Mechanical engineering

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MIT recommends steps to slash gasoline use by 2035

Feasible, but technology alone won't solve problem

August 5, 2008

Polypterus senegalus is a primitive fish whose scaly armor has yielded clues to MIT researchers seeking to better protect soldiers of the future.

Protection built to scale--fish scale, that is

Primitive 'dinosaur eel' could inspire future body armor

July 27, 2008

MIT graduate students are working on a thermoelectric system that could make MIT's cogeneration plant even more efficient.

MIT students seek to harness waste heat

Device could make MIT's cogeneration plant even more efficient

July 24, 2008

MIT nanoruler lithography tool with a 300 mm-diameter silicon wafer.

MIT reports finer lines for microchips

Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more.

July 8, 2008

The strength of actin binding protein interactions cross-linking a surface bound and bead tethered actin filament are probed using force from an optical trap. Filamin in green which forms networks of actin filaments shown as a confocal image on the right and alpha-actinin in blue which bundles actin filaments, shown as an image on the left, were probed using this assay configuration.

Using a light touch to measure protein bonds

MIT researchers tug at molecules with optical tweezers

June 30, 2008

Matt Ritter, Doug Wood, Spencer Ahrens and Micah Sze mount one of the 10-inch by 12-foot mirror panels in place.

MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests

Low-cost system could revolutionize global energy production

June 18, 2008

Mechanical Engineering awards

June 4, 2008

Professor Cynthia Barnhart (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering) presents Orian Z. Welling, a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, with the 2008 Henry Ford Award.

School of Engineering awards

June 4, 2008

James Levi Schmidt, a member of an MIT class on wheelchair design for the developing world, tests a prototype of a wheelchair that was converted into a tricycle powered by hand-operated pedals.

On a roll: Students help bring mobility to developing countries

May 21, 2008

The state of the art batteries used to Porsche into an electric car, shown installed in the trunk.

MIT student ingenuity plus high-tech batteries yields advanced all-electric Porsche

May 21, 2008

Incoming frosh numero 'uno' on invention list

May 14, 2008

Ghoniem to receive $10M KAUST award

May 12, 2008

Students robots in this year's 2.007 contest held at MIT competed in performing beaver-like tasks, including knocking down pool noodle 'trees' and dumping them in a ping-pong ball 'river,' to score points.

Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest

May 9, 2008

Design Squad takes systems-based approach to attracting future engineers

May 7, 2008

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Engineering an award-winning TV program

MIT faculty, students' perspective employed in PBS's 'Design Squad'