Search Results
Showing Results for: “tech electives mechanical engineering”
A Nanophotonic Comeback for Incandescent Bulbs?
Engineering — as well as MIT principal research scientist Ivan Celanovic, postdoc Ognjen Ilic, and Purdue ... fluorescent and LED bulbs,” says Alejandro Rodriguez, assistant professor of electrical engineering at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanophotonic-comeback-incandescent-bulbsSolving a mystery of thermoelectrics
graduate student Sangyeop Lee; Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering; and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mystery-thermoelectricsAdvancing technology for aquaculture
Engineering, Professor Taskin Padir and Research Scientist Mark Zolotas at the Northeastern University ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advancing-technology-aquacultureAutonomous system improves environmental sampling at sea
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the WHOI; and Nicholas Roy, a professor in CSAIL and in the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/autonomous-system-improves-environmental-sampling-seaMore than a meal
Grace Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering. Rob Vincent, assistant director for advisory ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/more-mealA new way to irrigate crops year-round
co-founder who is no longer with the company), who were classmates in of hers in 2.760 (Global Engineering ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-irrigate-crops-year-roundBetter batteries through biology?
Lithium-air batteries have become a hot research area in recent years: They hold the promise of drastically increasing power per battery weight, which could lead, for example, to electric cars with a much greater driving range. But bringing that promise t ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/better-batteries-through-biologyGreen Eelgrass, Blue Carbon
MIT Sea Grant is working with several partners to quantify the carbon storage of eelgrass beds in Massachusetts. By understanding the role that eelgrass ecosystems play in preparing for and mitigating the effects of climate change we can better make the c ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/green-eelgrass-blue-carbonHybrid System Could Cut Coal-Plant Emissions in Half
Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants. Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving these goals is still a considerable tec ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hybrid-system-could-cut-coal-plant-emissions-halfA new way to find better battery materials
A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of rechargeable batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, resear ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-find-better-battery-materialsSea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries partner to invest $1M+ to support research for the co-existence of ocean energy with Northeast fishing and coastal communities
MIT Sea Grant will coordinate an ocean renewable energy research effort with the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, leveraging a diversity of federal partners. The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Ene ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sea-grant-doe-noaa-fisheries-partner-invest-1m-support-research-co-existence-ocean-energyCapturing the Sun in a box: Thermal battery inventor wins the 2021 Bell Labs Prize
The winner of the 2021 Nokia Bell Labs Prize is proposing a remarkable new use for carbon, the primary source of global greenhouse gas. Instead of burning carbon in the form of coal and other fossil fuels to produce energy, Asegun Henry wants to use car ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/capturing-sun-box-thermal-battery-inventor-wins-2021-bell-labs-prizeD-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries
MIT D-Lab students and instructors are improving the efficacy and economics of a brooder technology for newborn chicks that utilizes a practical, local resource: beeswax. IMG_3686.jpg Students from the MIT D-Lab class 2.652/EC.712 (Applications of Energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/d-lab-grid-brooder-saves-chicks-and-money-using-locally-manufactured-thermal-batteriesA nonflammable battery to power a safer, decarbonized future
Lithium-ion batteries are the workhorses of home electronics and are powering an electric revolution in transportation. But they are not suitable for every application. A key drawback is their flammability and toxicity, which make large-scale lithium-ion ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nonflammable-battery-power-safer-decarbonized-futureMIT spinout Gradiant reduces companies’ water use and waste by billions of gallons each day
When it comes to water use, most of us think of the water we drink. But industrial uses for things like manufacturing account for billions of gallons of water each day. For instance, making a single iPhone, by one estimate, requires more than 3,000 gallon ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-spinout-gradiant-reduces-companies%E2%80%99-water-use-and-waste-billions-gallons-each-dayMechE celebrates the life and legacy of A. Neil Pappalardo (1942-2026)
A long-time friend and supporter of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, A. Neil ... was long-time friend and supporter of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Photo: Courtesy of ... Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) grew from his belief that too many MIT courses during his years ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-celebrates-life-and-legacy-neil-pappalardo-1942-2026MIT-Takeda program launches
Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of digital learning; and ... Mechanical Engineering. "Automating adverse effect assessments and scientific literature review": ... Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of digital learning; and Brian Subirana, research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-takeda-program-launchesProfessor Alberto Rodriguez presents work on robotic extrinsic dexterity
Alberto Rodriguez, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and incoming graduate student ... robotic hands. Friday, July 11, 2014 Department of Mechanical Engineering blue ALBERTOR@MIT.EDU ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-alberto-rodriguez-presents-work-robotic-extrinsic-dexterityPedro Reis receives Early Career Award from National Science Foundation
Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Work in his research lab — the Elasticity, Geometry ... work in a short video made by John Freidah of mechanical engineering.) With the Early Career Award, ... Career Award from the NSF’s Structural Mechanics and Materials program for his project, “Smart Morphable ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pedro-reis-receives-early-career-award-national-science-foundationRemembering Dr. Victor Wong
With great sadness, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering shares the news that our colleague ... Sunday, July 12, 2020 Mary Beth Gallagher | MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering Horizontal ... heavy-duty engine exhaust treatments and engine lubrication, were responsible for much of the Sloan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/remembering-dr-victor-wong