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| Home | Program | People | FAQ | Get Involved | Photos | Sponsors | Links |
 Development Team
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| These are the people responsible for developing the program, SoccerBot, website, etc. They have done all the work to make the program happen. |
| Faculty | Staff | Other Team Members | Special Thanks |
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| These are MIT faculty members whose support is crucial to the success of the program. |
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| Rohan Abeyaratne | John G Brisson II | Chrys Chryssostomidis | Thomas R Consi |
| Derek Rowell | Nam Pyo Suh | David L Trumper | |
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Rohan Abeyaratne
email: rohan@mit.edu URL: http://www-me.mit.edu/people/personal/rohan.htm Professor and Department Head of Mechanical Engineering Advisor to DME. His support is critical to the success of the program. Research interests include continuum mechanics and finite elasticity and plasticity. |
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John G Brisson II
email: brisson@mit.edu URL: http://www-me.mit.edu/people/personal/brisson.htm Professor of Mechanical Engineering Official Faculty advisor and sponsor. Research interests include superfluid stirling refrigerator and sonic compression. |
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Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis
email:chrys@deslab.mit.edu URL: http://deslab.mit.edu Professor and Department Head of Ocean Engineering, Director of MIT Sea Grant College His assistance is helping to make Discover Engineering a reality. Without him, we would sorely miss his deep understanding of how these programs work, and could never make our dream come true. His committment to the student body is truly astonishing. Research interests include marine robotics. |
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Thomas R Consi
email: consi@mit.edu URL: http://web.mit.edu/consi/www/OETL/index.html Senior Lecturer, Ocean Engineering, Manager, Ocean Engineering Teaching Laboratory His excellent work on Discover Ocean Engineering has made DOE a program for DME to aspire to. Luckily, he is helping us with DME! Research interests include oceanic biomimics. |
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Derek Rowell email: drowell@mit.edu URL: http://www-me.mit.edu/people/research/drowell.htm Professor of Mechanical Engineering Supported and assisted in the development and implementation of the DME web presence. Research interests include Medical Imaging Technology and Computer Assisted Engineering. |
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Nam Pyo Suh
email: npsuh@mit.edu Professor and Former Department Head of Mechanical Engineering URL: http://www-me.mit.edu/people/personal/npsuh.htm Without his help, DME could never have happened. Thank you! Research interests include materials processing, manufacturing, and tribology. |
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David L Trumper
email: trumper@mit.edu Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering URL: http://me.mit.edu/groups/pmc/ Faculty technical advisor. Loaning us the Mechatronics Lab to hold the seminar in during IAP. We promise not to break anything. Research interests include electromechanics, magnetic suspensions and bearings, and integrated sensor design. |
| MIT Staff | |||
| These are MIT staff members whose help has been invaluable. | |||
| Mark Belanger | Fred Cote | Andy Eisenmann | Dick Fenner |
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Mark Belanger
email: mdbelang@mit.edu URL: http://me.mit.edu/groups/lmp/index.html Technical Instructor, Laboratory for Manufacturing Productivity Gave critical assistance with the development and production of the injection-molded motor mounts and the thermoformed body chassis. Research interests include anything that betters humankind, so that tomorrow will be a little easier. |
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Fred Cote
email: fpcote@mit.edu URL: http://www.mit.edu/activities/edgerton/shop.html Technical Instructor, Edgerton Student Shop Provided tireless assistance with prototyping and machining work, including advice during development and emergency rescue with machining problems. Offers evening machining classes for students. |
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Andy Eisenmann
email: eisen@mit.edu URL: http://web.mit.edu/alum/ Associate Dean of Alumni Engagement Essential in recruiting alumni to work with DME. His enthusiasm is contagious! |
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Dick Fenner
email: fenner@mit.edu URL: http://me.mit.edu/facilities/pappalardo/ Technical and Facilities Manager, Department of Mechanical Engineering Critical in helping DME get the facilities and equipment necessary for the program. We know we can always come to you for help. |
| Other Team Members | |||
| These are students, alumni, and associates. | |||
| Yin Chen | Michael Pihulic | Lindsay Price | Nick Saenz |
| Hani Sallum | Courtney Shiley | Ray Speth | John Thompson |
| Kate Thompson | Malima Isabelle Wolf | ||
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Yin Chen
email: ychen@mit.edu Course 3 and 6 Web Designer Interests include polymer research for Gilette, Anime Club, Pistol Team and glass blowing. |
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Michael Pihulic
email: pihulic@mit.edu Course 11 Assistant Engineer in Prototyping |
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Lindsay Price
email: lrprice@mit.edu Course 16 Assessment Planner |
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Nick Saenz
email: saenz@mit.edu Course 2 Web Designer and Assistant Engineer in Production |
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Hani Sallum
email: hmsallum@automationonline.com URL: http://web.mit.edu/hmsallum/www/home.html Course 2 Engineer in Prototyping Interests include custom automation equipment design and electromechanical systems. |
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Courtney Shiley
email: cshiley@mit.edu URL: http://www.mit.edu/people/cshiley/home.html Course 17 Queen Bee of the Web Hive, Editor On-Call, Textbook Creator, and All-Around Wordsmith Interests include technical writing for Lucent Technologies and the Assassin's Guild. |
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Ray Speth
email: speth@mit.edu Course 2 Engineer in Prototyping and Production |
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John Thompson, Ph.D.
Mechanical Engineering Professor, California University of Pennsylvania Bot Design Interests include finite element analysis (nonlinear material behavior, computational heat transfer and customization of ANSYS). |
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Kate Thompson
email: mkt@mit.edu Course 2 Creator and Director Interests include autonomous robotics at the MIT Auto ID Center and water quality with MIT Sea Grant. |
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Antonio Vicente
email: int18@mit.edu Course 6 Web Admin and Electrical Engineer Interests include distributed systems, computer graphics and cryptography. |
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Malima Isabelle Wolf
email: miwolf@mit.edu URL: http://web.mit.edu/miwolf/www/ Course 2 and 18 Web Designer and Assistant Engineer in Production Interests include design at Lucasfilm THX and engineering at MIT Towing Tank. |
| Thanks | DME would like to thank the following individuals for their contribution to the program: |
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Harold Abelson
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Dave Dow
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Charles Schuler
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Thank you all very much.
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Contact us at dme-web@mit.edu. |