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Mapping the effects of crystal defects
New research offers insights into how crystal dislocations — a common type of defect in materials ... electrical and thermal properties of materials. This work is a major step forward.” The research team also ... Brookhaven National Laboratory. The work was supported by S3TEC, the Energy Frontier Research Center funded ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mapping-effects-crystal-defectsScientists produce dialysis membrane made from graphene
electrical engineering. Plugging graphene To make the graphene membrane, the researchers first used a common ... polycarbonate acts as a scaffold, keeping the ultrathin graphene from curling up on itself. The researchers ... about 45 to 60 seconds, generate very small pores. Desirable defects The researchers tested multiple ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-produce-dialysis-membrane-made-grapheneUnlocking marine mysteries with artificial intelligence
and naval applications. “They’re not working with a toy,” says Schmidt’s co-instructor, Research ... of fields. It can help researchers gather data on temperature changes in our ocean, inform strategies ... of these twin pillars of robotic marine vehicle autonomy. By combining these two research areas in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unlocking-marine-mysteries-artificial-intelligenceChanging the color of 3-D printed objects
case or earrings on demand. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ... printing materials, the researchers say that eventually people could instantly change the color of their ... postdoc Parinya Punpongsanon, undergraduate Xin Wen, and researcher David Kim. It has been accepted to the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/changing-color-3-d-printed-objectsIn field tests, device harvests water from desert air
Now, researchers at MIT have proved that such an extraction system can work. The new device, based on ... researchers say. The new work is reported today in the journal Nature Communications and includes some ... of desert air, the researchers say, with relative humidities as low as 10 percent. Current methods ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/field-tests-device-harvests-water-desert-airTurning desalination waste into a useful resource
other papers by MIT research scientist Amit Kumar, professor of mechanical engineering John. H. Lienhard ... desired end product. While the processes being suggested are not new, the researchers have analyzed the ... should not be difficult. The researchers have discussed the concept with companies that may be interested ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-desalination-waste-useful-resourceMIT graduate engineering, business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2021
faculty, research, and students. The magazine’s less-frequent rankings of programs in the sciences, social ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-graduate-engineering-business-programs-ranked-highly-us-news-2021Controlling how “odd couple” surfaces and liquids interact
pair of liquid and solid materials, but now MIT researchers have developed a way of making even the ... the particular liquid involved. MIT-Surface-Wettability-1024.jpg Researchers can now treat a surface ... for this research were fabricated using semiconductor manufacturing processes, the team is exploring ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/controlling-how-%E2%80%9Codd-couple%E2%80%9D-surfaces-and-liquids-interactDriving a human-machine collaboration
Guardian, is being refined at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), where MIT Professor John Leonard is ... human drivers more.” The presentation, titled “Human-Centered Driving Research at Toyota Research ... Collaboration Horizontal Speaking at the MIT Mobility Forum, Professor John Leonard introduced Toyota Research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/driving-human-machine-collaborationAging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration
research, symposia, and related activities to advance fundamental insights that can lead to clinical ... an emphasis on spurring research at an early stage before it is established enough to earn more ... Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research will test the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/aging-brain-initiative-awards-fund-five-new-ideas-study-fight-neurodegenerationTeam uses 3D printing to strengthen a key material in aerospace, energy-generation applications
Research Laboratory (MRL), is one of three corresponding authors of a paper on the work that appeared in ... Technical University; Yong Zhang, a research specialist at the MRL; So Yeon Kim, a DMSE graduate student; ... below. The overall process can produce complicated 3D parts. The researchers found that parts made this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/team-uses-3d-printing-strengthen-key-material-aerospace-energy-generation-applicationsA new model offers robots precise pick-and-place solutions
solution,” Maria Bauza Villalonga PhD ’22, a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind where she works on ... that is flexible and still provides the needed precision.” A new paper by MechE researchers published ... faculty and now associate director of manipulation research for Boston Dynamics. SimPLE was developed by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-offers-robots-precise-pick-and-place-solutionsCrack densification in drying colloidal suspensions
conservation. A new study by MechE researchers Paul Lilin, Mario Ibrahim, and Irmgard Bischofberger, the Mark ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/crack-densification-drying-colloidal-suspensionsKnitted microtissue can accelerate healing
that actually un-crimps or unfolds, rather than stretches," says Steve Gillmer, a researcher in ... uncrimping a little bit before they stretch." Gillmer is part of a multidisciplinary research team that ... collaboration came while Gillmer and Guo were teaching a course at MIT. Guo had been researching how to grow ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/knitted-microtissue-can-accelerate-healingMIT engineers configure RFID tags to work as sensors
a research scientist in the group, and Sanjay Sarma, the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor ... of Mechanical Engineering and vice president of open learning at MIT. The researchers presented their ... researchers have been experimenting with ways to turn passive RFID tags into sensors that can operate over ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-configure-rfid-tags-work-sensorsWant to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.
says. In looking at the process of new car design, the researchers found that, while there are AI models ... available is limited. Some researchers had previously assembled small datasets of simulated car designs, ... representations of their aerodynamics, the researchers started with several baseline 3D models that were provided ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/want-design-car-future-here-are-8000-designs-get-you-startedSmart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”
farmers,” says Susan Amrose, research scientist with the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at MIT. ... farmers can’t continue with their current practices.” 1024PA.jpg Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) ... Lab researchers (from left to right) Georgia Van de Zande, Carolyn Sheline, and Fiona Grant pilot ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/smart-irrigation-technology-covers-%E2%80%9Cmore-crop-drop%E2%80%9DUntangling How Cables Coil
that a cable may form when deployed onto a rigid surface. The research combined laboratory experiments ... the simulation accurately predicted the coiling patterns seen in the lab. The researchers say the ... researchers eventually identified a key feature they were not originally factoring into the simulations: the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/untangling-how-cables-coilSand, Sand Everywhere
Senior Carrington Motley balances track and field with research on vehicle mobility in sand Senior ... a sand pit during triple-jump practice, he conducts research on how tires move through sand. ... the lab Once on campus, Motley joined the research group of Ken Kamrin after taking an introductory ...
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