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Measuring cancer cell “fitness” reveals drug susceptibility
MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), an extramural member of the Koch Institute ... Scott Manalis, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor in the MIT departments of Biological Engineering ... and Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Koch Institute, are the senior authors of the study. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/measuring-cancer-cell-%E2%80%9Cfitness%E2%80%9D-reveals-drug-susceptibilityStudent teams design in the face of danger
mechanical engineering David Wallace, by presenting him with a pair of Eames-style chairs (one of them ... L. Chandler | MIT News Office Education Entrepreneurship Horizontal Teams of mechanical engineering ... seniors taking class 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, presented their prototype products at the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-teams-design-face-dangerIngestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, ... Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Zhao and senior collaborator Giovanni ... says Hanqing Jiang, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-expanding-pill-monitors-stomach-monthMIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing
MacArthur Professor of Chemistry, and Alexander Klibanov, the Novartis Professor of Biological Engineering ... marrying this scientific discovery to an engineered product that meets a genuine need and that consumers ... Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and recipient of a separate 2017 J-WAFS seed grant, is an expert ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-spinout-seeks-transform-food-safety-testingHow slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide
of mechanical engineering at MIT, along with former students Leonid Rapoport PhD ’18 and Brian ... for their electrochemical, chemical, and thermodynamic stability,” explains Solomon. “Engineering ... International Horizontal An engineered surface treatment developed by Professor Kripa Varanasi can reduce waste ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-slippery-surfaces-allow-sticky-pastes-and-gels-slideOnce abroad is not enough
a mechanical engineering major, has integrated three study abroad experiences into his MIT education. “I first ... and electrical engineering taught in Mandarin. My second study abroad took me to Astana, Kazakhstan, ... be graduating this spring with a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, is contemplating ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/once-abroad-not-enoughA 3-D printer powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence
Wojciech Matusik, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, Javier Ramos BS ... printing, and the following year the four engineers received support from the Deshpande Center to ... allow the company to print a broader range of engineering-grade materials. Johnson and Johnson, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-d-printer-powered-machine-vision-and-artificial-intelligenceCharles Stuard Woodard
up on the South Side of Chicago, envisioned a future in engineering at MIT. Childhood experiences ... By the time he was in the seventh grade, he knew he wanted to attend MIT for engineering. However, he ... engineering major worked on making those opportunities more available to underrepresented minorities, by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/charles-stuard-woodardStrong mentorship through great decision-making
Chemical Engineering and the David H. Koch (1962) Professor in Engineering at MIT. The Hammond Research ... any way he can.” As professor of mechanical engineering, Trumper’s research investigates the design of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/strong-mentorship-through-great-decision-makingOobleck’s weird behavior is now predictable
— a material that appears thicker or thinner depending on how it is physically manipulated. Now MIT engineers ... into an added shield against sudden impacts. With the team’s new oobleck model, designers and engineers ... engineering at MIT. “But it turns out the rules that govern how this material flows are very nuanced.” Kamrin, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/oobleck%E2%80%99s-weird-behavior-now-predictableHow strong is your knot?
mathematicians and engineers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how stable a knot is, based on ... their results today in the journal Science. Pressure’s color In 2018, Kolle’s group engineered ... experienced the greatest stress or pressure. Kolle, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-strong-your-knotIngestible medical devices can be broken down with light
done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a way to trigger such devices to break down inside ... requirement for a major procedure,” says Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... who is now a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-medical-devices-can-be-broken-down-lightInstrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
of Mechanical Engineering. “For instance, someone who has heard about the water crisis in Flint, ... professor of mechanical engineering; and Rohit Karnik, professor of mechanical engineering and associate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/instrument-may-enable-mail-testing-detect-heavy-metals-waterFaithfully supporting well-being
Planning; the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society; and Civil and Environmental Engineering ... Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty in 1985. He is the director of the Mechatronics Research ... the Center for Complex Engineering Systems. Youcef-Toumi's research has focused primarily on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faithfully-supporting-well-beingVelcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination
MIT engineers have designed a Velcro-like food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, ... Civil and Environmental Engineering. “People also waste a lot of food after outbreaks, because they’re ... Horizontal MIT engineers, including Professor John Hart have designed a food sensor from an array of silk ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/velcro-food-sensor-detects-spoilage-and-contaminationVibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
of civil and environmental engineering Markus Buehler and graduate student Yiwen Hu, are being ... engineering, swung into action to see if the mechanical properties of the proteins played a role in their ... slightly less lethal.” Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vibrations-coronavirus-proteins-may-play-role-infectionSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... Radovitzky; professor of chemistry Keith Nelson; mechanical engineering professor Xuanhe Zhao; and former ... Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who characterized the mechanical properties ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthThe environmental toll of disposable masks
professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior ... Program, the National Institutes of Health, and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Other authors ... MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Adam Wentworth, a research engineer at Brigham and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/environmental-toll-disposable-masksWeighing cancer cells to personalize drug choices
drug treatments, says Scott Manalis, the David H. Koch Professor of Engineering in the departments of ... Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/weighing-cancer-cells-personalize-drug-choicesOne giant leap for the mini cheetah
in the lab of Sangbae Kim, professor of mechanical engineering. Unlike other methods for controlling ... G. and Renee Finn Career Development Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering ... and Computer Science; Professor Sangbae Kim in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT; and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/one-giant-leap-mini-cheetah