Tunneling across a tiny gap
“Phonon tunneling” explains heat flow across nanometer-wide gaps, study finds.
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Mechanical Engineering
Cerebral curiosity
Graduate student Steven Keating takes a problem-solving approach to his brain cancer.
Analysis sees many promising pathways for solar photovoltaic power
New study identifies the promise and challenges facing large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaics.
New kind of “tandem” solar cell developed
Researchers combine two types of photovoltaic material to make a cell that harnesses more sunlight.
Four professors named 2015 MacVicar Fellows
Bahr, Drennan, Gibson, and Sive receive the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
U.S. News ranks graduate programs in engineering, business highly
MIT is home to No. 1 graduate engineering program; Sloan is No. 5 business school.
The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing
New research provides a general formula for understanding how layered materials form different surface patterns.
Domitilla Del Vecchio bridges math, engineering, and biology
Mechanical engineering professor carries out pioneering work in the creation of biological circuits.
Five MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty specializing in mathematics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and economics among 126 selected.
A mollusk of a different stripe
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
Power efficiency in the violin
New study identifies key design features that boost violins’ acoustic power.
MIT Water Summit brings experts together to discuss global water challenges
More than 200 people attend second annual summit organized by the MIT Water Club.
Ioannis Yannas to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial skin."