Departmental and Research News The Department of Mechanical Engineering ranks number 1 in the US ... MIT-living-hydro_1024.jpg Professor Anette “Peko” Hosoi and collaborators designed a microfluidic device called ... Plants. MIT-Tree-on-Chip.jpg Seniors Gabe Alba and Victoria Gregory launched a product, first conceived in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/departmental-news-awards-springsummer-2017Fadel Adib, an associate professor of media arts and sciences and of electrical engineering and computer ... Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT. His work is in wireless sensing, where his research group has largely focused on ... opportunity they provide for exploration. J-WAFS catalyzes research across all disciplines and programs at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/catalyzing-potential-j-wafs-seed-grantsNew award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China. Two MIT undergraduates ... graduated from MIT in 2013 with a degree in civil engineering and a concentration in Mandarin. She currently ... and one MIT alumna were named Schwarzman Scholars and will be awarded a year of study and leadership ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-named-inaugural-schwarzman-scholarsKim 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%99pursuing her master’s degree in public health before proceeding to medical school. “At MIT, I’ve had the ... a team of bioengineers, mechanical engineers, and social scientists from MIT EMS and Harvard’s Crimson ... Throughout her time at MIT, senior Abigail Schipper has volunteered as an EMT with MIT EMS, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/innovating-health-equitymechanical engineering at MIT, and his team in the Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (ENDLab), are at the ... resources,” says Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, in a video discussing his ... | Department of Mechanical Engineering Horizontal Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-new-frontiers-mineral-extractionMIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power ... chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. The new membrane-based system was developed by MIT ... postdoc Xiao-Yu Wu and Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-emissions-fuelMIT engineers have built a device that soaks up enough heat from the sun to boil water and produce ... the lab of Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering at MIT. A clever ... and cleaning. The steam may also supply heat to industrial processes, or it could be collected and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sun-soaking-device-turns-water-superheated-steamCourtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ... Engineering at MIT. “With this approach, we can accelerate the discovery of optimal materials, depending on ... Metamaterials are products of engineering wizardry. They are made from everyday polymers, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesmechanical engineering and in electrical engineering and computer science. She went on to earn a master ... MIT senior Pam Stark and alumni Bhav Jain and Sreya Vangara are recipients of this year’s ... Vangara '22 is one of three from MIT named Knight-Hennessy Scholars for 2023. The fellowship funds ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-named-2023-knight-hennessy-scholarsCredit: David Castro-Olmedo/MIT by Alissa Mallinson If you live in a First World country, you probably do ... Lienhard V, the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, you should. “The world supply of ... University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and leads the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT; he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-john-lienhard-0a growing and increasingly industrialized world population. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a plan ... emissions for a given amount of power produced. The concept, proposed by MIT doctoral student Katherine Ong ... system proposed by MIT researchers. At the bottom, steam (pink arrows) passes through pulverized coal, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-halfBrian W. Anthony, associate director of MIT.nano and faculty lead for the Industry Immersion Program in ... opportunities for commercial innovations. Elazer Edelman, director of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering ... Engineering and Science at MIT. “The most important thing, I think, is to realize that engineers like us, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sensing-body-all-scalesa graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and based at the MIT Media Lab, Keating says ... tumor that was removed this past August. MIT-Steven-Keating-04-1024.jpg 3-D-printed versions of ... advocating for open health data. Discovering a baseball-sized brain tumor Keating arrived at MIT in fall 2010 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cerebral-curiositythrough the ups and downs of graduate student life, including personal journeys. From a time when master ... told MIT News. As an academic administrator, Regan served as a guiding force for countless graduate ... Shangzhi Wu SM ’81, MBA ’84, PhD ’85 reminisced about his journey to MIT over 45 years ago, recollecting ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/empowering-futures’22 completed her undergraduate education at MIT with degrees in both electrical engineering and ... and Sustainability track within the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. During her ... Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eleven-mit-awarded-2024-fulbright-fellowshipsGlicksman: “Simple sometimes is good.” Monday, October 5, 2015 Steve Calechman | MIT Industrial Liaison ... and, like many of his MIT colleagues, he brings with him a high-tech portfolio. He develops aerogel ... mechanical engineering says that both will be needed in the retrofitting of existing buildings and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/moderating-extremes-building-designMIT have developed a method that could significantly boost the performance of systems that use ... today in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science in a paper by MIT postdoc Sami Khan PhD ’19, who is ... now an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University, along with MIT professors of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/boosting-efficiency-carbon-capture-and-conversion-systemsPhotos courtesy of Fulbright winners. Lainie Beauchemin ’22 earned a BS in biological engineering at MIT ... plans to return to MIT to pursue a PhD in electrical engineering. Victor Damptey will graduate in June ... will graduate this spring from the Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning programs at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-win-2023-fulbright-fellowshipsMIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) — MIT’s pioneering international ... and short videos showcasing the ways in which MIT is making the world a better place through the MISTI ... summer. Winning videos: MIT-Netherlands Better World Story: Yara Azouni At MX3D, Yara Azoni, now ...
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