” says Ming Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Now ... neuromuscular diseases. MIT_Cell-Water-Eflux-01-Press_1_1024.jpg These images directly visualze interstitial ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-uncover-surprising-reason-why-tissues-are-flexible-or-rigidMIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials
Damian Stefaniuk at MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, James Weaver at the Wyss ... Institute, and Yunguang Zhu in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The work was supported by the MIT ... alternative to batteries — that could provide storage of electrical energy. As an example, the MIT researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-create-energy-storing-supercapacitor-ancient-materialsChanging lives with heart, humor, and engineering
7. MIT-Schwartz-Nick-01_1024.jpg “The kind of engineering that I want to do is the kind that can ... people smile with his work — both inside and outside of MIT. Meaningful engineering When Schwartz first ... of each fall semester, the mechanical engineering senior and nuclear fusion enthusiast dons a Santa ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/changing-lives-heart-humor-and-engineeringHow to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion
combatting climate change, but systems for removing carbon dioxide suffer from a tradeoff. Chemical compounds ... make the other part worse. Now, using nanoscale filtering membranes, researchers at MIT have added ... percent, they say. The new findings are reported today in the journal ACS Energy Letters, in a paper by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-solve-bottleneck-co2-capture-and-conversionNew Concept Turns Battery Technology Upside-Down
one developed by members of this MIT team, that used the same chemical compounds as conventional ... operation, says a team of MIT researchers who have made a demonstration version of the new battery. Liquid ... years ago. The basic technology can use a variety of chemical formulations, including the same chemical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-concept-turns-battery-technology-upside-downA new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine ... N. Noyce Career Development Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “This is an ... percent efficiency — a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-heat-engine-no-moving-parts-efficient-steam-turbineEngineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves
predict. Now, MIT engineers have found a new way to model how waves break. The team used machine learning ... learning along with data from wave tank experiments, MIT engineers led by Professor Themis Sapsis and Dr. ... predict wave behavior. Engineers typically rely on such equations to help them design resilient offshore ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-use-artificial-intelligence-capture-complexity-breaking-wavesNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
use components made of carbon, which require high temperatures and harsh chemicals to produce. Now ... researchers at MIT and elsewhere have for the first time developed a supercapacitor that uses no conductive ... MIT-Semicapacitor_1024.jpg To demonstrate the supercapacitor's ability to store power, the researchers modified an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonMIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body
MIT-Ultrasound-sticker-1024.jpg MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The ... available only in hospitals and doctor’s offices. But a new design by MIT engineers might make the ... environmental engineering at MIT. “We believe we’ve opened a new era of wearable imaging: With a few patches on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-develop-stickers-can-see-inside-bodyMIT engineers design a robotic replica of the heart’s right chamber
MIT engineers have developed a robotic replica of the heart’s right ventricle, which mimics the ... mechanical ventilation,” says Manisha Singh, a postdoc at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science ... member of IMES and the associate head for research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-robotic-replica-heart%E2%80%99s-right-chamberMIT engineers develop a soft, printable, metal-free electrode
inflammation that in turn can degrade an implant’s performance. Now, MIT engineers have developed a metal-free, ... biological tissue. MIT_Hydro-Electrode-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT engineers developed a metal-free, Jell-O-like ... environmental engineering at MIT. Zhao, Yuk, and others at MIT and elsewhere report their results today in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-develop-soft-printable-metal-free-electrodeMIT engineers find a way to protect microbes from extreme conditions
Institute for Space Health, Space Center Houston, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, and by 711 ... storage. MIT researchers have now developed a new way to make microbes hardy enough to withstand these ... applications, or agricultural uses,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-find-way-protect-microbes-extreme-conditionsMIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
functions than today’s electronics. MIT-Direct-Stack-01-press_0.jpg MIT engineers have developed a method to ... communication between functional semiconducting layers. Now, MIT engineers have found a way around this hurdle, ... engineering at MIT. “This could lead to orders-of-magnitude improvements in computing power for applications ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Chigh-rise%E2%80%9D-3d-chipsEngineering art
MIT-Stephanie-chou-kinetic-sculpture-Mess-of-Gold 1024_0.jpg Stephanie Chou ’19 stands with her kinetic art sculpture, "Mess of Gold." ... sculpture to encourage members of the MIT community to express themselves and find support in challenging ... Hunter, an MIT student, passed away after a brief illness in 2017. Dealing with her friend’s passing and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-artA more effective experimental design for engineering a cell into a new state
engineering at MIT and a member of IDSS; and others at Harvard and MIT. Active learning When scientists try to ... Sunday, October 1, 2023 Adam Zewe | MIT News Horizontal Professor Themis Sapsis and a team of engineers ... A strategy for cellular reprogramming involves using targeted genetic interventions to engineer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/more-effective-experimental-design-engineering-cell-new-stateTo excel at engineering design, generative AI must learn to innovate, study finds
generating new content that resembles everything they’ve seen before. But as MIT engineers say in a new ... a mechanical engineering graduate student at MIT. “The objective of these models is to mimic a dataset. But as ... mechanical engineering at MIT. “But in design, being different could be important if you want to innovate.” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/excel-engineering-design-generative-ai-must-learn-innovate-study-finds