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Search-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters
mechanical engineering at MIT. “This method uses data in a way that it hasn’t been used before, so it ... mechanical engineering at MIT, who oversaw the project, and their colleagues report their results in a study ... Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Virginia Tech ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-and-rescue-algorithm-identifies-hidden-%E2%80%9Ctraps%E2%80%9D-ocean-waters-0Study: Burning heavy fuel oil with scrubbers is the best available option for bulk maritime shipping
Doherty Professor in Ocean Science and Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and others ... these scrubbers are. Through a novel lifecycle assessment, researchers from MIT, Georgia Tech, and ... adds lead author Patricia Stathatou, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, who began this study as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-burning-heavy-fuel-oil-scrubbers-best-available-option-bulk-maritime-shippingAlumni Spotlight: Prakash Govindan PhD '12
engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and his PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT ... Mallinson | Mechanical Engineering Collaboration Entrepreneurship LIENHARD@MIT.EDU Horizontal Alum Prakash ... the global water crisis that inspired Govindan – who received a master’s degree in mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-spotlight-prakash-govindan-phd-12Dora Aldama: Drawn to multidimensional problems
Dreamliner plane, headed from Los Angeles to Shanghai. To a typical passenger, the twin-engine jet airliner ... engineering and an exciting glimpse into her immediate future. The 787 was the same model she would be working ... engineering major as an undergraduate at MIT before working for five years on oil systems of jet engines as an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/dora-aldama-drawn-multidimensional-problemsClimbing the ‘power ascension’ market
as more line wraps around a cylinder and more weight is added. A mechanical engineering alumnus, Ball ... control switches (up or down) and a trigger. An innovative rope-feeding, capstan-based mechanism ensures ... 2010, dubbed the APA-5 — developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research’s Tech Solutions ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/climbing-%E2%80%98power-ascension%E2%80%99-marketAt least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
MIT grad student in mechanical engineering and founder of the Disease Diagnostic Group. “Disease ... million in funding to date.” Jessica McKellar ’09, MEng ’10 (enterprise tech), director of engineering ... successful portfolios.” Christina Bognet ’10 (consumer tech), CEO of Platejoy. “Bognet leads PlateJoy, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/least-30-mit-named-2017-forbes-30-under-30-listsOn a quest for a better football helmet
an MIT alumnus. For the last year, former MIT middle linebacker and mechanical engineer Kodiak Brush ... Next time you’re watching football you might be looking at an important feat of engineering from ... Apache helmet line was ranked the highest-performing helmet ever in safety tests by Virginia Tech ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/quest-better-football-helmetThree MIT graduate students awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention
Mechanical Engineering, developed a polymer additive for agricultural sprays so that pesticides stick to the ... undergraduate students on several health-tech related projects. On his entrepreneurial path to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-graduate-students-awarded-lemelson-mit-student-prize-inventionMarkus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award
Engineering (CEE) and Mechanical Engineering. He served as the department head of CEE from 2013 to 2020, as well as ... American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Institute of ... the nation’s oldest and most esteemed engineering honors. The Washington Award is conferred to “an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/markus-buehler-receives-2025-washington-awardA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
going after this disruptive opportunity,” says Winter, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... replicate the adjusted torque profile, using simple mechanical elements. Currently, the group has engineered ... Winter is aiming to develop a passive, low-tech prosthetic knee that performs nearly as well as high-end ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeHacking apparel becomes lucrative business for alumni
MBA ’13, and mechanical engineering alumnus Kevin Rustagi ’11. Having last year expanded nationwide, ... With Rustagi, a friend and mechanical engineering student, Amarasiriwardena began selling the shirts ... co-found, with other MIT clothing tinkerers, Ministry of Supply, a Boston-based innovator of high-tech ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hacking-apparel-becomes-lucrative-business-alumniThe Freedom of Constraint
a two-hour focus group that Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Maria Yang has started to answer. ... December 13, 2014 Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering green International Maker ... Engineering for global change. You’ve probably heard of MechE alum and Associate Professor Hugh ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/freedom-constraintProfessor Ioannis Yannas, pioneer of regenerative medicine who invented artificial skin for the treatment of severe burns, dies at 90
Hart, the Class of 1922 Professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. RS463_Ioannis ... appointments in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and ... the National Academy of Engineering (2017). He was also elected Fellow of the American Institute of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-ioannis-yannas-pioneer-regenerative-medicine-who-invented-artificial-skinMechE Connects Spring 2024: News and Awards
graduate program and undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering for 2022–2023. Women’s Technology ... mechanical device engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials science with pharmaceutical and ... sea. Roger Kamm and Markus Buehler were elected into the National Academy of Engineers. Harry Asada was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-connects-spring-2024-news-and-awardsFull Steam Ahead
head of mechanical engineering courses from 1875 to 1883, redirected the Department of Mechanical ... laboratories and increased excursions to industrial and civil sites. In 1874, mechanical engineering ’ s first ... Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. "It laid the foundation for thermal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/full-steam-aheadLiberty Ladd: Going above and beyond
a STEM field, she selected mechanical engineering. Ladd expects to graduate in the spring with bachelor’s ... and master’s degrees in political science and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, and has ... political science and mechanical engineering and a master's in political science. Courtesy of Jodi ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/liberty-ladd-going-above-and-beyondLiberty Ladd
a STEM field, she selected mechanical engineering. Ladd expects to graduate in the spring with bachelor’s ... and master’s degrees in political science and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, and has ... mechanical engineering and a master's in political science. Courtesy of Jodi Hilton MIT News ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/liberty-ladd3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles
Leonard is the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering in the Department of ... Mechanical Engineering, a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), and ... engineering roles could also be sources of good jobs if automated taxi fleets are deployed at scale, but will ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3-questions-john-leonard-future-autonomous-vehiclesMagnetic 3-D-printed structures crawl, roll, jump, and play catch
of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, says the group’s design can enable a range of fast, ... Career Development Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil and ... MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/magnetic-3-d-printed-structures-crawl-roll-jump-and-play-catch