School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Microbes chow down on latest fuel-cell tech
Cullen Buie manipulates micro-scale phenomena to optimize energy conversion devices.
Product Design and Development class partners with MIT Sloan and RISD
Course 2.739 brings engineering, business, and design students together to learn about developing new products
A new way to make sheets of graphene
Technique might enable advances in display screens, solar cells, or other devices.
A new way to harness waste heat
Electrochemical approach has potential to efficiently turn low-grade heat to electricity.
New method for propulsion in fluids
Researchers discover a way for temperature gradients in fluids to move objects.
Beyond low-hanging fruit
Alexander Slocum tackles “impossible” engineering problems to help meet growing world energy demand.
Better malaria detector wins MIT $100K
Faster, more accurate diagnostic device takes home grand prize; others earn thousands in funding.
Robert Shin honored for advancing project-based learning at MIT
The 2014 Irwin Sizer Award recognizes Shin’s leadership in establishing Beaver Works
Harvesting fresh water from fog
Professor Gareth McKinley co-leads research to optimize fog harvesting technology.
Student-built robots compete on the slopes
Simulated ski run challenges mechanical engineering students to produce a wide array of robots.
MIT announces new initiative on environment
Multidisciplinary program, to be led by Susan Solomon, will encourage collaborations among researchers in different fields.
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics
New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not.