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Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials
which researchers can manually measure important material properties. A fully autonomous robotic system ... developed by MIT researchers could speed things up. Robotic probe measures electrical property known as ... The researchers inject materials-science-domain knowledge from human experts into the machine-learning ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-probe-quickly-measures-key-properties-new-materialsMIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway
Grant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). They contributed to projects ... internships at SINTEF Ocean, one of the largest research institutes in Europe. “The opportunity to work on ... this hands-on aquaculture project, under a world-renowned research institution, in an area of the world ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-sea-grant-students-explore-intersection-technology-and-offshore-aquaculture-norway-0Pills that communicate from the stomach could improve medication adherence
researchers say. “The goal is to make sure that this helps people receive the therapy they need to help ... (bottom right). Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Traverso is the senior author of the new study, which ... appears today in Nature Communications. Mehmet Girayhan Say, an MIT research scientist, and Sean You, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pills-communicate-stomach-could-improve-medication-adherenceGetting a grip on robotic grasp
— or rather, fingers. Researchers at MIT have developed a robot that enhances the grasping motion of ... robot, which the researchers have dubbed “supernumerary robotic fingers,” consists of actuators linked ... algorithm to coordinate the robotic fingers with a human hand, the researchers first looked to the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-grip-robotic-graspA New Way to Make Sheets of Graphene
researchers around the world to study the material in search of new applications. But one of the biggest ... manufacturing. Since then, focus has shifted to making graphene films on metal foil, but researchers have faced ... difficulties in transferring the graphene from the foil to useful substrates. Now researchers at MIT and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-make-sheets-grapheneFour 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 ...
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