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Researchers Unravel Secrets of Hidden Waves
these waves,” says Thomas Peacock, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and one of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-unravel-secrets-hidden-wavesHow to assess new solar technologies
by MIT graduate student Sarah Sofia, associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-assess-new-solar-technologiesA new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi and postdocs Susmita Dash and Jolet de Ruiter. “Icing is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-way-remove-ice-buildup-without-power-or-chemicalsOptimizing carbon nanotube electrodes
applications," says Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering. "But an underlying ... Yuan "Jenny" Lu '15, a materials science and engineering graduate, she deposited thin ... Wardle and postdoc associate Itai Stein PhD ’16. Using a custom plastic device, she mechanically squeezed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/optimizing-carbon-nanotube-electrodesFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT and NREL. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterBefore the wreckage comes ashore
change over time. Oceanographers around the world, with MIT mechanical engineering associate professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wreckage-comes-ashoreResearchers solve mystery of how gas bubbles form in liquid
Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation Gareth McKinley, and MIT Professor Ruben Juanes. The key to ... a joint appointment in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-solve-mystery-how-gas-bubbles-form-liquidA new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water
abundant components. The family of materials allows engineers to precisely tune the catalyst’s structure ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-inexpensive-catalyst-speeds-production-oxygen-waterNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high tem ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbonHoming in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Materials called perovskites are widely heralded as a likely replacement for silicon as the material of choice for solar cells, but their greatest drawback is their tendency to degrade relatively rapidly. Over recent years, the usable lifetime of perovski ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/homing-longer-lasting-perovskite-solar-cellsDepartment News
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Winter and his co-developer, Professor Anette Hosoi, investigated how ... including mechanical engineering (which tied with Stanford). Other top-ranked engineering programs at MIT this year are ... techniques to the RoboClam. To develop this low-energy anchoring system, the researchers built a mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/department-news-0Professors Ghoniem and Kellogg honored as Committed to Caring
Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Crane Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Center for Energy and ... research covers computational engineering, combustion and thermochemistry, CO 2 capture, and fuel ... production from renewable sources, and was recently elected as an American Physical Society Fellow. Katherine ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professors-ghoniem-and-kellogg-honored-committed-caringHands-on education goes remote
By its very nature, mechanical engineering is a “hands-on” field. While students studying ... mechanical engineering receive a solid foundation in fundamentals, at some point nearly every Course 2, ... in their decision to study mechanical engineering. The hands-on aspect of MIT MechE’s education ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hands-education-goes-remoteFive from MIT named 2023 Quad Fellows
in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech in fall 2023. William Rodriguez Jimenez ’18, ... Maryland, she will be pursuing her PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford University. Outside of ... May 2022 with a BS in materials science and engineering and a minor in physics, he has been working as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/five-mit-named-2023-quad-fellowsFour from MIT awarded 2018 Schwarzman Scholarships
Henry Aspegren, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an MIT master’s student in engineering. He received his BS ... in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT earlier this year. Aspegren aspires to ... worked as a software engineer with BetterWorks in Palo Alto. Aspegren is now completing his MEng degree ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-awarded-2018-schwarzman-scholarshipsAn artistic approach to designing medical devices
a senior studying mechanical engineering, has combined her passion for art and engineering through her work ... she found her home in mechanical engineering. “I landed on mechanical engineering in particular ... mechanical engineering a good fit.” Xu enrolled in the flexible mechanical engineering Course 2A program with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artistic-approach-designing-medical-devicesInnovating for health equity
access to medical advancements. As a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in biomedicine and ... something I was provided and thought, ‘I’m a mechanical engineer. I think I can do better,’” she says. With ... a team of bioengineers, mechanical engineers, and social scientists from MIT EMS and Harvard’s Crimson ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/innovating-health-equityAbigail Schipper
access to medical advancements. As a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in biomedicine and ... provided and thought, ‘I’m a mechanical engineer. I think I can do better,’” she says. With a team of ... bioengineers, mechanical engineers, and social scientists from MIT EMS and Harvard’s Crimson EMS, Schipper ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/abigail-schipperThree MIT seniors awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarships
mechanical engineering. Schwartz aims to combine his passion for complex engineering and humanitarian goals ... to engage in work that can improve people’s lives through engineering. At MIT’s D-Lab, he ... Innovation and Creative Engineering, where he helped enhance drone technology. This past summer, he was ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-seniors-awarded-2018-marshall-scholarshipsFrom nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate
Traverso, the Karl Van Tassel Career Development Professor of Mechanical Engineering, who is also ... Mechanical Engineering. “It’s about getting people — our graduates who are budding enthusiasts of ... in mechanical engineering at MIT. To keep new ideas flowing from the classroom to the factory floor, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanoscale-global-scale-advancing-mit%E2%80%99s-special-initiatives-manufacturing-health-and