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Four MIT seniors win Marshall Scholarships
innovative research that seeks to improve the quality of life for others, and we are proud that their work ... treatments and practicing clinically. Since her sophomore year, Koch has worked on cancer research projects ... metabolism. Continuing work in this area, in the summer of 2012, Koch conducted research at the European ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-seniors-win-marshall-scholarshipsArtificial whisker reveals source of harbor seal’s uncanny prey-sensing ability
object. In their experiments, the researchers observed that once the fabricated whisker enters the wake ... flags. The research shows that this slaloming allows the whisker to extract energy from the wake, causing ... researchers found, may help the seal block out its own disturbance as it moves through water. “It’s like ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-whisker-reveals-source-harbor-seal%E2%80%99s-uncanny-prey-sensing-ability-0Alumni Spotlight: John Wall (SB, SM ’75, ScD ’78) and Jennifer Rumsey (SM ’98)
engineering at MIT. “After he graduated, Leroy returned to his job at Chevron Research in San Francisco,” ... research side of things, looking at engine lubrication and friction.” In 1975, Wall earned bachelor’s and ... middle of researching the mechanics of engine pollution (see page X). The EPA had just been formed, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-john-wall-sb-sm-%E2%80%9975-scd-%E2%80%9978-and-jennifer-rumsey-sm-%E2%80%9998Jennifer Rumsey and John Wall
Leroy returned to his job at Chevron Research in San Francisco,” remembers Wall. “One day he called me ... time that I had been working around engines and really getting into the research side of things, ... his ScD – as a Cummins Fellow. It was the 1970s, and John Heywood was in the middle of researching the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jennifer-rumsey-and-john-wallYoussef Marzouk and Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou to direct the Center for Computational Engineering
Science Center in MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. His research focuses on uncertainty ... Department of Energy Early Career Research Award, and the Junior Bose Award for Teaching Excellence from the ... computational science and engineering PhD program. His research interests include kinetic transport for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/youssef-marzouk-and-nicolas-hadjiconstantinou-direct-center-computational-engineeringSchool of Engineering first quarter 2019 awards
a Thornton Family Faculty Research Innovation Fellowship on Feb. 8. Constantinos Daskalakis, of the ... Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded a Frank Quick Faculty Research ... Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was awarded a Thornton Family Faculty Research Innovation ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-first-quarter-2019-awardsThe tenured engineers of 2019
dean of the School of Engineering. “They have shown exceptional dedication to research and teaching, ... understanding of key machine learning tools. A major theme of his research is rethinking machine learning from ... Department of Materials Science and Engineering, performs research on nanostructures using transmission ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2019Crystal Winston
Marshall: to do underwater, flying, swimming robotics research,” Winston says. When Winston started this ... car is her main research focus, she also did a robotics-related project through the undergraduate ... research opportunities program (UROP) in the Mechatronics Research Laboratory during her junior year. In ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/crystal-winstonFour from MIT are named IEEE Fellows for 2021
cells. She and her group are researching techniques to make synthetic genetic circuits robust to context ... during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2016 Bose Research Award, 2010 Donald P. Eckman Award from the American ... deputy dean of academics for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. Her research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-are-named-ieee-fellows-2021Ben Katz
He then spent the summer in Kim’s lab as part of the MIT UROP – or Undergraduate Research ... Opportunities Program. For his UROP research and undergraduate thesis, he began to look at how to utilize pieces ... its controllers, software, and research can be trivially ported to a big robot that can carry larger ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ben-katzMobilizing across borders to address global challenges
collaborate across borders with international partners to develop and launch joint research projects. MISTI ... research partnerships possible since 2008. “[Our] collaboration was extremely fruitful,” says 2018 Israel ... are often able to contribute to the faculty member’s groundbreaking research at a high level. “Two of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mobilizing-across-borders-address-global-challengesThe tenured engineers of 2022
a diverse group of educators and scholars whose research and commitment to teaching has had a tremendous ... research at the interface of information theory, statistics, theoretical computer science, and probability. ... and computer science, focuses her research on algorithmic machine learning, which spans modeling, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2022MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023
Seven MIT researchers are among the 106 new members and 18 international members elected to the ... research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering ... education." The seven MIT researchers elected this year include: Regina Barzilay, the School of Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-community-members-elected-national-academy-engineering-2023School of Engineering second 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 ... in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering was named a 2023 Sloan Research Fellow on May ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-second-quarter-2023-awardsApplying For Admission
Research Interests MechE research fields Admission Frequently Asked Questions Graduate Degree Programs The ... clearly defined research plans, to spend time in the Spring Term of the senior year starting on their ... entail having a well-articulated research plan including a faculty member who supports the early ...
https://meche.mit.edu/education/prospective-students/graduate/applyFive with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025
Facundo’s research has advanced preclinical vaccine and therapeutic development for globally important ... London Research Institute), simultaneously holding a professorship at Imperial College London. In 2016, ... he joined the Ragon Institute to pursue a new research program applying his expertise in B cells and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-ties-elected-national-academy-medicine-2025Faith Brooks
[WHOI]?” In the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, Brooks is researching the impact of coastal pond breaching on ... eutrophication. Brooks’ research will focus on data before, during, and after the breach at two pond sites to ... research within their areas of interest. “The biggest lesson that I’ve learned from both research theses is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/faith-brooksFaculty Promotions
research, education, mentorship, and service. Daniel Frey, Full Professor Professor Dan Frey is ... a researcher in the fields of robust design and design pedagogy. He brings depth and precision to the design ... process and has made significant contributions to the sub-field of Design of Experiments. His research has ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-promotions-0Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves
A team of researchers at MIT and a spinoff company they launched has developed a system to do just that. ... productivity. Credit: Courtesy of the Varanasi Lab The research is described today in the journal Soft Matter, in ... environment, the researchers point out. A recent study found that 31 percent of agricultural soils around the ...
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