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New heads of house join undergraduate and graduate communities to start the fall semester
enjoyed themselves, especially the contact with students outside classrooms and labs.” In his research ... group, Jarillo-Herrero has regular contact with students from MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities ... undergraduates as heads of house. Why Next House? Jarillo-Herrero researched the student-produced Interactive ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-heads-house-join-undergraduate-and-graduate-communities-start-fall-semesterThree professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows
activities, research, travel, and other scholarly expenses. With the addition of the 2017 fellows, the program ... research, primarily through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). UROP was established by ... address the future of undergraduate research. The MacVicar Day symposium will take place on Friday, March ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-professors-named-2017-macvicar-fellowsTo advance climate action, MIT seeks partnerships beyond industry
even this one, to solve alone,” said Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research, in opening ... the Vice President for Research is taking stock of the Institute’s climate progress to date. The ... that policymakers know to turn to MIT for scientifically-sound climate research. “In my ideal world, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advance-climate-action-mit-seeks-partnerships-beyond-industryThe answer may be blowing in the wind
R&D advances Moderating a panel on MIT research that is moving the industry forward, Robert Stoner, ... Stoner said, researchers must first address some serious issues, including building and maintaining these ... significantly for offshore installations, dramatically improving their efficiencies. Howland hopes his research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/answer-may-be-blowing-windPanel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future
and associate vice president for research administration and a professor of nuclear science and ... delicate balancing of production with demand. Anuradha Annaswamy, a senior research scientist in MIT’s ... MITEnergyInt_June23_1024x768.jpg Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Annaswamy (center) and other speakers addressed areas where new ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/panel-addresses-technologies-needed-net-zero-futureAddressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design
Leon Glicksman of the Building Technology Program within the Department of Architecture, and Research ... fruit and vegetables. After studying existing cold storage options and conducting user research with ... Glicksman, a professor of building technology and mechanical engineering, drew on his previous research in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/addressing-food-insecurity-arid-regions-open-source-evaporative-cooling-chamber-designThe future of motorcycles could be hydrogen
and “we want to provide this bike as a platform for researchers and for education, where researchers ... a commercial product, Mehrotra says, “our vehicle is fully designed for research, so you can swap components in ... in research.” He adds that “at the moment, this vehicle is affordable for research, but it’s not ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/future-motorcycles-could-be-hydrogenBioinspired robotics class offers intriguing surprises
researchers need to understand this cognitive bias, this tendency toward anthropomorphism, in order to even ... begin developing robots that can help humans with their physical movements. While Kim’s research ... stamina.” The research projects that 2.74 students embark on in the second half of the class single out very ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bioinspired-robotics-class-offers-intriguing-surprisesFull Steam Ahead
instructional and research purposes; the effect of the governing method upon the economy, and the effect of ... under the Department.” Some of these labs are still operating today, though their names and research ... Heat Transfer Lab is home to research in transport phenomena and energy conversion processes for solar ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/full-steam-aheadJana Saadi
process behind product design. Now, she’s pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT, researching how ... part of her research, she has even found herself collaborating with D-Lab again. Saadi is currently ... design process. She hopes to use her research to provide guidance on how generative design tools can ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/jana-saadiInnovation in Education: MechE Goes Online
educational initiatives: the incorporation of breaking research into the classroom. It’s not a new practice to ... incorporating cutting-edge research from MechE labs into the classrooms. Professor Sang-Gook Kim’s Course 2.674: ... of which is to say that the students have learned better. Senior Lecturer and Principal Research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/innovation-education-meche-goes-onlineSeparating finely mixed oil and water
ecosystems. But MIT researchers have discovered a new, inexpensive way of getting the two fluids apart again. ... University of Michigan who was not involved in this research, calls it "a very interesting and ... efficiency." The team is working with Shell, which supported the research through the MIT Energy Initiative, to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/separating-finely-mixed-oil-and-water“It’s Okay if it Breaks and Blows Up”
teams of MIT students, research staff, and alumni worked to design, construct, and test combat robots ... research engineer Dane Kouttron, who co-led a team called Road Rash, “BattleBots” provided an opportunity ... the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s MakerWorks space, the MIT Electronics Research Society ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-okay-if-it-breaks-and-blows-up%E2%80%9DDora Aldama: Drawn to multidimensional problems
on for the next six months as part of her research internship to improve Boeing’s production line. ... from her first year as an LGO student to optimize the final assembly line while researching how best to ... is researching sustainable procurement practices across academia and industry, and working on ways to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dora-aldama-drawn-multidimensional-problemsDora Aldama
on for the next six months as part of her research internship to improve Boeing’s production line. ... first year as an LGO student to optimize the final assembly line while researching how best to increase ... is researching sustainable procurement practices across academia and industry, and working on ways to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/dora-aldama-0Students build assistive technologies at MIT’s annual ATHack
student currently doing research in biomedical engineering at Harvard. In addition to acquiring unique ... setting and opportunity to step outside of academic norms. “My previous research experience was about ... Technology. “People say you do wearable robotics research to help people, but what you actually do is quite ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-build-assistive-technologies-mit%E2%80%99s-annual-athackDerek Straub: Shaping the future of additive manufacturing
talented and varied people, CEOs, academic researchers, entrepreneurs," says Straub, who works in the ... AM research at the laboratory. One area he's excited about is research in composites, like ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/derek-straub-shaping-future-additive-manufacturingSustainable solutions at home and abroad
research team has conducted surveys to better understand the difficulties these communities face. Patel ... courtesy of MIT D-lab. “Arnav has used his engineering intuition and user research skills that he learned ... Himalayan Homes,” says Daniel Sweeney, a research scientist at MIT D-Lab. “This project will result in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sustainable-solutions-home-and-abroadDesigning AR apps to close the skills gap
in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), plus one edtech staff member from ... groups who assisted with LEAPgroup’s research presented the progress of their projects to an audience of ... Workforce Learning Innovation Research grant partly funded the development of a different AR ...
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