Autonomous robot scans ship hulls for mines
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
Mechanical engineers develop an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars
Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.
Better surfaces could help dissipate heat
Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures.
Sharper ultrasound images could improve diagnostics
New system developed at MIT allows precise measurements and tracking of disease progression.
Textured surface may boost power output of thin silicon solar cells
MIT team finds new approach to trapping light efficiently in thin-film silicon solar cells.
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Mechanical engineering’s condiment-bottle coating gives waste the slip
MIT $100K competition runner-up LiquiGlide developed out of Varanasi group
In the World: MIT-designed cooler preserves tuberculosis drugs, records doses
A simple cooler could help patients battle antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.
Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks.
Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reduction
Ceramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.
Department of Mechanical Engineering's Toy Lab 'PLAYsents' student-built prototypes
In 2.00b, students focus on their inner child.
Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and development
Joint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.
Whirr, click, hum: Robots go at it in 2.007 finale
Competition concludes mechanical design class, unleashing a wide variety of spinning, pumping and striking robots.
Woodie Flowers, a pioneer of hands-on engineering education
Flowers and his former student, David Wallace, have created a fun, teamwork-based approach to learning the art of mechanical design.