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Wrinkle Predictions

Norbert Stoop Now a team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has developed a mathematical theory, ... Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Associate Professor in Civil Engineering. In past ... engineer complex objects with morphable surfaces. “This theory allows us to go and look at shapes other ...

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A new way to make microstructured surfaces

Development Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and senior author of a paper describing the ... engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in this research, ... says this approach “is quite novel because it allows for the engineering of complex 3-D microstructures ...

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New particle-sorting method breaks speed records

McKinley, the School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Engineering. With this method, that’s essentially what you get: In a process the team calls “inertio-elastic ... Howard Stone, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University who was not ...

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Morphable surfaces could cut air resistance

of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering. “Less is known about what happens ... efficiency, he says. John Rogers, a professor of materials research and engineering at the University of ...

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A new way to detect leaks in pipes

mechanical engineering at MIT and lead author of the research papers. “We’ve proved that the concept works.” ... pipes, and should be effective in gas, water, and oil pipes. MIT mechanical engineering professor Kamal ... pipes. Co-author Rached Ben-Mansour, a professor of mechanical engineering at KFUPM, says that current ...

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A microchip for metastasis

mechanical engineering. “We only waited until day five, but if we had gone longer, [the size of the clusters] ... Green Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biological Engineering at MIT, have outlined the results ... engineering at Boston University who was not involved in the research. “I believe that this microfluidic ...

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How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light

graduate student Andrej Lenert, associate professor of mechanical engineering Evelyn Wang, physics ... layer is bonded tightly to a layer of a photonic crystal, which is precisely engineered so that when it ... of mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology who was not involved in this ...

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Droplets break a theoretical time barrier on bouncing

Engineering at MIT, along with James Bird, a former MIT postdoc who is now an assistant professor of ... mechanical engineering at Boston University, former MIT postdoc Rajeev Dhiman, and recent MIT PhD recipient ... Environmental Protection Agency. Howard Stone, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton ...

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Separating the good from the bad in bacteria

Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, says a bacterium’s ... engineering design and quantitative biology.” “On the engineering side, the team has pushed the envelope on ...

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Karina Pikhart

2.009: Product Engineering Processes.   Karina Pikhart 1024.jpg   Pikhart was on a 15-member team ... to work on the project. While earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford ... later, she recruited Robert Liebert, a graduate from Duke University with degrees in engineering and ...

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Student Spotlight: PhD Candidate Faye Wu (SB ’09, SM ’12)

designing in Professor Harry Asada’s lab. Wu – who earned an SB and an SM in mechanical engineering from MIT ... in mechanical engineering, demonstrates the "supernumerary robotic fingers" device.  Photo: ... Engineering red Maker asada@mit.edu Horizontal Student Faye Wu is designing a robotic finger system you can ...

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Cleaning Water Without the Grid

professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, but he describes one of the most important aspects of his job as ... India Desal_4_1024.jpg MechE PhD candidate Natasha Wright, left, meets with engineers at Jain Irrigation ... an engineering subsidiary of the Tata Group currently focusing on village-scale water systems. Tata ...

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2.007 Robots Battle it Out, Revolutionary-Style

mechanical engineering. This year, instructors modeled the competition’s obstacle course after major ... assistant professor of mechanical engineering, dressed as a British redcoat and ringing a bell, called to ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, dressed as a Revolutionary soldier and brandishing a wrench, ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Prakash Govindan PhD '12

engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT ... Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Entrepreneurship LIENHARD@MIT.EDU Horizontal Alum Prakash ...

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Basic training

campus,” says Culpepper, who is also a professor of mechanical engineering, and runs the MakerLodge program ... makerspace. Junior Ruben Peinado, a student volunteer and mechanical engineering major, is making the most of ... motorized.  Thursday, September 8, 2016 Meg Murphy | School of Engineering Collaboration Maker Vertical New ...

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Researchers “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 ...

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New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms

one. Now MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or ... MIT-Hydrogel-Lam-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a gel-like material that can be coated onto standard plastic or rubber ... Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, bonded layers ...

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Julien Barber

a first-year graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, is describing Winnipeg, ... largest known to exist, and represents a major engineering challenge. Tokamaks have typically used low ... business and engineering. I love being in a lab, I like crunching numbers and solving problems with pen and ...

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MIT Federal Credit Union presents 2018 scholarships, People Helping People Award

a senior at MIT studying mechanical engineering, was named as the 2018 winner. “Even after 12 years, I am ... in Ghana. He uses his engineering skills to help others as well, working to develop prosthetic ... electrical engineering; Noam Watt, of Lexington, Massachusetts, who is currently finishing his senior year at ...

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Going with the flow

mechanical engineering who received tenure earlier this month. “I think if we want to develop a better ... explains.   As a student studying engineering physics and applied mathematics, Kamrin developed an interest ... Mechanical Engineering Horizontal Associate Professor Ken Kamrin’s model of granular material flow could ...

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