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Faculty 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-co2D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries
MIT D-Lab students and instructors are improving the efficacy and economics of a brooder technology for newborn chicks that utilizes a practical, local resource: beeswax. IMG_3686.jpg Students from the MIT D-Lab class 2.652/EC.712 (Applications of Energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/d-lab-grid-brooder-saves-chicks-and-money-using-locally-manufactured-thermal-batteriesA nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
Lithium-ion batteries are the workhorses of home electronics and are powering an electric revolution in transportation. But they are not suitable for every application. A key drawback is their flammability and toxicity, which make large-scale lithium-ion ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nonflammable-battery-power-safer-decarbonized-futureMIT spinout Gradiant reduces companies’ water use and waste by billions of gallons each day
When it comes to water use, most of us think of the water we drink. But industrial uses for things like manufacturing account for billions of gallons of water each day. For instance, making a single iPhone, by one estimate, requires more than 3,000 gallon ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-spinout-gradiant-reduces-companies%E2%80%99-water-use-and-waste-billions-gallons-each-dayDesigning Toys
Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, first-year students get hands-on ... engineering and In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering ... , first-year students get hands-on engineering and product design experience while developing a prototype for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-toysSixteen MIT grad students named Siebel Scholars for 2017
schools, are: Brian Axelrod, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Alex Burns, MIT ... of Chemical Engineering Chen Gu, Department of Biological Engineering Karan Kashyap '16, ... Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ryan Kelly, Department of Biological Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sixteen-mit-grad-students-named-siebel-scholars-2017Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award
the nation’s oldest and most esteemed engineering honors. The Washington Award is conferred to “an ... engineer(s) whose professional attainments have preeminently advanced the welfare of humankind,” recognizing ... those who have made a profound impact on society through engineering innovation. Past recipients of this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/markus-buehler-receives-2025-washington-award