Search Results
Showing Results for: “rmit biomedical engineering”
More than a meal
Grace Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering. Rob Vincent, assistant director for advisory ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/more-mealHow to clean solar panels without water
graduate student Sreedath Panat and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi. Despite concerted ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-clean-solar-panels-without-waterExplained: Why perovskites could take solar cells to new heights
of mechanical engineering at MIT and director of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory. “Perovskites ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/explained-why-perovskites-could-take-solar-cells-new-heightsImaging technique removes the effect of water in underwater scenes
(ICRA). Their study co-author is John Leonard, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Aquatic optics ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/imaging-technique-removes-effect-water-underwater-scenes-0How to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion
doctoral students Simon Rufer, Tal Joseph, and Zara Aamer, and professor of mechanical engineering Kripa ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-solve-bottleneck-co2-capture-and-conversionMerging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds
artist at MIT Sea Grant Keith Ellenbogen and MIT mechanical engineering PhD student Andreas ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/merging-ai-and-underwater-photography-reveal-hidden-ocean-worldsBefore the wreckage comes ashore
change over time. Oceanographers around the world, with MIT mechanical engineering associate professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wreckage-comes-ashoreA new way to irrigate crops year-round
co-founder who is no longer with the company), who were classmates in of hers in 2.760 (Global Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-irrigate-crops-year-roundFaculty Research: Professor Thomas Peacock
Large-Scale Tests in the Lab and the South China Sea Reveal the Origins of Underwater Waves that Can Tower Hundreds of Feet By David Chandler, MIT News Office Their effect on the surface of the ocean is negligible, producing a rise of just inches that i ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-thomas-peacockFaculty Research: Printing in Reverse
Professor Nick Fang Explores Etching at the Nanoscale Using electrochemical and optical processes, programmable metamaterials, composed of functional micro- and nanostructures, are prototyped at Fang’s lab for applications such as reducing thermal exp ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-printing-reverseBetter batteries through biology?
Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range. But bringing that promise t ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/better-batteries-through-biologyGreen Eelgrass, Blue Carbon
MIT Sea Grant is working with several partners to quantify the carbon storage of eelgrass beds in Massachusetts. By understanding the role that eelgrass ecosystems play in preparing for and mitigating the effects of climate change we can better make the c ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/green-eelgrass-blue-carbonHybrid System Could Cut Coal-Plant Emissions in Half
Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants. Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving these goals is still a considerable tec ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-halfNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high tem ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonA new way to find better battery materials
A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of rechargeable batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, resear ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-find-better-battery-materialsA material’s insulating properties can be tuned at will
Materials whose electronic and magnetic properties can be significantly changed by applying electrical inputs form the backbone of all of modern electronics. But achieving the same kind of tunable control over the thermal conductivity of any material has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/material%E2%80%99s-insulating-properties-can-be-tuned-willSea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries partner to invest $1M+ to support research for the co-existence of ocean energy with Northeast fishing and coastal communities
MIT Sea Grant will coordinate an ocean renewable energy research effort with the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, leveraging a diversity of federal partners. The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Ene ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sea-grant-doe-noaa-fisheries-partner-invest-1m-support-research-co-existence-ocean-energyHoming in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their greatest drawback is their tendency to degrade relatively rapidly. Over recent years, the usable lifetime of perovski ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/homing-longer-lasting-perovskite-solar-cellsCapturing the Sun in a box: Thermal battery inventor wins the 2021 Bell Labs Prize
The winner of the 2021 Nokia Bell Labs Prize is proposing a remarkable new use for carbon, the primary source of global greenhouse gas. Instead of burning carbon in the form of coal and other fossil fuels to produce energy, Asegun Henry wants to use car ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/capturing-sun-box-thermal-battery-inventor-wins-2021-bell-labs-prizeStudy suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2
In the race to draw down greenhouse gas emissions around the world, scientists at MIT are looking to carbon-capture technologies to decarbonize the most stubborn industrial emitters. Steel, cement, and chemical manufacturing are especially difficult indus ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-suggests-energy-efficient-route-capturing-and-converting-co2