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Crystan McLymore

mechanical engineering at MIT, after participating in research on an ingestible device that can detect ... engineering. “As someone who started her research career only two years ago, to reach this level is a testament ... McLymore and her fellow researchers were able to test their ingestible radiation-sensing capsule in vitro ...

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Crystan McLymore

mechanical engineering at MIT, after participating in research on an ingestible device that can detect ... engineering. “As someone who started her research career only two years ago, to reach this level is a testament ... McLymore and her fellow researchers were able to test their ingestible radiation-sensing capsule in vitro ...

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Department News

Electromechanical Systems” (1968). Crandall was a pioneer of random vibrations research, offering the first academic ... Lab Beaver Works Center – a newly renovated, 5,000 square-foot facility comprised of multiple research ... areas, classrooms, and a prototyping lab – opened this fall to support project-based research and ...

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Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware

recognize patterns, remember facts, and carry out other learning tasks, at lightning speeds. Researchers in ... researchers found that the chip and its synapses could be used to recognize samples of handwriting, with 95 ... The research was led by Jeehwan Kim, the Class of 1947 Career Development Assistant Professor in the ...

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See-through film rejects 70 percent of incoming solar heat

this temperature, the researchers say, the film acts as an “autonomous system” to reject heat. They ... air conditioning and energy costs could drop by 10 percent. MIT-Window-Heat-1024.jpg MIT researchers ... the researchers The film is similar to transparent plastic wrap, and its heat-rejecting properties ...

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Technique inspired by dolphin chirps could improve tests of soft materials

resolution E-SEM image of the milk protein network in the casein gel (yogurt) that the researchers were able ... researchers Scientists use various instruments to stretch, squeeze, and twist soft materials to precisely ... blood, or any other “mutating” soft materials as they change over time. The researchers report their ...

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Healing with hydrogels

machines and devices to the human body. Through their research on how humans and machines interface, Zhao ... hydrogels, greatly attracted our research interests, because the state-of-the-art adhesion of hydrogels was ... and assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic. Understanding clinical needs In 2017, the research team ...

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Hyunwoo Yuk

Through their research on how humans and machines interface, Zhao and Yuk began exploring the adhesive ... properties of hydrogels. “Adhesion of soft materials, especially hydrogels, greatly attracted our research ... Clinic. Understanding clinical needs In 2017, the research team was approached by Nabzdyk, who at the time ...

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Ana Pantelic appointed executive director of MIT D-Lab

wood-derived charcoal. As D-Lab added subjects to its academic roster, it also gained depth in research ranging ... field research methods, and grew its cherished network of community partners around the world. Over the ... MIT classes; engineering and social science research groups; methodologies that guide technology ...

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Benchtop test quickly identifies extremely impact-resistant materials

supersonic impacts compared to their entirely solid, nonarchitected counterparts. The researchers say the ... DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. 1024-MetaImpact-02-press-1.jpg The researchers print intricate, ... study, the researchers developed a way to test freestanding metamaterials, to observe how the materials ...

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A portable light system that can digitize everyday objects

statistics, as well as new designs on things like a wall, mug, or shoe. Researchers from MIT’s Computer ... device, which was then converted into a chart through a reprogramming script developed by the researchers ... researchers displayed a heart gradually coming together on the back of a tablet to show how a user was ...

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When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

nerve growth. Surprisingly, the researchers also found that neurons respond not only to the biochemical ... physical effects can be just as important, the researchers say. The results, which are published today in ... Cancer Research. MIT-Exercising-neurons-1024.jpg In response to biochemical and physical cues of ...

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Student Spotlight: Engineers of tomorrow

tackle complex design problems. His research explores new training methods through which generative AI ... Loïcka Baille’s research focuses on developing remote sensing technologies to study and protect marine life. Her ... Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Credit: Courtesy of the Researchers Water, water anywhere Carlos ...

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MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows

current faculty, research staff, and MIT Corporation members. Top row (l-r): Noubar Afeyan, Cynthia ... experience in emerging digital technologies and business, research, and strategic initiatives to lead Open ... Learning’s business and research and engagement units. She is also the director of the MIT-wide Initiative on ...

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A leg up for STEM majors

research and future careers. For Guo, the connection between computer science and policy emerged through ... perspectives on their research and future careers. Photo: Hanley Valentin Hovendon is focused on sustainable ... methods for addressing climate change. She is currently participating in a multisemester research project ...

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Yunyi Zhu

as health statistics, as well as new designs on things like a wall, mug, or shoe. Researchers from ... device, which was then converted into a chart through a reprogramming script developed by the researchers ... researchers displayed a heart gradually coming together on the back of a tablet to show how a user was ...

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Langer, Robert S Institute Professor
Glicksman, Leon R. Professor

MechE Alumna Catches Rare Glimpse of Marine Life

in-depth research and taking rare high-speed video footage of marine life. Using an Edgertronic high-speed ... quickly that the naked eye can’t catch it. Young’s participation in Fabien Cousteau’s research mission ... underwater research, follow her blog at graceunderthesea.com. Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Alissa Mariello ...

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Faculty Promotions

authority in the field of precision engineering. His research focuses on the design, fabrication, and ... length-scales and/or precision levels not previously possible or practical. Research from his group has produced ... of small-scale, multi-degree-of-freedom positioning systems. His research group developed ...

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