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Remembering ‘Papa Flash’
Kim Vandiver, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering and director of the MIT Edgerton Center, ... the tips of a rapidly whirring propeller, jumpstarting his future in ocean engineering at MIT ... The late MIT Professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton enchanted the world with his high-speed flash ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/remembering-%E2%80%98papa-flash%E2%80%99Q&A: Alberto Rodriguez on teaching a robot to find your keys
in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. 1024Sangwoon-Alberto-MCube.jpg Alberto Rodriguez is ... guide me through the process of trying again.” Rodriguez arrived at MIT as a postdoc in 2013, where he ... MIT’s Phillip Isola and Russ Tedrake, one project is focused on training a robot to pick up, move, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qa-alberto-rodriguez-teaching-robot-find-your-keysSensing the world around us
“Sensing is all around you,” said MIT.nano Associate Director Brian W. Anthony at Ambient Sensing, ... a half-day symposium presented in May by the MIT.nano Immersion Lab. Featuring MIT faculty and researchers ... magnificent.” Minchew’s group is working with other researchers at MIT to build a drone capable of flying for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sensing-world-around-usMechE ENGAGE
MechE. Please contact engageme@mit.edu with questions or to learn more about the program. ... MechE ENGAGE is a guided peer mentorship program providing new graduate students with knowledge, ... support and networking to succeed during graduate study at MIT MechE, and beyond. Participants join eight ...
https://meche.mit.edu/meche-engageNew pill can deliver insulin
Research Scholarship, and the MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Other authors of the paper ... 2 diabetes An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-pill-can-deliver-insulinMIT PhD students shed light on important water and food research
Paquette Katharina Fransen In Professor Bradley Olsen’s lab in the Department of Chemical Engineering ... Chemical Engineering. Gokhale’s commitment to global water security stems from his childhood in Pune, ... deficiency because they do not have access to very healthy, very fresh food,” says chemical engineering PhD ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-phd-students-shed-light-important-water-and-food-researchSixteen grad students named to the Siebel Scholars class of 2020
achievements, according to the Siebel Scholars Foundation, which administers the program. MIT’s 2020 class of ... Alexandra (Allie) Beizer, MIT Sloan School of Management Sarah Bening, Department of Biological Engineering ... Allison (Allie) Brouckman, MIT Sloan School of Management Enric Boix, Department of Electrical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sixteen-grad-students-named-siebel-scholars-class-2020Faculty Research: Professor Thomas Peacock
Recherche Scientifique and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche in France, and the MIT France Program ... Can Tower Hundreds of Feet By David Chandler, MIT News Office Their effect on the surface of ... from a team effort involving MIT and several other institutions, and coordinated by the Office of Naval ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-thomas-peacock“Mens et manus” in Guatemala
engineering at MIT, believes some of these programs are already paying off, particularly a UVG venture ... Amy Smith (center), professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and founder of the MIT D-Lab, and ... two regional campuses and to other regional universities. The overall program is informed by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cmens-et-manus%E2%80%9D-guatemala‘Anklebot’ helps determine ankle stiffness
bunch of elastic bands around them,” says Neville Hogan, the Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering ... at MIT. “That’s pretty much a description of what the ankle is. It’s nowhere near a simple joint from ... his ankle, the robot moves the foot along a programmed trajectory, in different directions within the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%98anklebot%E2%80%99-helps-determine-ankle-stiffnessWhy have solar energy costs fallen?
MIT researchers have been awarded a grant of nearly $1.3 million through the U.S. Department of ... investigator Jessika Trancik, associate professor in MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society ... engineering; and David Hs, assistant professor in urban studies and planning — all of whom are also faculty ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/why-have-solar-energy-costs-fallenIn it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students
space for everyone Associate professor of chemical engineering Bradley Olsen recognizes that balancing ... research, the pressure to reach academic milestones, and the management of life outside MIT can tax even the ... Lienhard2 1024.jpg Professor John Lienhard of the Department of Mechanical Engineering makes the members of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/it-together-faculty-mentors-and-graduate-studentsMIT faculty tackle big ideas in a symposium kicking off Inauguration Day
Big ideas took the stage on Monday morning, ahead of the inauguration of MIT’s 18th president, ... members of the MIT community gathered to welcome Kornbluth with an academic symposium exploring the theme ... “Where Big Ideas Come From — and Why They Matter.” Held at MIT’s Samberg Conference Center and streamed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-faculty-tackle-big-ideas-symposium-kicking-inauguration-day3 Questions: Asegun Henry on five “grand thermal challenges” to stem the tide of global warming
need to be made in order to stem the rise of global warming. MIT News spoke with Asegun Henry, the lead ... Engineering, about this grand vision. Q: Before we get into the specifics of the five challenges you lay out, ... needs to be spread much more broadly. This particular paper is about thermal science and engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-asegun-henry-five-%E2%80%9Cgrand-thermal-challenges%E2%80%9D-stem-tide-global-warming2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health
fourth year, the MIT-Takeda Program, a collaboration between MIT’s School of Engineering and Takeda, ... candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. Gopalakrishnan’s goal is to develop ... care. Priyanka Raghavan Priyanka Raghavan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2023-24-takeda-fellows-advancing-research-intersection-ai-and-healthBuilding robots to expand access to cell therapies
startup came from Melocchi, who was a visiting PhD candidate in MIT’s chemical engineering department in ... early funding from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program. After going through the Y Combinator startup ... move to cell therapy comes after Parietti’s small team of mostly MIT-trained roboticists and engineers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-robots-expand-access-cell-therapiesUnderstanding the impact of climate change on the ocean
RS3824_2020 Michelle Kornberg 1024.jpg Photo By Tony Pulsone During MIT’s First-Year Pre-Orientation Program ... her first year, Kornberg started working with the MIT Sea Grant College Program as an undergraduate ... 2-OE (Mechanical and Ocean Engineering). Later that year, Kornberg declared 2-OE. “I think ocean ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-impact-climate-change-oceanHelping older adults stay safe and independent
engineering at MIT, Chamberlain was involved in a lot more than just his coursework. In one of his first weeks ... is putting themselves at greater risk of falling.” MIT_Walk-Wise-01-PRESS_0.jpg WalkWise uses ... Chamberlain could have imagined when he was tinkering with a prototype for his family in MIT’s MakerWorkshop ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/helping-older-adults-stay-safe-and-independentPhonon catalysis could lead to a new field
sometimes in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. In a new study, a team of researchers at MIT and the ... just like it's very hot,” says Asegun Henry, professor of mechanical engineering and co-author of ... temperatures engineers could use cheaper materials to build them. This would lower the cost of fuel cells and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/phonon-catalysis-could-lead-new-fieldThe answer may be blowing in the wind
Chemical Engineering, in his introduction to the event. In sessions devoted to technology, deployment and ... offshore wind by 2030 — enough to power 10 million homes. At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium, ... R&D advances Moderating a panel on MIT research that is moving the industry forward, Robert Stoner, ...
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