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Two from MIT honored at World Technology Awards
nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots. Bawendi's research has a wide range of uses, with applications ... research focuses on reducing runoff of agricultural pesticides by making sprays “stickier.” Many crops are ... looking to the future, and taking his technology to market. “When I graduate, we plan to launch a startup ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-honored-world-technology-awardsMegan Smith
government. Megan-Smith-1024.jpg Photo by: Joi Ito Smith has been a leader of both established and startup ... Prospective-Undergrad Research Education Graduate Undergraduate Alumni ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/megan-smithJani Adcock and Drew Bent named Knight-Hennessy Scholars
conducted research in the fields of economics and engineering, and was a features editor and reporter for ... education startup to develop new types of K-12 schools in California, and ultimately reform education policy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/jani-adcock-and-drew-bent-named-knight-hennessy-scholarsTata Center adds eight new projects to its 2018-2019 portfolio
startups, established firms, or policymakers in the coming years,” said Tata Center Director Rob Stoner. The ... organizations, the Tata Center gives holistic support to MIT faculty and graduate student researchers working on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tata-center-adds-eight-new-projects-its-2018-2019-portfolio“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”
a number of research groups, startups, and MIT offices conducting relevant work today on issues related to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ceach-us-holds-piece-solution%E2%80%9DA nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
other ventures and invested in some startups, but after losing his mother to cancer in 2012, Chatter ... education, etc.” To solve the problem, Chatter decided to fund research into a new kind of battery. The ... modem. At first, Chatter was surprised how few takers he had to start the research, even from researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nonflammable-battery-power-safer-decarbonized-futureBuilding the tools of the next manufacturing revolution
his research group are developing technologies to reimagine the way things are made, from the ... example through machining, or by forming the part using a mold tool.) Hart’s research includes the ... through our partnerships with industry and via the startup companies I’m involved in, we’re seeking to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/building-tools-next-manufacturing-revolutionMIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
and ignite job creation. The initiative will encompass advanced research, innovative education ... researchers, initially in the area of artificial intelligence for manufacturing. INM joins the ranks of MIT’s ... A faculty research group wrote the 1989 bestseller “ Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-initiative-new-manufacturingThe proud history and promising future of MIT’s work on manufacturing
core ethos” On one level, manufacturing is in MIT’s essential DNA. The Institute’s research and ... apt co-author: The MIT economist produced breakthrough research in the 1950s and 1960s, based on U.S. ... and research. For one, an Institute task force on Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), based on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/proud-history-and-promising-future-mit%E2%80%99s-work-manufacturingNew system recovers fresh water from power plants
which is the basis for a startup company called Infinite Cooling that last month won MIT’s $100K ... Varanasi are among the co-founders of the startup. Varanasi’s vision was to develop highly efficient water ... Collaboration Entrepreneurship International Horizontal Technology developed by the Varanasi Research Group ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-system-recovers-fresh-water-power-plantsJ-WAFS awards 2018 Solutions grants for commercialization of MIT food and water technologies
the launch of three MIT startups. The first of these was Via Separations, a company spun out from ... innovation prizes, and has been recognized by other startup accelerators within and outside of MIT. “As we ... a research partnership with Community Jameel — the social enterprise organization that co-founded J-WAFS ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/j-wafs-awards-2018-solutions-grants-commercialization-mit-food-and-water-technologiesLetter from Department Head Mary C. Boyce
Ford Professor of Engineering Dear Friends, MIT is a recognized leader in cutting-edge research whose ... entrepreneurial and translational spirit also permeates our research programs. MechE students, post docs, and ... faculty increasingly seek to translate their research developments into real-world impact directly through ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/letter-department-head-mary-c-boyceWhen to get your head out of the game
Harvatine’s startup Jolt Athletics, the sensor is now being used nationwide by teams from grade-school to ... sensors, the startup, headquartered in Boston, is focusing on gathering and analyzing data, which could ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-gameProduction in the Innovation Economy
as part of a two-year Institute-wide research project called Production in the Innovation Economy ... States still produces a great deal of promising basic research and technological innovation; what is ... national interest. In the course of conducting its research, PIE will publish a final report in 2013; ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/production-innovation-economyAlumni Spotlight: Thomas Ober, SM ‘10, PhD ‘13
Ober, the startup atmosphere of the Haas Formula 1 racing team is very similar to working in a research ... a research group, everyone is an expert in their own sub-area,” says Ober, “and you get the chance to learn ... from everyone else as a result. Because the Haas F1 team is a startup, I’m getting that same type of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-thomas-ober-sm-%E2%80%9810-phd-%E2%80%9813Showcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between
one of the 44 participants in this year’s MIT Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE), which ... Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) students who have conducted research in mechanical ... addition to providing students and early career researchers with valuable practice presenting their work, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/showcasing-solutions-land-sea-space-%E2%80%94-and-everywhere-betweenMIT graduate students lead conference on microsystems and nanotechnology
Organizing the Microsystems Annual Research Conference (MARC) is no small feat. Each January ... industry members come together at an off-campus site to explore technical achievements and research ideas ... Saravanapavanantham and Rachel Yang, the 2020 student leaders arrange for research talks, poster presentations, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-graduate-students-lead-conference-microsystems-and-nanotechnologyBatteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
map the ocean floor, and conduct research. They could also be used for long-range oil prospecting out ... buoy systems, and other marine-research devices. OWP is currently working with the U.S. Navy to replace ... batteries in acoustic sensors designed to detect enemy submarines. This summer, the startup will launch ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/batteries-%E2%80%9Cdrink%E2%80%9D-seawater-could-power-long-range-underwater-vehicles-0Thirteen from MIT awarded 2022 Fulbright Fellowships
Fulbright US Student Program funds opportunities for research, graduate study, and teaching ... Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers grants in over 150 countries for independent research, graduate study, ... University of Munich in Germany, Caravias will conduct research on optimization models to study the efficient ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-awarded-2022-fulbright-fellowships