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David Bierman

MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he worked on solid-state solar thermal energy ... thermophotovoltaics since his time at MIT, and Antora’s ties to MIT are especially strong because its progress is the ... result of two MIT startups becoming one. Alumni join forces Bierman did his masters and doctoral work in ...

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What will happen to sediment plumes associated with deep-sea mining?

engineering at MIT. “Our study is the first of its kind on these midwater plumes, and can be a major ... supported in part by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, the UC Ship Time Program, the MIT Policy ... impacts compare to traditional land-based mining — are currently unknown. Now oceanographers at MIT, the ...

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Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles

the chemical reactions, instead of the air used by car engines, McKay says. “Our power system can ... joined 2.013/2.014 (Engineering System Design/Development) taught by MIT professor of mechanical ... The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout ...

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Extending the life of low-cost, compact, lightweight batteries

their metal electrodes. Now, MIT researchers have found a way to substantially reduce that corrosion, ... expensive and more compact and lightweight, but they can lose 80 percent of their charge a month. The MIT ... — more than a thousandfold improvement. MIT-Metal-Air-Batteries-1024.jpg Researchers demonstrating the ...

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New materials could enable longer-lasting implantable batteries

mechanical engineering Betar Gallant, and four others at MIT and Caltech. Replacing the battery in ... like pacemakers. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a way to improve the energy density of these ... are reported today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper by MIT ...

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Ten from MIT awarded 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

from MIT in 2018 with a BS in mechanical engineering. The Soros fellowship will fund his graduate ... Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), MIT’s Summer Program for Undergraduate Research, and the University of ... graduated from MIT in 2016 with a BS in mechanical engineering. She was born in San Diego, California, the ...

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Burning things to make things

of mechanical engineering, is driving research into sustainable and efficient combustion ... Combustion, or the process of converting stored chemical energy into thermal energy through burning, is vital ... John Freidah/MIT MechE Credits: Sili Deng, Doherty Career Development Professor in Ocean ...

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Class opens the door to a new world of mechanical engineering

short-changed over his minuscule prize, the senior in mechanical engineering considered it a fitting award for ... says Portela, who is the d’Arbeloff Career Development assistant professor in MIT’s Department of ... Mechanical Engineering. “We were convinced that a design challenge — where students would invent new 3D ...

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How AI could speed the development of RNA vaccines and other RNA therapies

mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of ... Tassel Career Development Professorship, the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham and ... Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles ...

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MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients

Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her 2022 J-WAFS seed grant project seeks to effectively remove ... professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT who is developing novel computational strategies ... Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He is leading a project that will explore how to better ...

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Diagnosing cancer with a barcode-inspired test

Joining Professor Patrick Doyle’s lab in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering gave Al-Sulaiman the ... Saudi Arabian Women. The fellowship program brings Saudi Arabian women scientists to MIT each year to ... While at MIT, Al-Sulaiman participated in the Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program through MIT ...

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Three from MIT Named Inaugural Schwarzman Scholars

graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in civil engineering and a concentration in Mandarin. She currently ... with Action Tutoring in London. At MIT, she participated in the exchange program with Cambridge ... and engineering. Kelsey Jamieson Kelsey Jamieson is a senior majoring in chemical engineering. She ...

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Industrial Design

at MIT relevant to industrial design that do not necessarily include engineering content.  2.007 ... program. If no units are indicated, in general no engineering credit will be awarded for that particular ... to be mass-produced with mechanical engineering disciplinary background. The discipline involves many ...

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How to make oxygen on the moon

Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal ... of a dusty regolith – a mixture of dust and sharp grit with a chemical composition mimicking real ... everything we can on Earth now,” says Brant White, a program manager at Sierra Space, a private company. “The ...

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Palak Patel

Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal ... of a dusty regolith – a mixture of dust and sharp grit with a chemical composition mimicking real ... everything we can on Earth now,” says Brant White, a program manager at Sierra Space, a private company. “The ...

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Bose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions 

Since 2014, the Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant has supported MIT faculty with innovative ... six research teams composed of nine MIT faculty members will pursue projects ranging from ... Justin Solomon, and Or Hen were recognized at a reception on Monday, Nov. 20, hosted by MIT President L. ...

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MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway

intelligence and decision-making, and Tony Tang, a junior in mechanical engineering, first worked with MIT Sea ... Grant College Program. Collaborating with the MIT-Scandinavia MISTI (MIT International Science and ... Technology Initiatives) program, MIT Sea Grant matched Devoe and Tang with aquaculture-related summer ...

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MIT Future Founders Initiative announces prize competition to promote female entrepreneurs in biotech

programming. The program, which is being run as a partnership between the MIT School of Engineering and the ... biotech. Despite increasing representation at MIT, female science and engineering faculty found biotech ... and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a member of MIT’s Koch Institute ...

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Crystal Winston

were at risk of going bad. Engaging others in engineering Since her first year at MIT, Winston has been ... a job,’” she laughs. “‘But maybe you could do mechanical engineering.’” Now, a decade or so later, Winston ... has taken her dad’s advice to heart. This June, she’ll complete her degree in mechanical engineering ...

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