Mechanical engineering

MIT researchers have developed a half-sized engine that performs like a full-sized engine but offers the fuel efficiency of a hybrid electric car. The team includes, from left to right, Leslie Bromberg, principal research engineer at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), Daniel Cohn, division head and senior research scientist at the PSFC, and John Heywood, director of the Sloan Automotive ...

MIT's pint-sized car engine promises high efficiency, low cost

Ethanol empowers the little engine that could

October 25, 2006

Jonathan How, a professor in aeronautics and astronautics, joins graduate students Brett Bethke, center, and Mario Valenti, right, in demonstrating their "hands-off" technique of simultaneously controlling four fully-autonomous flying vehicles using a PC.

MIT's intelligent aircraft fly, cooperate autonomously

September 26, 2006

MIT graduate student Trevor Shen Kuan Ng demonstrates the stretchy properties of wheat flour dough.

Student makes dough -- in the lab

September 26, 2006

This scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image shows MIT's new nanoscale molecular sieve, which consists of thousands of alternating deep (300 nanometers or billionths of a meter) and shallow (55 nanometers) regions. The deep and shallow regions act together to form energy barriers that separate proteins by size. Pores of different sizes can be engineered for different filters to capture specific p...

MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research

September 11, 2006

MIT energy experts explore life "beyond carbon"

September 5, 2006

Among three designs for floating giant wind turbines in the deep ocean, MIT research is focusing on the tension leg platform (center), a system that oil companies use for deep-water rigs.

Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines

August 29, 2006

Students working to develop fuel-efficient cars at MIT this summer test out a prototype vehicle powered by electricity and fuel cells. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('vehicle-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Sun and new fuels power student vehicles

August 14, 2006

MIT research engineer Joseph Curcio, left, helps launch a SCOUT for experiments conducted off the island of Pianosa, Italy, in July 2005.

Kayaks adapted to test marine robotics

August 7, 2006

Robopsy, a new invention designed to help doctors do needle biopsies, is shown as it might be positioned for surgery. Robopsy was invented by a team of graduate students, including two from MIT.

New device offers assist in needle biopsies

July 19, 2006

An artist's rendering shows the baseball-sized probes being designed by MIT researchers for Mars exploration.

Team envisions exploring Mars with mini probes

July 17, 2006

Professor Robert W. Mann, leader in prosthetics, dies at 81

June 19, 2006

This sketch of a concept solar car was created for the MIT Vehicle Design Summit, a gathering of students who will work on alternative transportation ideas this summer.

Student summit set on vehicle design

June 14, 2006

Mechanical engineering awards

June 7, 2006

Interns at Appropriate Technology Services in Lesotho work with graduate student Amy Mueller, second from right, and sophomore Perry Hung, right, on the MIT solar micro-generator in January.

Students win grant for Lesotho solar generator

June 5, 2006

Freshman R.J. Ryan hits the 'emergency' button in his automatic dorm room on East Campus. The button activates 'party mode.'

Freshmen automate dorm room

May 24, 2006

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