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Researchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
Professor in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. “Now we ... bullet-train journey, significantly limiting graphene’s electrical performance. Now engineers at MIT have found ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-%E2%80%9Ciron-out%E2%80%9D-graphene%E2%80%99s-wrinklesSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering ... Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandToward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices
Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering, and Yoonji Kim, an assistant professor in the College of Art ... in electrical engineering and computer science and CSAIL affiliate. “FlexBoards tackle these issues ... Mueller, a CSAIL affiliate and associate professor in the MIT departments of Electrical Engineering and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toward-more-flexible-and-rapid-prototyping-electronic-devicesPresident Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visits MIT
Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT School of Engineering and the ... Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thomas Schwartz, the Boris ... Engineering and Science, discussed how he and colleagues are using AI tools to develop new medicines that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/president-yoon-suk-yeol-south-korea-visits-mitUnderstanding and treating disease
conducting represents just one example of how mechanical engineering researchers across a diverse range of ... of prosthetic feet or building cheaper wheelchairs, mechanical engineers are finding ways to improve ... organelles in the cell, or using genetic circuits to create stem cells, mechanical engineers are shaping both ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/understanding-and-treating-diseaseRainfall Can Release Aerosols, Study Finds
Buie, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “It’s a very common phenomenon, and it ... an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University, says that scientists have long ... mechanism that releases this aroma, as well as other aerosols, into the environment. Using high-speed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/rainfall-can-release-aerosols-study-findsNew 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts
minutes. Anastasios John Hart, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says the new printer ... MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3-D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than ... mechanism that feeds polymer material through a nozzle at high force; and a laser, built into the printhead, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3-d-printer-10-times-faster-commercial-counterpartsIngestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month
Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Zhao and senior collaborator Giovanni ... says Hanqing Jiang, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University, ... MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-expanding-pill-monitors-stomach-monthHow slippery surfaces allow sticky pastes and gels to slide
of mechanical engineering at MIT, along with former students Leonid Rapoport PhD ’18 and Brian ... pharmaceuticals, he says. The use of mechanical scrapers to propel drug materials through mixing tanks and pipes ... spaced pillars or walls on the surface, or mechanically grinding grooves or pits. The resulting texture ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-slippery-surfaces-allow-sticky-pastes-and-gels-slideSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
Radovitzky; professor of chemistry Keith Nelson; mechanical engineering professor Xuanhe Zhao; and former ... Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who characterized the mechanical properties ... surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthDevice that recycles vaporized water from power plants wins MIT $100K
Damak PhD ’17, a mechanical engineering graduate and co-founder of Infinite Cooling, said in the ... requirements,” said co-founder and co-inventor Karim Khalil PhD ’17, a mechanical engineering graduate. During ... professor of mechanical engineering and serial entrepreneur, told MIT News after the competition. Many ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/device-recycles-vaporized-water-power-plants-wins-mit-100kHow strong is your knot?
experienced the greatest stress or pressure. Kolle, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was ... mathematicians and engineers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how stable a knot is, based on ... their results today in the journal Science. Pressure’s color In 2018, Kolle’s group engineered ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-strong-your-knotA graphene roll-out
route to ultrathin membranes,” says John Hart, associate professor of mechanical engineering and ... who is now at Caltech; and Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. ... MIT engineers have developed a continuous manufacturing process that produces long strips of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graphene-roll-outIngestible medical devices can be broken down with light
requirement for a major procedure,” says Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering ... done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a way to trigger such devices to break down inside ... who is now a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-medical-devices-can-be-broken-down-lightThe environmental toll of disposable masks
professor of mechanical engineering, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior ... Program, the National Institutes of Health, and MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Other authors ... MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Adam Wentworth, a research engineer at Brigham and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/environmental-toll-disposable-masksMIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing
Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and recipient of a separate 2017 J-WAFS seed grant, is an expert ... MacArthur Professor of Chemistry, and Alexander Klibanov, the Novartis Professor of Biological Engineering ... marrying this scientific discovery to an engineered product that meets a genuine need and that consumers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-spinout-seeks-transform-food-safety-testingOobleck’s weird behavior is now predictable
— a material that appears thicker or thinner depending on how it is physically manipulated. Now MIT engineers ... into an added shield against sudden impacts. With the team’s new oobleck model, designers and engineers ... store, buy cornstarch, then turn on your faucet,” says Ken Kamrin, associate professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/oobleck%E2%80%99s-weird-behavior-now-predictableVelcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination
MIT engineers have designed a Velcro-like food sensor, made from an array of silk microneedles, ... Civil and Environmental Engineering. “People also waste a lot of food after outbreaks, because they’re ... completely edible, nontoxic, and can be used as a food ingredient, and it’s mechanically robust enough to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/velcro-food-sensor-detects-spoilage-and-contaminationFour MIT faculty members receive U.S. Department of Energy early career awards
assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Each year, the DoE selects researchers for significant ... Science (LNS); Karthish Manthiram, assistant professor of chemical engineering; Phiala Shanahan, assistant ... Engineering, is working to synthesize these chemicals and materials in a sustainable manner that eliminates the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-faculty-members-receive-us-department-energy-early-career-awardsWorking out makes hydrogels perform more like muscle
of mechanical engineering at MIT. “But one with these four important properties has not been designed ... through a vigorous workout. MIT-Hydrogel-Muscles-1024.jpg A mechanically trained artificial muscle resists ... damage (crack) propagation using aligned nanofibrils, a similar fatigue-resistant mechanism as in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/working-out-makes-hydrogels-perform-more-muscle