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Students launch products that help users harness their superpowers
Even superheroes need products to enhance their powers. Thor has a hammer. Wonder Woman has the lasso of truth. Batman has his suit. On Monday evening, teams of mechanical engineering students unveiled new products with their own power-extending capabilit ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-launch-products-help-users-harness-their-superpowersOn the cutting edge
When Jordan Malone’s mother told him his passion for playing with LEGOs might translate into a passion for engineering, the young Denton, Texas, native made it a goal to study engineering at MIT. In the coming years, he committed himself to making that go ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cutting-edgeTackling poverty, one person at a time
When Staten Island-native Sarah Tress first arrived at MIT, she had never been outside of the United States. Now, almost four years later, she’s travelled across Asia, spending weeks at a time in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. But the reason for all this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-poverty-one-person-timeGraduate students win first place in 2019 Patagonia Case Competition
Patagonia, the outdoor apparel and gear company, organizes an annual case competition as a platform for graduate students across the country to solve pressing challenges in environmental sustainability. This year, teams were asked to propose environmental ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graduate-students-win-first-place-2019-patagonia-case-competitionProfessor Emeritus Woodie Flowers, innovator in design and engineering education, dies at 75
Woodie Flowers SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD ’73, the Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, passed away on Oct. 11 at the age of 75. Flowers’ passion for design and his infectious kindness have impacted countless engineering students across the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-woodie-flowers-innovator-design-and-engineering-education-dies-75Teaching first-year students fundamental principles through creation
Many first-year students arriving on campus each year share a driving force that brought them to MIT – a passion for making. Whether it’s tinkering with robots, building motors, or designing devices, they are eager to create something tangible during thei ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/teaching-first-year-students-fundamental-principles-through-creationRacing into the future of autonomous driving
On a cloudy day last August, Emily Zhang held her breath at the Hockenheimring racetrack in Germany’s Rhine Valley. Less than two weeks after the circuit hosted the German Grand Prix, it was the stage for Formula Student Germany, one of the world’s most c ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/racing-future-autonomous-driving3 Questions: Peko Hosoi on the data-driven reasoning behind MIT’s Covid-19 policies for the fall
As students, faculty, and staff prepare for a full return to the MIT campus in the weeks ahead, procedures for entering buildings, navigating classrooms and labs, and interacting with friends and colleagues will likely take some getting used to. The Insti ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-peko-hosoi-data-driven-reasoning-behind-mit%E2%80%99s-covid-19-policies-fallAt the forefront of building with biology
It would seem that engineering is in Ritu Raman’s blood. Her mother is a chemical engineer, her father is a mechanical engineer, and her grandfather is a civil engineer. A common thread among her childhood experiences was witnessing firsthand the benefici ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/forefront-building-biologyEducating future naval leaders
Since 1901, MIT has offered a graduate program unlike any other at the Institute. The Naval Construction and Engineering program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering educates active duty officers in the U.S. Navy, U.S Coast Guard, and foreign navie ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/educating-future-naval-leaders3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design
The process of computational design in mechanical engineering often begins with a problem or a goal, followed by an assessment of literature, resources, and systems available to address the issue. The Design Computation and Digital Engineering (DeCoDE) La ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-inverting-problem-designTransforming boating, with solar power
The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of a solar electric boat developed by James Worden ’89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT). Worden visited the pavilion on a sizzling, sunny ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transforming-boating-solar-powerThirteen from MIT win 2023 Fulbright fellowships
independent research, graduate study, and English teaching in over 140 countries. For the past four years, MIT ... where she researched the molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia and other neurological diseases at the ... engineering and computer science with a minor in mechanical engineering. Her Fulbright research fellowship ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-win-2023-fulbright-fellowshipsLetter from the Department Head: A Manufacturing Renaissance
innovative research into metal cutting and machine tool design by professors Milton Shaw and Nathan Cook in ... department has long been devoted to exploring new frontiers in manufacturing research. Today, we continue ... research opportunities for all our students. Manufacturing stands at the crossroads of innovation, design, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-manufacturing-renaissanceUndersea living: Alumna joins Cousteau mission
overconsumption of resources while facilitating experiments and research unique to the underwater marine ... assisting with research. Extended dive times and the established habitat — Aquarius has been in the same ... really great research and incredible footage.” While diving, Young led the team in using the Edgertronic, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/undersea-living-alumna-joins-cousteau-missionA recipe for health
Gynepathology Research by immersing herself in MIT labs and classrooms before delivering an evening talk. “I ... Gynepathology Research in 2009, she delivered the keynote address. Since then, Lakshmi has returned to MIT on ... “Your advocacy work for targeted research and increased awareness around women’s health issues has been ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-healthProfessor Emeritus Ronald Probstein, world-renowned expert in fluid mechanics, dies at 93
research advanced a number of fields including spacecraft design, hypersonic flows, desalination, and the ... Professor Probstein.png Professor Emeritus Ronald Probstein (1928-2021) Many of Probstein’s research ... the planet. He conducted research in the development of synthetic fuels as well as advanced ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-ronald-probstein-world-renowned-expert-fluid-mechanics-dies-93School of Engineering fourth quarter 2023 awards
Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of ... their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty and research ... Researcher of the Year Awardee on Nov. 14. James J. Collins in the Department of Biological Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-fourth-quarter-2023-awardsSchool of Engineering first quarter 2024 awards
Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of ... their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty and research ... named a Sloan Research Fellow on Feb. 29. Harry Asada in the Department of Mechanical Engineering ...
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