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Crystan McLymore SM ’23: Exceling at sea and in the lab
mechanical engineering at MIT, after participating in research on an ingestible device that can detect ... and she chose to apply to MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), even though she says she ... engineering. “As someone who started her research career only two years ago, to reach this level is a testament ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crystan-mclymore-sm-%E2%80%9923-exceling-sea-and-labNew plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum
plastics. Now, an MIT team has engineered a composite made mostly from cellulose nanocrystals mixed with ... Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Thursday, February 10, 2022 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal A new ... they never had before,” says A. John Hart, professor of mechanical engineering. “If we can replace some ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-plant-derived-composite-tough-bone-and-hard-aluminumGiving robots a sense of touch
electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and is now a postdoc at the University of California at ... Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial ... sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-sense-touchGuardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions
engineering at MIT, and the two robot enthusiasts became lifelong friends. “When Charles came to MIT, he ... to one day apply to MIT and do my engineering undergrad or go to the Sloan School of Management. I’ll ... MIT-Guardian-Ag-01-press_1024x768.jpg Guardian Ag is offering an alternative in the form of a large, purpose-built drone that can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/guardian-ag%E2%80%99s-crop-spraying-drone-replacing-dangerous-pilot-missionsTalking Shop: Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao
a bachelor’s in electrical engineering, a master’s in materials engineering, a PhD in mechanical engineering ... , and I did a post-doc in biomedical engineering. My education has inspired me to ask interdisciplinary ... external technologies. That has become my major research interest – using mechanical engineering to improve ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/talking-shop-associate-professor-xuanhe-zhaoAn Eye for Design
freely? Maria Yang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which people formulate ideas ... products’ success. MIT-maria-yang 1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark “People’s strategies are so fascinating,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eye-designStudy finds cells take out the trash before they divide
senior author of the paper, which appears today in eLife. MIT biological engineering undergraduates Kevin ... MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, ... functional contents,” says Teemu Miettinen, an MIT research scientist and the lead author of the new study. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-cells-take-out-trash-they-divideAdhesive inspired by hitchhiking sucker fish sticks to soft surfaces underwater
weeks. MIT_Underwater-Adhesives-01-press_0_1024x683.jpg MIT engineers have devised a novel adhesive ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate member of ... research was funded, in part, by the Gates Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/adhesive-inspired-hitchhiking-sucker-fish-sticks-soft-surfaces-underwaterBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
Inspired by the sticky substance that barnacles use to cling to rocks, MIT engineers have designed ... of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the senior ... Nature Biomedical Engineering. MIT Research Scientist Hyunwoo Yuk and postdoc Jingjing Wu are the lead ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyThis touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli
to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such ... MIT-Touchy-Glove-02-PRESS.jpg An MIT team of engineers has designed a new touch-sensing glove that can “feel” pressure and other ... tactile dysfunction,” says Nicholas Fang, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Fang and his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/touchy-feely-glove-senses-and-maps-tactile-stimuliDrug delivery capsule could replace injections for protein drugs
injected. A team of MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ... National Science Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drug-delivery-capsule-could-replace-injections-protein-drugs3Q: Felice Frankel on improving the visual side of science
MITx. Her latest book, “Picturing Science and Engineering,” published this week by MIT Press, is an ... engineers, Frankel is also a consultant to the MIT News Office. She spoke with MIT News about some of the ... scientist at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has a new book that describes ways for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3q-felice-frankel-improving-visual-side-scienceOutside-the-Box Thinker
a functional object. MIT-Nathan-Spielberg1024.jpg Photo by: Tony Pulsone As a mechanical engineering major at ... an aspiring mechanical engineer on a budget wants a top-of-the-line guitar, what does he do? He makes ... it himself, of course. At age 13, Nathan Spielberg — now an MIT senior — began building his first ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/outside-box-thinkerPaper-folding art inspires better bandages
kirigami. MIT-Kirigami-Film_1024.jpg Ruike Zhao, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, says kirigami-patterned adhesives may enable a whole swath ... MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Adhesion from an art form In August 2016, Ruike and her ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/paper-folding-art-inspires-better-bandagesPeeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales
a butterfly its color and shimmer, and help shield the insect from the elements. Now, MIT engineers have ... of mechanical engineering Mathias Kolle. MIT-Butterfly-Growth-1024.jpg Larger, overlapping scales in ... scales,” says lead author Anthony McDougal, a research assistant in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peeking-chrysalis-videos-reveal-growth-butterfly-wing-scalesMaking self-driving cars safer through keener robot perception
on to pursue a master’s in mechanical engineering at MIT, where he worked on improving an ultrasound ... road with. MIT-Heng-Yang-1024.jpg Safety concerns have clouded the future of fully autonomous vehicles. ... To accelerate their progress, MIT graduate student Heng “Hank” Yang and colleagues have developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-self-driving-cars-safer-through-keener-robot-perceptionSupporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work
innovation. Established in MIT’s School of Engineering and now in its third year, the MIT and Accenture ... The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology has selected three new ... future of work. Accenture research selectees.jpg: The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/supporting-sustainability-digital-health-and-future-workNew heads of house join undergraduate and graduate communities to start the fall semester
program within the Comparative Media Studies/Writing department. He came to MIT in 2013 after teaching at ... Henry Gale (1929) Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering. He arrived at MIT in 2014 ... A new group of MIT faculty, staff, and their families will live with, work with, and support ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-heads-house-join-undergraduate-and-graduate-communities-start-fall-semesterLessons from the Clean Air Car Race 50 Years Later
Agency by the end of the year. In the midst of this progress, a team of MIT students and faculty, with ... could make the 3,600 miles from MIT to Caltech in fast, rally-style race, while meeting new stringent ... race, participants of the Clean Air Car Race gathered on MIT’s Killian Court for a photo-op. Credit: ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lessons-clean-air-car-race-50-years-laterMIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition
Concept, and third for Engineering Design and Presentation. FSG-MIT-Delft-Driverless-Car-1024.jpg The ... Students from the MIT Driverless team, together with students from Delft University of Technology ... The intercontinental MIT-TU Delft team placed first in Cost and Manufacturing, second for Business ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-delft-university-technology-team-places-third-formula-student-germany-driverless