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Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots
perform. MIT-Svelte-Finger-02-PRESS.jpg A breakdown of the components that make up the finger-like touch ... sensor. Image: Courtesy of the researchers MIT researchers have developed a camera-based touch sensor that ... manipulation tasks we could do with robots,” says Alan (Jialiang) Zhao, a mechanical engineering graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/finger-shaped-sensor-enables-more-dexterous-robotsLetter from the Department Head
Department Head Dear Friends, The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT has been at the forefront of ... MIT. Sincerely, Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department Head ... innovators, and engineering leaders.” Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-1Fast, furious, and soon to be electric
certified Formula One cars. To Sly and the rest of the MIT Formula SAE team, this is home. Seated ... unassumingly next to the MIT Museum, N51 houses multiple student teams working under the auspices of the ... and fun — a home for mechanical and electrical engineers exploring their love for design and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fast-furious-and-soon-be-electricDe Florez Competition Winners Split $20K in Prize Money
engineering students have to offer, this year’s de Florez Competition pitted 25 applicants against each other ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/de-florez-competition-winners-split-20k-prize-moneyResearchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
bullet-train journey, significantly limiting graphene’s electrical performance. Now engineers at MIT have found ... Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. “Now we ... Samuel Cruz, and Yunjo Kim from MIT, along with researchers from IBM, the University of California at Los ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-%E2%80%9Ciron-out%E2%80%9D-graphene%E2%80%99s-wrinklesMini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip
developer Benjamin Katz, a technical associate in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. The ... MIT’s new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals ... identical, low-cost electric motors that the researchers engineered using off-the-shelf parts. Each motor can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mini-cheetah-first-four-legged-robot-do-backflip-0Late Summer Listening
Engineering Horizontal Podcasts and audio stories offer a great way to learn about big ideas from MIT ... Podcasts and audio stories offer a great way to learn about big ideas from MIT Members of the ... from the Pappalardo Lab, aka “the most wicked lab on campus,” but did you know that MIT is also home to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/late-summer-listeningRoad Safety Drives VP of GM
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... networks—and giving people their time back.” Anderson credits MIT, where he focused on robotics while studying ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as an incubator that provided him with both the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/road-safety-drives-vp-gmOur History, at Hart
MechE displays in MIT Hart Nautical Gallery given a full refresh Situated near the midpoint of the ... first-floor hallway of building 5 is MIT Museum’s Francis Russell Hart Nautical Gallery, one of the oldest ... marine technology archives in the United States. This space tells the story of MIT’s deep history with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-history-hartSterling Anderson
mechanical engineering, when his younger brother was struck by a distracted driver and suffered a severe neck ... networks—and giving people their time back.” Anderson credits MIT, where he focused on robotics while studying ... in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as an incubator that provided him with both the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/sterling-andersonStick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate
or power lines. MIT-SelfPeel-Drop-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the ... a droplet. Image: Varanasi Group/MIT Now, MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the mechanics ... The new results are presented today in the journal Nature Physics, in a report by MIT associate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stick-peel-or-bounce-controlling-freezing-droplet%E2%80%99s-fateFaithfully supporting well-being
“Kamal is a gift to MIT, the students, and the general world at large.” The Committed to Caring program ... a mentoring guidepost defined by the Committed to Caring (C2C) program. Students are grateful for Zuckerman ... Transportation Planning at MIT, Zhao founded and directs the JTL Urban Mobility Lab. He brings behavioral science ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faithfully-supporting-well-beingProfessor Emeritus Jerome Milgram, a leader in ship design and hydrodynamics, dies at 83
Jerome Milgram ’61, PhD ’65, professor emeritus of ocean engineering at MIT, passed away at the ... Milgram received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1961, where he also served as captain of the sailing ... Milgram joined the faculty at MIT, where he would spend the remainder of his career. As the W.I. Koch ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-jerome-milgram-leader-ship-design-and-hydrodynamics-dies-83Measuring Students' Passion
typically taken during mechanical engineering students’ Junior Year, arms students with the knowledge and ... audiences. “Perhaps the most important skill to have as an engineer is the ability to communicate what you’ve ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/measuring-students-passionStartup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future
the Los Angeles Auto Show. MIT-Rivian_1024.jpg One of the two models unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto ... release lower-priced cars in the future. MIT past helps change the future Scaringe studied mechanical ... engineering for his master’s and PhD in the Sloan Automotive Laboratory, where he was a member of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-founded-mit-alumnus-unveils-electric-vehicles-futureDepartment News
engineering and computer science at MIT, is internationally recognized for his work with MechE Professor ... University College Dublin, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT. His PhD research is ... $1.1 million in prizes. The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering was a big winner, with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-news-3Study: There’s real skill in fantasy sports
sports,” says Anette “Peko” Hosoi, associate dean of engineering at MIT. “We ask, does that skill have an ... of your league’s standings at the end of the season, a new MIT study suggests your performance ... fantasy football is inherently a contest that rewards skill. MIT-Fantasy-Sports-1024.jpg By analyzing the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-there%E2%80%99s-real-skill-fantasy-sportsPushing through sand
For those of you who take sandcastle building very seriously, listen up: MIT engineers now say you ... mechanical engineering at MIT, says scientists have regarded granular RFT as “somewhat like magic,” unsure of ... generate useful equations for cohesive materials like muds. MIT-Sand-Intruder_1024.jpg The photograph ...
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