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Three at MIT named 2018 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
MIT, where she directs the Center for Gynepathology Research. Her research is in the field of ... Reliable Communications Group at the Research Laboratory for Electronics. Her research interests are in the ... interdisciplinary, problem-centered research. Among other things, Reif developed the Institute’s latest experiments ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-named-2018-fellows-national-academy-inventorsProfessor Emeritus Ali Argon, pioneer in the mechanics of materials, dies at 89
materials, Argon’s pioneering research furthered the field’s understanding of inelastic deformation and ... for both research and medical applications at the High Voltage Engineering Corporation in Burlington, ... materials. His research shed light on the connections between microstructure and macroscopic deformation and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-ali-argon-pioneer-mechanics-materials-dies-89Nanoscribe GT2 adds to MIT.nano fabrication capabilities
research and rapid prototyping in a variety of areas such as microfluidics, micromechanics, biomedical ... engineering, micro-optics, and nanostructures. 2021-08 Nanoscribe 02.jpeg A researcher uses the Nanoscribe GT2, ... User Services Jorg Scholvin. “It opens up completely new types of devices and research paths that would ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanoscribe-gt2-adds-mitnano-fabrication-capabilitiesMinimally invasive 3D-printable bioadhesive cardiac pacing lead may reduce complications, improve safety for cardiac patients
minimally-invasive, detachable bioadhesive temporary cardiac pacing lead developed by researchers in the lab of ... performance. (Image: Courtesy of the researchers.) A coffee chat in 2019 about Armstrong’s untimely death ... helped inspire new research, published this week in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/minimally-invasive-3d-printable-bioadhesive-cardiac-pacing-lead-may-reduce-complicationsBetter batteries through biology?
Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of ... number of charging-discharging cycles the batteries can withstand. Now, MIT researchers have found that ... electrochemical activity takes place during charging or discharging of the battery. The researchers produced an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/better-batteries-through-biologyUnlocking new science with devices that control electric power
accurate and affordable solutions for researchers,” Mirvakili says. “This vision extends beyond academia to ... prolific lab, he saw researchers struggling to control temperatures at the microscale for a device that was ... encapsulating drugs. Mirvakili realized the researchers were ultimately struggling with the same set of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-new-science-devices-control-electric-powerA shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication
MIT researchers have developed a reconfigurable antenna that dynamically adjusts its frequency ... mechanism (top right). Credit: courtesy of the researchers. The word “antenna” may draw to mind metal rods ... researchers developed an editing tool so users can generate customized metamaterial antennas, which can be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shape-changing-antenna-more-versatile-sensing-and-communicationNew Faculty
Professor John Hart established a leading research group focused on creating new manufacturing technologies ... scales. Most notably, his research group made signature innovations toward the scalable manufacturing of ... Laboratories at Cambridge University in 2010, followed by work as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-faculty-0Evelyn Wang joins leadership team in MechE
Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor and the director of MIT’s Device Research ... (MechE). Evelyn N. Wang 1024.jpg Professor Evelyn Wang, the director of MIT’s Device Research Laboratory, ... recognized leader in phase change heat transfer on nanostructure surfaces. As a researcher, one of her main ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/evelyn-wang-joins-leadership-team-mecheEleven MIT students accept 2019 Fulbright Fellowships
Fulbright Students will engage in independent research and English teaching assignments in Brazil, the ... later this year. In Barcelona, Spain, Bair will engage in complex systems research. Abigail ... science. Her research in Yekaterinburg, Russia, will focus on natural language processing methods for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eleven-mit-students-accept-2019-fulbright-fellowships2024 MAD Design Fellows announced
students with a fellowship, allowing recipients to pursue design research and projects while creating ... a new approach to researching human interactions and replicating them in virtual settings, with the ... Kyaw's current research utilizes robotic assembly, multimodal interaction, and generative AI to challenge ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2024-mad-design-fellows-announcedDOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid Interactions
announced that it has selected MIT to establish a new research center dedicated to advancing the predictive ... Program (PSAAP-IV), which supports frontier research advancing the predictive capabilities of ... spaces. Researchers in the new MIT Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/doe-selects-mit-establish-center-exascale-simulation-coupled-high-enthalpy-fluid%E2%80%93solidNew Microfluidic Device Offers Means for Studying Electric Field Cancer Therapy
Researchers at MIT’s research center in Singapore have developed a new microfluidic device that tests the ... Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology The device, about the size of a U.S. dollar coin, is designed ... Engineering at MIT, as well as research scientists Andrea Pavesi and Giulia Adriani, postdoc Majid Ebrahimi ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-microfluidic-device-offers-means-studying-electric-field-cancer-therapyBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
bleeding during surgery, the researchers say. “We are solving an adhesion problem in a challenging ... Nature Biomedical Engineering. MIT Research Scientist Hyunwoo Yuk and postdoc Jingjing Wu are the lead ... authors of the study. MIT_Tissue-Glue-02-1024.jpg: The research team: Hyunwoo Yuk, Jingjing Wu, and Xuanhe ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyA simple diagnostic tool for gastrointestinal disorders
can sense contractions of the GI tract. MIT researchers have now designed a new device that could ... MIT researchers and their collaborators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital showed that their simple ... MIT research scientists Kewang Nan and Sahab Babaee are the lead authors of the study, which appears ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/simple-diagnostic-tool-gastrointestinal-disordersDesign prevents buildup of scar tissue around medical implants
device, the researchers found. “We’re using this type of motion to extend the lifetime and the efficacy of ... Among other possible applications, the researchers now plan to see if they can use the device to deliver ... months. Researchers have tried many approaches to prevent this kind of scar tissue from forming, including ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/design-prevents-buildup-scar-tissue-around-medical-implantsEngineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
the study. The researchers envision that these sutures could help patients with Crohn’s disease heal ... or surgical incisions elsewhere in the body, the researchers say. Former MIT postdocs Jung Seung Lee ... of the researchers Inspired by catgut Catgut sutures — which are made from strands of purified ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-sutures-can-deliver-drugs-or-sense-inflammationOverlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity
cognitive functions. MIT researchers have now put forth a new hypothesis for how astrocytes might contribute ... MIT-AstroCyteMemory-01-press_1024x768.jpg MIT researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to ... sciences, and an author of the new study. Dmitry Krotov, a research staff member at the MIT-IBM Watson AI ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overlooked-cells-might-explain-human-brain%E2%80%99s-huge-storage-capacityHow engineering students are seeking to solve major food and water security problems
presented their research and preliminary findings on issues such as these during the MIT Water and Food ... through research. Kevin Simon_1024.jpg Kevin Patrick Simon (left) sets solar panels in place with ... studying solar irrigation. Photo courtesy of the researcher. Chandra Madramootoo, CEE visiting professor ...
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