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The (robotic) doctor will see you now
from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently set out to answer that question. In a study ... fronts,” says Giovanni Traverso, an MIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist ... these systems,” Chai says. The MIT team is continuing to develop sensors that can obtain vital sign ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-doctor-will-see-you-nowMembrane around tumors may be key to preventing metastasis
basement membrane, a material that itself has been tricky for scientists to characterize. Now MIT engineers ... Ming Guo, a lead author of the study and associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Guo’s ... University of California at Santa Diego, and MIT postdoc Yu Long Han. Blowing up The basement membrane ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/membrane-around-tumors-may-be-key-preventing-metastasisA robot that senses hidden objects
been giving robots human-like perception,” says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, ... Kinetics Group at the MIT Media Lab. Her MIT co-authors include Adib, who is the director of the Signal ... | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal MIT researchers including Associate Professor Alberto ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robot-senses-hidden-objectsWomen’s Technology Program 2021: The sweet sound of success
Each year, a new cohort of high school students come to MIT’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus to ... MIT students, plus several recent MIT grads and a student from nearby Wellesley College) design ... which is honestly a newfound passion of mine. I’d like to thank all of the donors at MIT for making this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/women%E2%80%99s-technology-program-2021-sweet-sound-successExploring growth within a confined space
confinement. Photo: moonimage/Flickr Now, MIT and Yale University researchers have developed a theoretical framework ... a research team led by Tal Cohen, MIT associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and of ... was not part of the MIT-Yale study. “Cohen and co-workers have ingeniously solved the Eshelby’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/exploring-growth-within-confined-spaceAging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
expertise to join the field, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) this month awarded five seed grants after ... a competition among labs across the Institute. Founded in 2015 by nine MIT faculty members, the ABI promotes ... were very pleased that many groups across MIT were eager to contribute their expertise and creativity ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/aging-brain-initiative-awards-fund-five-new-ideas-study-fight-neurodegenerationPolymer Day 2023 showcases interdisciplinary innovation
fabrics and used as microphones or loudspeakers. Such was the varied innovation that crowded MIT’s Morss ... of space in Morss Hall,” says Eric Lee, a graduate student in the MIT’s Department of Materials ... packaging, for example, and the polyester in clothing. The MIT event included workshops, student seminars, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/polymer-day-2023-showcases-interdisciplinary-innovationCrystan McLymore SM ’23: Exceling at sea and in the lab
mechanical engineering at MIT, after participating in research on an ingestible device that can detect ... and she chose to apply to MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), even though she says she ... to apply. Let them tell you no.” In fact, MIT told her yes, and once she was accepted, she contacted ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crystan-mclymore-sm-%E2%80%9923-exceling-sea-and-labThe tenured engineers of 2024
In 2024, MIT granted tenure to 12 faculty members across the School of Engineering. This year’s ... reports jointly to the School of Engineering and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing), Mechanical ... include: Adam Belay, associate professor of computer science and principal investigator at MIT’s Computer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2024From large labs to small teams, mentorship thrives
Each year, new MIT graduate students are tasked with the momentous decision of choosing a research ... arts and sciences at MIT, where she founded and directs the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab. ... She is also the MIT dean for digital learning, leading MIT Open Learning’s business and research and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/large-labs-small-teams-mentorship-thrivesCultivators of Research
participating in their research journey from the beginning to end. For MIT graduate students, the Committed to ... MIT, which is characterized by interdisciplinary work in design, including product design, engineering ... a first-ever summit as a part of this project. The summit brought together faculty and students from MIT as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cultivators-researchCrumpled Graphene Could Provide an Unconventional Energy Storage
is reported in the journal Scientific Reports by MIT’s Xuanhe Zhao, the Brit (1961) and Alex (1949) ... National 1000 Talents Program of China. Friday, October 3, 2014 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office red ... zhaox@mit.edu ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crumpled-graphene-could-provide-unconventional-energy-storageNew Faculty
engineering in 2005. He began his graduate studies at MIT in 2006, earning his PhD in mechanical engineering ... ambient vibrations. As an MIT student, he was named the George and Marie Vergottis MIT Presidential ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Letter from the Department Head
Department Head Dear Friends, The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT has been at the forefront of ... at MIT. Our faculty members are award-winning educators and mentors, as well as leading researchers, ... MIT. Sincerely, Gang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Department Head ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-1Student Spotlight: Paul Lazarescu
A Modern-Day Inventor by Jessica Fujimara, MIT News Office Photo credit: Allegra Boverman As ... other. Lazarescu and current MechE undergraduate Rachel Dias Carlson had received funding from the MIT ... he says. Watch a video of his hand exerciser at http://youtu.be/AaaCkv8jgcI or read the original MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/student-spotlight-paul-lazarescuCourse 2.72 Elements of Mechanical Design
courses mechanical engineering students can opt to take at MIT, “this class integrates all the other ... other mechanical engineering courses that I have previously taken at MIT and showed me how to apply the ... mculpepp@MIT.EDU ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/course-272-elements-mechanical-designAlumni Profile: Peter Lehner
Cotchett’s machine shop solidified his interest in mechanical engineering. A few years later, he came to MIT ... MIT Crew team. In ’48, his team beat everyone they rowed against and was asked by the Olympic ... but this time, they lost out by six inches. “That was definitely a highlight of my time at MIT,” he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-peter-lehnerFast, furious, and soon to be electric
certified Formula One cars. To Sly and the rest of the MIT Formula SAE team, this is home. Seated ... unassumingly next to the MIT Museum, N51 houses multiple student teams working under the auspices of the ... MIT student — could be hurt if the car fails, this group, unlike most other student groups on campus, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fast-furious-and-soon-be-electricPeter Lehner
solidified his interest in mechanical engineering. A few years later, he came to MIT on the GI Bill and ... there were only two women in his class. In 1948 and 1949, Lehner was a member of the MIT Crew team. In ... lost out by six inches. “That was definitely a highlight of my time at MIT,” he recalls, “topped only ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/peter-lehnerCommunicating Engineering Research at MERE Showcase
impressed by the breadth of research being done by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering,” says one ... research in the department and network with alumni, faculty, students, and staff. 2015-MERE 1024.jpg MIT ... only the cleverness but also the camaraderie and collegiality that make MIT MechE such a special ...
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