Mechanical engineering

Ernest Rabinowicz, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 79

April 7, 2006

Graduate student Amos Winter displays a wheelchair model currently being produced in Tanzania at a MacVicar Day exhibit March 3 in the Stata Center. Winter is working on technical solutions to the challenges faced by wheelchair users in that country.

Building a better wheelchair

Grad student aims to help Tanzanians

March 21, 2006

Researchers at MIT, Northeastern University and the Naval Research Laboratory used their new remote sensor system to measure fish populations on the edge of the continental shelf, south of Long Island, N.Y.

One fish, two fish: New sensor improves fish counts

February 2, 2006

IAP: Student makes engineering kid-friendly

January 17, 2006

Andrew Heafitz, an instructor at the Edgerton Center, shows graduate student Olivia Leitermann, in protective gear, how to locate a mine during the IAP session 'MIT Design for Demining,' held Wednesday, Jan. 18.

IAP: Class targets landmine removal

January 17, 2006

A rescue robot carries a doll, representing a victim of disaster, to the 'emergency room' during the course 2.12 demonstration held Wednesday, Dec. 14, in the d'Arbeloff Lab.

Course 2.12 sends robots to the rescue

December 19, 2005

Professor Woodie Flowers of mechanical engineering helps senior John Rebula work on part of a manioc grater, designed to grate large quantities of manioc or kasava for food in Haiti. The project is for 2.009, whose final presentations are Monday, Dec. 12.

2.009 students sprout ideas for agriculture

December 7, 2005

Here, a soliton (blob with red and blue stripes) moves along a conducting polymer chain (aqua and yellow for hydrogen and carbon). The soliton blob causes a localized bend in the chain. The traditional way to make polymer actuate is to dope the material with an ion such as sodium, represented by the red dot.

MIT closes in on bionic speed

November 7, 2005

From left, Brian Shieh, James Labuz and Andrew Greenhut prepare their banana-harvesting device for a mockup review in 2.009.

Seniors prepare for harvest

October 26, 2005

MIT cancer program granted $3.2 million

October 21, 2005

In a reflective mood

October 5, 2005

Assistant Professor Martin L. Culpepper, in the center of the top row, poses with President Bush and fellow winners of the 2004 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers in front of the White House on June 13.

Culpepper honored at White House

July 1, 2005

Dustin Williams (MIT S.M. 2001), of Interactive Motion Technologies Inc., helps Hermano Igo Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT's mechanical engineering department, put on the Anklebot, a robotic device designed to help stroke patients regain movement in paralyzed ankles.

MIT develops Anklebot for stroke patients

Research team foresees robotic gym

June 30, 2005

MIT research scientist Karl Iagnemma, who works on rovers like this one to explore the planet Mars, may get the chance to explore planet Hollywood now that Warner Brothers has purchased the screen rights to his 2003 collection of short stories.

MIT author gets ticket to Hollywood

June 23, 2005

Mechanical engineering awards

June 1, 2005

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