Asegun Henry wins National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award
Mechanical engineering professor receives the NSF’s highest honor for an outstanding early-career scientist or engineer.
Mechanical engineering professor receives the NSF’s highest honor for an outstanding early-career scientist or engineer.
Hailing from a small town in Italy, Matteo Bucci is determined to address some of the unknowns plaguing fundamental science.
New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.
Longtime professor of mechanical engineering influenced nuclear reactor design and shaped thermodynamics education at MIT.
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.
In the intensity of basic training, a smartwatch-based system warns recruits when they are at risk of heat injury.
PhD student Limiao Zhang sees surprising connections between the behavior of cars and bubbles.
PhD student Madhumitha Ravichandran identifies the three main factors that trigger the boiling crisis through machine learning models.
Researchers affiliated with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub find that paving material selection could mitigate extreme heat and greenhouse gas emissions.
In a study that could benefit quantum computing, researchers show a superlattice embedded with nanodots may be immune from dissipating energy to the environment.
MIT researchers train a neural network to predict a “boiling crisis,” with potential applications for cooling computer chips and nuclear reactors.
Textbook formulas for describing heat flow characteristics, crucial in many industries, are oversimplified, study shows.
New understanding of heat transfer in boiling water could lead to efficiency improvements in power plants.
Lauded director of the MIT Thermal Hydraulics and Materials in Extreme Environments Laboratory was a consummate experimentalist and passionate teacher.
New formula identifies limits to nanoscale heat transfer, may help optimize devices that convert heat to electricity.