Mechanical engineering

Sleek new MIT solar car heads to the races

February 25, 2009

MIT researchers have developed a way to fold nano- and microscale polymer sheets into simple 3D structures.

Knowing when to fold

Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices

February 24, 2009

MIT students and residents of Ventanilla, Peru work on the bicilavadora, a novel, inexpensive bike/washing machine.

Spin cycle: a new kind of washer

Machine could produce clean clothes and local jobs

February 19, 2009

Lermusiaux chosen for Doherty Professorship

February 19, 2009

Jacobs to give inaugural School of Engineering lecture

Alumnus, digital wireless pioneer to speak Feb. 19 in 10-250.

February 13, 2009

Senior wins Gates scholarship

February 13, 2009

The top image shows a mixture of gold nanoparticles. The longer particles are called nanobones, and the smaller are nanocapsules. Bottom left: After the nanoparticles are hit with 800 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanocapsules melt and release their payload. Nanobones remain intact. Right: After the nanoparticles are hit with 1100 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanobones melt...

Gold particles deliver more than just glitter

Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases

December 30, 2008

Post-doc in biological engineering Seok Chung points to view of cell-growth as Roger Kamm, professor of biological and mechanical engineering, right, and chemical engineering graduate student Vernella Vickerman look on.

Close encounters with 3-D cell growth

Engineers' new microfluidic device could help with drug development

December 16, 2008

Roman Stocker holds the small microbial ecosystem he developed.

A plankton-eat-plankton world

Tiny ecosystem may shed light on key ocean microbes and their role in influencing climate

December 15, 2008

Center Director Professor John H. Lienhard and KFUPM Rector Khalid S. Al-Sultan signing the research contract.

MIT, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in collaboration

Two schools launch program on clean water, clean energy

November 25, 2008

Mechanical Engineering Professor Anette Hosoi and graduate student Amos Winter developed a robo-clam that could lead to "smart" anchoring technologies. Outside the testing device they hold clamshells of some of the clams they tested.

Dig this: RoboClam

Device could lead to 'smart' anchors, more

November 25, 2008

Kinesin, a small motor protein found in cells, walks stepwise onÂ microtubules to perform cellular processes. In each step, a powerÂ stroke is generated when two mechanical elements (neck linker, in red, and cover strand, in blue) form a beta-sheet that folds to drive the protein forward.

Baby steps

Engineers show how tiny cell proteins generate force to 'walk'

November 24, 2008

Adult brain neurons can remodel connections

Could lead to creating growth in cells and regions normally unable to repair themselves

November 24, 2008

Senior Paul Blascovich watches surgical robot operating from left, while teaching assistant Lael Odhner plays with arm. Junior Tony McDonald watches from back, Junior Ian Rust and instructor Harrison Chin watch from center and right of "patient."

Going under the (robotic) knife

Engineering students design robots to remove tumors

November 17, 2008

MIT's Smith wins top honors for work in developing world

Popular Mechanics gives her Breakthrough Leadership award

October 16, 2008

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