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Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future
engineering at MIT, moderated the panel discussion. She said that achieving the ambitious net-zero goal “has ... everybody is basically benefiting.” William Green, a professor of chemical engineering, spoke about the ... engineering and materials science and engineering, said that “the synthesis of industrial chemicals and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/panel-addresses-technologies-needed-net-zero-futureNylon fibers made to flex like muscles
many applications, from robotics to components in the automobile and aviation industries. Now, MIT ... key ingredient, cheap and ubiquitous, is ordinary nylon fiber. MIT-Artificial-Muscles-1024.jpg This ... the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, researchers had come up with the basic principle ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nylon-fibers-made-flex-musclesBursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air
ubiquitous, indoors and out. A new MIT study shows how bubbles contaminated with bacteria can act as tiny ... can emit hundreds of droplets. MIT-Bacteria-Bubbles-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found that ... assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Fluid Dynamics of Disease ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bursting-bubbles-launch-bacteria-water-airSpreading kindness far and wide
engineering course load, a teaching assistant position in a Physics I class, and roles with MIT’s gospel ... here at MIT. Bettina Arkhurst comes from a large, tight-knit family. Her relatives hail from across the ... MIT senior and RAK Week founder Photo: Maisie O'Brien Coming to MIT, Arkhurst quickly settled in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/spreading-kindness-far-and-wideBettina Arkhurst
and support one another during difficult times. Bettina Arkhurst, MIT senior and RAK Week founder ... Photo: Maisie O'Brien Coming to MIT, Arkhurst quickly settled in and made friends, but she worried ... and MIT is not a place to go through alone.” During her sophomore year, Arkhurst joined the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/bettina-arkhurstCooling homes without warming the planet
’07, who is also a lecturer at MIT D-Lab, and CTO Matt Dorson, a mechanical engineer who worked with ... neutral ACs as part of a mechanical engineering class at MIT. When Covid-19 began sweeping through ... the impact on the climate when compared to traditional ACs. MIT-Transaera-01_1024.jpg The startup ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cooling-homes-without-warming-planetAdvancing industry convergence through technology and innovation
nexus of industry and technology,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and ... of Engineering, as well as from the four other MIT schools and the MIT Schwartzman College of ... engineering from MIT. Friday, July 30, 2021 School of Engineering International Horizontal Kaymie Shiozawa ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advancing-industry-convergence-through-technology-and-innovationBy attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead
Prize in Chemistry in 2023 for his work in the chemical production of high-quality quantum dots. “MIT ... Engineering and Computer Science and director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ... MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/attracting-world%E2%80%99s-sharpest-talent-mit-helps-keep-us-step-aheadMIT announces 2025 Bose Grants
Professor Desirée Plata is a recipient of the 2025 Bose Grant. Credit: MIT News The program was named for ... MIT launched the Bose grant program 11 years ago to provide funding over a three-year period to MIT ... Engineering Jacob White, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elfar Adalsteinsson, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2025-bose-grantsGetting the Salt Out
well, but pure water does not. McGovern, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and ... the surface. Now researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia say they have found an economical solution for ... a paper co-authored by MIT professor John Lienhard, postdoc Ronan McGovern, and four others. The method ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-salt-outStartup’s tablets deliver cancer drugs more evenly over time
Blaesi came to MIT, he knew he wanted his mechanical engineering PhD work to form the basis of a company. ... dissolve in the stomach, delivering a burst of chemicals into the bloodstream all at once. That can cause ... quantities. MIT-Enzian-01-press_1024.jpg Aron Blaesi PhD ’14 holds two gastroretentive fibrous dosage forms, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup%E2%80%99s-tablets-deliver-cancer-drugs-more-evenly-over-timeA Message from New MechE Department Head John Hart SM ’02, PhD ’06
doing this at MIT, and to have an extended network of alumni and friends so invested and engaged in our ... success. My predecessor as Department Head, Evelyn Wang, the Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering ... Suh Professor of Mechanical Engineering, led our department since 2018 and through an especially ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/message-new-meche-department-head-john-hart-sm-%E2%80%9902-phd-%E2%80%9906SMART researchers receive Intra-CREATE grant for personalized medicine and cell therapy
materials science and engineering, and associate provost at MIT. Understanding glaucoma progression for ... investigator at SMART CAMP and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and Aung Tin, executive director at ... investigators Nicholas Fang, also a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT; Lisa Tucker-Kellogg, assistant ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-researchers-receive-intra-create-grant-personalized-medicine-and-cell-therapySolar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries
MIT engineers have built a new desalination system that runs with the rhythms of the sun. The ... Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center at MIT. “Being able to make drinking water with renewables, ... climate change,” says Jonathan Bessette, MIT PhD student in mechanical engineering. “This technology could ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-powered-desalination-system-requires-no-extra-batteriesSpeedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces
Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch, MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that ... SaLoutos, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Someone could put something new ... scratch for another chance at a prize. MIT_Reflex-Grip-02-PRESS.jpg The research team, from left to right: ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/speedy-robo-gripper-reflexively-organizes-cluttered-spacesHow light can vaporize water without the need for heat
In a series of painstakingly precise experiments, a team of researchers at MIT has demonstrated that ... any source of heat. MIT-Evaporation-Light-01-press_0-1.jpg Researchers at MIT have discovered a new ... Professor of Power Engineering Gang Chen, postdocs Guangxin Lv and Yaodong Tu, and graduate student James ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-light-can-vaporize-water-without-need-heatDemo Day features hormone-tracking sensors, desalination systems, and other innovations
A program with a purpose This year’s Demo Day featured 70 students from across MIT, with 16 startups working ... MIT student teams celebrate business milestones at the capstone event for the 2025 delta v summer ... accelerator. Kresge Auditorium came alive Friday as MIT entrepreneurs took center stage to share their progress ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/demo-day-features-hormone-tracking-sensors-desalination-systems-and-other-innovations2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
department’s representative on the board of the MIT New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program. In ... mechanical engineering says of becoming a MacVicar Fellow. Kamrin received his PhD from MIT in 2008 and ... professor of electrical engineering and computer science. “MIT is filled with exceptional educators from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2022-macvicar-faculty-fellows-namedPhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions
Department of Mechanical Engineering, have each received fellowships from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and ... education in Canada, and worked in Houston as an engineering consultant before being drawn to MIT to pursue ... engineering and a BS in electrical engineering from MIT. From 2015 to 17, Godart also held a research ...
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