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Boosting the efficiency of carbon capture and conversion systems
MIT have developed a method that could significantly boost the performance of systems that use ... today in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science in a paper by MIT postdoc Sami Khan PhD ’19, who is ... now an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University, along with MIT professors of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/boosting-efficiency-carbon-capture-and-conversion-systemsHealing with hydrogels
children with limited motor skills inspired Yuk to apply to MIT for graduate school to build robots for use ... in rehabilitation. Shortly after being accepted into MIT’s mechanical engineering graduate program, ... organizations including the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation and MIT Venture Mentoring Service. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/healing-hydrogelsStudy: With masking and distancing in place, NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19 infections
particularly at a time when vaccination against the virus was not widely available. Now, MIT engineers have ... Engineering at MIT. “If case counts start to rise again, we know what to do: mask people, put them outside, ... and distance them from each other.” The study’s co-authors are members of MIT’s Institue for Data, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-masking-and-distancing-place-nfl-stadium-openings-2020-had-no-impact-local-covid-192022-23 Takeda Fellows: Leveraging AI to positively impact human health
The MIT-Takeda Program, a collaboration between MIT’s School of Engineering and Takeda ... the next generation of AI and system-level breakthroughs, the MIT-Takeda Program is also creating ... a PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology whose research seeks to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2022-23-takeda-fellows-leveraging-ai-positively-impact-human-healthIngestible sensor could help doctors pinpoint GI difficulties
Engineers at MIT and Caltech have demonstrated an ingestible sensor whose location can be ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. ... (25).jpg MIT engineers have shown that they can use magnetic fields to track the location of this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-sensor-could-help-doctors-pinpoint-gi-difficultiesTurning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
turn one into the other,” says Gary Choi, a postdoc and instructor in applied mathematics at MIT. “But ... mechanical engineering at MIT. “This could help us to make large, kirigami-like façades that can transform ... Untitled design (36).jpg: Inspired by the Japanese paper-cutting art of kirigami, MIT researchers developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formulaAI-driven tool makes it easy to personalize 3D-printable models
these challenges, MIT researchers developed a generative-AI-driven tool that enables the user to add ... co-senior author Stefanie Mueller, an associate professor in the MIT departments of Electrical Engineering ... project. This research was supported by the MIT-Google Program for Computing Innovation and used facilities ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ai-driven-tool-makes-it-easy-personalize-3d-printable-modelsStripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids
which an object cannot be superimposed onto its mirror image. 1024_Twisted-Liquid-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT ... emerge from chiral forces and building blocks. But that assumption may need some retuning. MIT engineers ... co-author Irmgard Bischofberger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “And from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stripes-flowing-liquid-crystal-suggest-route-%E2%80%9Cchiral%E2%80%9D-fluidsA bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract
clouds, researchers from MIT and Novo Nordisk have developed an ingestible capsule that releases a burst ... Laboratory for Translational Engineering and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... of the study. Traverso and his students at MIT developed the new capsule along with researchers at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bioinspired-capsule-can-pump-drugs-directly-walls-gi-tractImaging technique removes the effect of water in underwater scenes
color of objects in the ocean without imaging them at close range. Now a team from MIT and the Woods ... 3D models of an underwater scene,” says MIT graduate student Daniel Yang. The researchers applied ... (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-0Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
with fellow MIT alumnus Max Justicz ’17. “We’re going from a very bespoke, hands on, manual ... year. From surgical robots to solar robots While majoring in mechanical engineering at MIT, Hunter found ... Hunter worked for the MIT alumni-founded startups Shaper Tools and Vicarious Surgical. Vicarious Surgical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-solar-projects-cheaper-and-faster-portable-factoriesCollaborating for irrigation access solutions: Where policy and engineering meet
energy-efficient systems like drip irrigation — can help. Two research teams at MIT have been invested in this ... support the other. At MIT, J-WAFS is a strong proponent of convergence research practices to help drive ... specific complex problems that involve deep integration across disciplines. J-WAFS funds MIT research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/collaborating-irrigation-access-solutions-where-policy-and-engineering-meetGlassy carbon, now with less heat
Last winter, MIT researchers discovered that a phenol-formaldehyde polymer transformed into ... adding a small fraction of carbon nanotubes to this material. Glassy carbon 1024.jpg Research by MIT ... research when I was a Summer Scholar,” Kaiser says. “Now, being able to come back to MIT as a graduate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/glassy-carbon-now-less-heatProjects advance naval ship design and capabilities
convened on MIT’s campus each spring for the MIT Ship Design and Technology Symposium. The daylong event is ... construction and engineering being conducted at MIT. 2n Program 1024.jpg Students enrolled in the Course 2N ... teams from industry,” explains Joe Harbour, professor of the practice of naval construction at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/projects-advance-naval-ship-design-and-capabilitiesAchieving advisory equilibrium
Center for Ultracold Atoms at MIT and is a member of the Research Lab for Electronics. Her research aims ... Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems at MIT. His work has focused on dynamic systems ... Professor of Political Science. Tsai is also the founder and faculty director of the MIT Governance Lab, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/achieving-advisory-equilibriumThe catalyzing potential of J-WAFS seed grants
Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT. His work is in wireless sensing, where his research group has largely focused on ... opportunity they provide for exploration. J-WAFS catalyzes research across all disciplines and programs at MIT ... in order to find solutions to urgent global water and food systems challenges. For MIT faculty coming ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/catalyzing-potential-j-wafs-seed-grantsProtecting maternal health in Rwanda
MIT, Harvard University, and Partners in Health (PIH) in Rwanda have proposed a solution to address ... PhD '02, research scientist in mechanical engineering at MIT and technology lead for the team. ... a new MIT student from Rwanda and would later join Fletcher’s team at MIT. With Fletcher’s mentorship, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/protecting-maternal-health-rwandaNeed a research hypothesis? Ask AI.
decide exactly what to explore in their experiments. What if artificial intelligence could help? MIT ... Jerry McAfee Professor in Engineering in MIT’s departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of ... says Buehler. “At MIT, we do that by having a bunch of people with different backgrounds working ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/need-research-hypothesis-ask-aiMechE Spinoff Launches All-Terrain Wheelchair in US
designed for US and European markets. Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT), an MIT MechE ... Culture Entrepreneurship International Maker awinter@mit.edu Horizontal Based on an original design for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-spinoff-launches-all-terrain-wheelchair-usAlumni Spotlight: Meg O’Neill (SB ’93, SM ’94)
a business context. “One of the best things about an MIT education is the emphasis on problem solving. It’s ... relevant to my technical education. But MIT taught me how to define and tackle a problem, figure out what ...
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