To make chemotherapy dosing more accurate, A team led by Giovanni Traverso has come up with a way to continuously measure how much drug is in the patient’s system during the hours-long infusion.
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Researchers led by Professor Gang Chen have discovered a new phenomenon: light can cause evaporation of water from its surface without the need for heat. Pictured is a lab device designed to measure the “photomolecular effect,” using laser beams.
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A team led by Assistant Professor Ritu Raman has developed a new spring-like device to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid bots.
📸 Felice Frankel

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Our spring magazine is out now! The breadth of MechE allows our department to confront multidisciplinary challenges, while embracing the core principles that have always defined MechE.

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QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 11 subject areas including Mechanical Engineering for 2024!
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We're accepting nominations through May 9 for the Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research, open to MIT Students from all departments.

Meet our 2023 awardees Emma Rutherford (@MITMechE + MIT Physics) and Arianna Ilvonen (@MITMechE) seagrant.mit.edu/2023/06/16/two…

Research from grad student James Gabbard & Prof. Wim M. van Rees finds a better way to simulate moving objects interacting with all sorts of physical phenomena. Their method is extremely accurate, even with tricky shapes, & does not require a complex mesh.
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Seron Electronics, founded by Mo Mirvakili PhD ’17, makes research equipment with applications including microelectronics, clean energy, optics, biomedicine, and beyond.
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Across MechE, faculty and staff are engaging in cutting-edge research at the frontiers of mechanical engineering. There’s an incredible breadth of work underway in MechE at MIT.

A new prediction method fueled by an MIT-derived algorithm developed by Professor Themis Sapsis and his colleagues helps forecast frequency of extreme weather. Image: iStock
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Currently, 2.2 billion lack safe water access. Chatted with Bill Weir on CNN for #WorldWaterDay about our MIT MechE @MIT solar-powered desalination breakthrough - cheaper than U.S. tap water & a game-changer for addressing water scarcity & climate change. #SDG6 #WASH #UNESCO

On Monday, MechE Community members joined forces with the rest of MIT to witness a total eclipse in style! Glasses grabbed, telescopes tuned, and the energy was electric as everyone came together for an astronomical extravaganza!

📸 Ritu Raman, Gear Lab, and Lisa Maxwell

Professor Kamal Youcef-Toumi was featured on an episode of a Qatari TV show that features 'masters of their crafts' from around the globe.
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New curriculum from MIT and collaborating institutions aims to give technicians a ladder to become shop-floor leaders who bridge the gap between technicians and engineers.
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While the weather in Boston was not most welcoming yesterday, Sihong Wang from The University of Chicago gave a truly inspiring #SMSD talk MIT MechE DMSE at MIT on #bioelectronics #organic #semiconductors #FBR . Sihong invented bioadhesive, stretchable, and anti-fibrotic semiconducting…

A team led by Professor Michael Triantafyllou & Edvard Ronglan SM ’23 have engineered structures that are engineered to mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while also providing pockets for marine life.

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Professor Sili Deng has won the 2024 Irvin Glassman Young Investigator Award from the Eastern States Section of the US Combustion Institute. This biennial award is to recognize an early-career investigator within ten years of their Ph.D..
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Last week's biomedical device workshop was organized to gage interest in this area of research and promote future industry involvement in research initiatives. MechE faculty members presented their research activities and the event concluded with a poster session.
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Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class.
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Sophomore Gloria Zhu received an IAP Mini Grant to develop and engineer a robotic paintbrush. The Project Manus team says Zhu had one of the more impressive and jam-packed make-a-thons they've seen!
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