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News & Awards: Winter 2018
The Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering by the ... undergraduate program by US News & World Reports. In Fall 2017, MIT launched the New Engineering Education ... Anand has been awarded the 2018 William Prager Medal by the Society of Engineering Science for his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/news-awards-winter-2018School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
awarded the outstanding doctoral thesis award by his department. He is presently a research scientist in ... Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at MIT. He obtained his PhD in computer science from the University of ... his BS, MS, and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-welcomes-new-faculty-1School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards
Horizontal The School of Engineering highlighted awards won by faculty including a number of faculty in ... Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty working in our academic departments, labs, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-first-quarter-2021-awardsThirteen from MIT win 2023 Fulbright fellowships
Romani students in the community. At MIT, Madhukara is president of the MIT Undergraduate Society for ... awarded the MIT Global Languages Excellence prize for his studies in Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese. ... She is a recipient of the Fulbright Taiwan Award in Mind, Brain, and Consciousness. For her Fulbright ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/thirteen-mit-win-2023-fulbright-fellowshipsDerek Straub: Shaping the future of additive manufacturing
by layer, in the MIT Lincoln Laboratory's additive manufacturing (AM) machines. They were also ... him for the 30 Under 30 award. "In my six years of working with Derek, I watched a highly ... a part's function, for example, by being stiff in one area of the part but flexible in another. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/derek-straub-shaping-future-additive-manufacturing“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such ... system stems from a project in which the researchers looked for ways to increase the efficiency of a form ... with molten salt, which is heated to high temperatures of about 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. When ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Csun-box%E2%80%9D-would-store-renewable-energy-gridThe proud history and promising future of MIT’s work on manufacturing
MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing, announced today by President Sally A. Kornbluth, is the ... MIT’s first president, William Barton Rogers, in a proposal for a new technical university, before MIT ... manufacturing, creating jobs and economic growth. Indeed, one of the strongest through lines in MIT history is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/proud-history-and-promising-future-mit%E2%80%99s-work-manufacturingThree MIT seniors awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarships
are selected each year. MIT-Marshall-1024.jpg Senior Nick Schwartz is awarded the prestigious Marhsall ... a master’s degree in physics with extended research at Imperial College London. At MIT, Schwartz has sought ... final three teams in the 2017 international competition sponsored by Space X. Schwartz is also dedicated ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-mit-seniors-awarded-2018-marshall-scholarshipsProfessor Emeritus Jerome Milgram, a leader in ship design and hydrodynamics, dies at 83
Milgram received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1961, where he also served as captain of the sailing ... team. In 1965, he earned his PhD with a thesis that provided a theoretical and experimental foundation ... forms in the ocean by computer-enhanced holography exemplifies the breadth of his interests. Milgram is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-jerome-milgram-leader-ship-design-and-hydrodynamics-dies-83Learning challenges shape a mechanical engineer’s path
for students with learning disabilities who were not two years behind in two subjects, Hermus says. ... says all too often fails students with learning disabilities. By the time Hermus was in high school, he ... topic, which was published in the Journal of Neurophysiology and later won first place in the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/learning-challenges-shape-mechanical-engineer%E2%80%99s-pathReducing inequality across the globe and on campus
improved the lives of others. Her work on medical devices in the MIT Media Lab and with a startup helping ... oppression and inequality.” This driving force to make a difference in the world led her to pursue a degree ... injustice that access to water is not universal,” says Coombs. “Water research sits at the intersection of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reducing-inequality-across-globe-and-campusEvelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT
MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate is working to accelerate research and ... "There's no better place than MIT to come up with the transformational solutions that can help shape our ... day,” says Wang, who is also the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT. “There’s no better place than MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/evelyn-wang-new-energy-source-mitMIT students hack assistive technology solutions for local clients
Compounding this accessibility issue is a massive shortage in the assistive technology workforce. To promote ... During the event this spring, MIT students develop technological solutions to problems faced by Greater ... assistive device. "ATHack presents students with a wide scope of projects. In some cases, building the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-students-hack-assistive-technology-solutions-local-clientsFour MIT seniors win Marshall Scholarships
from MIT this spring with a bachelor’s degree in biology. The Marshall Scholarship will allow her to go ... Angeles, is graduating this spring with a bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering. She ... will pursue an MSc in biomedical engineering with biomaterials, followed by a master’s degree in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-mit-seniors-win-marshall-scholarshipsCharlotte Minsky and Lyndie Mitchell Zollinger named 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholars
a PhD in planetary science. Regarding Minsky's work on the MIT and Slavery project, Professor Anne ... the field by a female neighbor who had a doctorate in science. AT MIT, she has served as a residential ... that was attended by all members of the MIT upper administration, as well as live-streamed for a global ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/charlotte-minsky-and-lyndie-mitchell-zollinger-named-2020-gates-cambridge-scholarsMIT launches MITx MicroMasters in Principles of Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Design, originally established at MIT in 2001 through the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ... in Professional Studies that awards credit to learners who successfully complete the MITx Principles ... MIT today announced the launch of the Institute’s third MITx MicroMasters program, in principles ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-launches-mitx-micromasters-principles-manufacturingProfessor Emeritus Igor Paul, an expert in product design and safety, dies at 87
admission to MIT, he earned all three of his degrees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is ... numerous awards in the areas of design, bio-engineering, and education, including the DeFlorez Award for ... Creativity in Design (MIT, 1960); the Ralph R. Teetor Distinguished Educator Award (SAE); Outstanding ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-igor-paul-expert-product-design-and-safety-dies-87School of Engineering second quarter 2019 awards
Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty working in their academic ... the Elsevier Atlas Award on May 15; he also won third place for best conference proceedings manuscript ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-second-quarter-2019-awardsPing pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
for ping pong by adding an additional degree of freedom in the wrist to allow for control of a paddle. ... MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design ... the MIT Humanoid — a bipedal, two-armed robot that is about the size of a small child. The group is ...
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