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Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor
Jiang, physicist at Argonne National Laboratory; Karen Gleason, associate provost of MIT and the ... Alexander I. Michael Kasser Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Gang Chen, head of MIT’s Department of ... coverings trap the heat that the devices produce. Now a team of engineers at MIT has developed a polymer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-turn-plastic-insulator-heat-conductorProfessor Emeritus Ernest Cravalho, an expert in thermodynamics and pioneer in thermal fluids education, dies at 82
Ernest “Ernie” Cravalho, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at MIT, passed away on ... Tuesday, April 13, at the age of 82. Cravalho served as a member of MIT’s mechanical engineering faculty ... transfer, and bioengineering, Cravalho helped shape MIT’s thermodynamics education into what it is today. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-ernest-cravalho-expert-thermodynamics-and-pioneer-thermal-fluidsProfessor Emeritus Justin “Jake” Kerwin, an expert in propeller design and ship hydrodynamics, dies at 90
Justin “Jake” Kerwin ’53, SM ’54, PhD ’61, professor emeritus of naval architecture, passed away ... at the age of 90 on May 23. Kerwin, who served on MIT’s ocean engineering faculty for four decades, ... As an undergraduate at MIT he joined the MIT Sailing Team. In his research, he developed the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-justin-%E2%80%9Cjake%E2%80%9D-kerwin-expert-propeller-design-and-ship-hydrodynamicsStephen H. Crandall, professor emeritus in MechE, dies at 92
Stephen H. Crandall, the Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus at MIT, a pioneer in random ... professor in 1991. Across MIT, Crandall is remembered as an outstanding teacher and scholar, noted for the ... World War II, he joined MIT as a staff member in the Radiation Laboratory in 1942. After earning his PhD ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stephen-h-crandall-professor-emeritus-meche-dies-92Professor Slocum Awarded 2014 Department of Energy Grant
collaborators are Lin-wen Hu of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab; Professor Per Peterson of the University of ... One of three MIT-led research teams to win a NEUP awards. Three MIT-led research teams have won ... between MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-slocum-awarded-2014-department-energy-grantProfessor Emeritus Jerome Milgram, a leader in ship design and hydrodynamics, dies at 83
Jerome Milgram ’61, PhD ’65, professor emeritus of ocean engineering at MIT, passed away at the ... Milgram received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1961, where he also served as captain of the sailing ... Milgram joined the faculty at MIT, where he would spend the remainder of his career. As the W.I. Koch ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-jerome-milgram-leader-ship-design-and-hydrodynamics-dies-83Lifetime Achievement: Professor Emeritus Jerome Milgram
standard today. Shortly thereafter, Professor Milgram became a member of the faculty at MIT, and was ... in MechE and Professor of Ocean Engineering. “He has an approach that’s uniquely MIT,” adds Professor ... The Sherlock Holmes of the Seas by Alissa Mallinson Professor Emeritus Jerome Milgram Photo ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lifetime-achievement-professor-emeritus-jerome-milgramErnesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94
Ernesto E. Blanco, a renown inventor, mechanical designer, and beloved former professor in MIT ... an assistant professor position at MIT. In 1964, he temporarily left MIT and accepted a role on the ... lecture halls. He was invited by Professor Robert Mann to join MechE at MIT as an adjunct full professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ernesto-blanco-mechanical-design-professor-and-inventor-stair-climbing-wheelchair-dies-94Professor Emeritus David Gordon Wilson, expert in human-powered transport and gas turbines, dies at 91
David Gordon Wilson, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, passed away on May 2 at the age ... of 91. Wilson served on MIT’s faculty since 1966 and remained an active member of the mechanical ... Commonwealth Fund Fellowship to conduct research abroad at MIT and Harvard University. At the conclusion of his ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-david-gordon-wilson-expert-human-powered-transport-and-gas-turbinesErnst Frankel, shipping expert and professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 95
Ernst G. Frankel MME ’60, SM ‘60, professor emeritus of ocean engineering who served on MIT ... SM ‘60, professor emeritus of ocean engineering who served on MIT’s faculty for 36 years, passed away ... ’s faculty for 36 years, passed away on Nov. 18 at the age of 95. Frankel, who was also a former professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ernst-frankel-shipping-expert-and-professor-emeritus-ocean-engineering-dies-95-0Professor Emeritus Ali Argon, pioneer in the mechanics of materials, dies at 89
under Professor Egon Orowan. Argon received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in ... Ali S. Argon SM '53, ScD '56, the Quentin Berg Emeritus Professor of Mechanical ... Purdue University in 1952. He then enrolled in graduate school at MIT, where he studied materials science ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-ali-argon-pioneer-mechanics-materials-dies-89Richard Wiesman, professor of the practice in mechanical engineering, dies at age 69
Richard M. Wiesman ’76, SM ’76, PhD ’83, a professor of the practice in the MIT Department of ... ’76, SM ’76, PhD ’83 served for many years as a professor of the practice in the MIT Department of ... professor of mechanical engineering. “We will miss him very much.” A technology innovator and leader who saw ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/richard-wiesman-professor-practice-mechanical-engineering-dies-age-69Richard "Dick" Lyon, acoustics expert and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 89
Lyon joined the faculty at MIT, first as lecturer in 1963 and then as professor of mechanical ... until he retired from MIT in 1995. While a professor at MIT, Lyon founded two companies. In 1970, he ... Richard H. "Dick" Lyon PhD ’55, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, passed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/richard-dick-lyon-acoustics-expert-and-professor-emeritus-mechanical-engineering-dies-89Professor Emeritus Igor Paul, an expert in product design and safety, dies at 87
Professor Emeritus Igor Paul ’60, SM ’61, PhD ’64, an influential professor of mechanical ... (43).jpg: Igor Paul was a member of the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty from 1964 to 2003. ... today. Photo courtesy of the Paul family. Paul was a member of the MIT Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/professor-emeritus-igor-paul-expert-product-design-and-safety-dies-87Faculty Research: Professor Kripa Varanasi
journal Nature co-authored by Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, along ... with James Bird, a former MIT postdoc who is now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at ... Droplets Break a Theoretical Time Barrier on Bouncing By David Chandler, MIT News Office Those ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-kripa-varanasiThree professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows
Three MIT professors have been selected as 2017 MacVicar Faculty Fellows, awarded for exceptional ... professor in 2014. Hughes says it’s “thrilling” to be selected as a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. “Teaching MIT ... associate professor. She earned tenure in 2015. “The MacVicar program exemplifies MIT’s deep commitment to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/three-professors-named-2017-macvicar-fellowsFaculty Research: Professor Rohit Karnik
– including MIT Professor Rohit Karnik, postdoc Sung Young Choi of MIT, and Jeffrey Karp, Associate Professor ... In a New Microchip, Cells Separate by Rolling Away Associate Professor Rohit Karnik in his lab. ... Photo Credits: MIT News Office by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office Cell rolling is a common mechanism ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-rohit-karnikShih-Ying Lee, longtime mechanical engineering professor, inventor, and entrepreneur, dies at 100
Shih-Ying Lee, a longtime MIT mechanical engineering professor and expert in process control, ... personal achievements in his autobiography entitled, “From Tsinghua to MIT — My Journey from Education to ... first to India, then took a ship to the U.S. via South America. In 1942 he enrolled at MIT, where he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shih-ying-lee-longtime-mechanical-engineering-professor-inventor-and-entrepreneur-diesProfessor Emeritus Woodie Flowers, innovator in design and engineering education, dies at 75
Flowers on his work in FIRST. After earning his PhD, Flowers joined MIT’s faculty as assistant professor ... remained an active member of the MIT community as professor emeritus up until his death. Flowers mentored ... Alexander Slocum ’82, SM ’83, PhD ’85, all of whom are professors of mechanical engineering at MIT. Flowers ...
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