Mechanical engineering
A step toward lighter batteries
April 2, 2010
Research shows metal catalysts play important role in improving the efficiency of lithium-oxygen batteries
Charting a course toward cleaner cars
April 1, 2010
MIT team recommends strategy for reducing automotive fuel use, emissions
A manufacturing renaissance for America?
March 31, 2010
At an MIT forum, experts examine new ways to pursue a good old idea: making things.
Pushing droplets around
March 29, 2010
MIT researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction, with possible applications ranging from biology to electronics
Also labeled: Nanoscience and nanotechnology
Unraveling silks’ secrets
March 15, 2010
A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials.
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Materials science
Insulators made into conductors
March 8, 2010
MIT team coaxes polymers to line up, transforming them into materials that could dissipate heat.
Also labeled: Materials science, Physics
Three from MIT win Soros Fellowships
March 4, 2010
Two MIT professors win NSF Career awards
March 4, 2010
Varanasi wins Career award from NSF
March 4, 2010
In Profile: Alex Slocum
March 2, 2010
Teaching and tinkering, and teaching how to tinker, are the driving forces for longtime MIT mechanical engineer
How to turn blueprints green
February 24, 2010
Open-source program developed at MIT allows architects and engineers to optimize a building’s energy systems early in the design process
Also labeled: Architecture, Energy
With $25 million grant, NSF funds center to investigate the creation of biological machines
February 23, 2010
Headquartered at MIT, the new initiative aims to dramatically advance research in complex biological systems and engage underrepresented minority groups
New wheelchair gets its first real-world test
February 18, 2010
Grad student’s device aims to meet the needs of millions of people in the developing world.
Reporter’s Notebook: Emergency measures
December 9, 2009
For drowning surfers, fallen bicyclists and injured mountaineers, students in MIT’s 2.009 class devise products that could save lives.
Two from MIT win Marshall Scholarships
December 1, 2009
Seniors Tanya Goldhaber and Vinayak Muralidhar will pursue graduate studies in Britain beginning next year.
Feeling the way
November 23, 2009
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
Leonard named new director of Ford-MIT Alliance
November 10, 2009
Energy researchers find Obama an eager student
October 27, 2009
In the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts
Tish Scolnik ’10 selected as one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women
October 19, 2009
The October issue of Glamour Magazine has named 2009 Truman Scholar Tish Scolnik as one of their Top 10 College Women, recognizing her work on mobility issues for the disabled.
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
October 17, 2009
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Fuel cells get a boost
October 15, 2009
Creating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.
Quantum computing may actually be useful
October 9, 2009
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
In the World: A better way to beat around the bush
September 25, 2009
International teams in Ghana tackle local needs of village farmers for better methods and devices to harvest their crops
Also labeled: International development, IDDS, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, In the world
From nature, robots
September 25, 2009
Mechanical engineer Sangbae Kim looks to animals to inspire his robot designs
Also labeled: Artificial intelligence
In Profile: Scott Manalis
September 23, 2009
His technology to weigh single cells led to an unexpected research focus: figuring out how cancerous cells escape normal growth controls.
Braille made simple
September 21, 2009
MIT students develop device that could make labeling easier for the visually impaired. Product could be on the market next year.
Small springs could provide big power
September 21, 2009
Mechanical engineer Carol Livermore and colleagues find that carbon nanotubes, used as springs, have potential to compete with batteries for energy storage.
Concentrating emissions
September 17, 2009
Ahmed Ghoniem of mechanical engineering leads an MIT effort to make coal plants cleaner by using a pressurized combustion system to capture carbon dioxide.
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