Mechanical engineering

Roving on court

May 19, 2004

Curbing gasoline use requires a multipronged approach, researchers say

March 24, 2004

Dale Cotton, a junior in mechanical engineering, demonstrates the drywall/sheetrock lift and installation system designed and built by his team in 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes).

Habitat benefits from 2.009 projects

December 9, 2003

Assistant Professor Martin Culpepper with the HexFlex Nanomanipulator (foreground), which won a 2003 R&D 100 Award.

HexFlex manipulates nanoscopic cables

October 1, 2003

MIT's HexFlex manipulates the nanoscopic

September 30, 2003

Professor Anette "Peko" Hosoi (left), graduate student Brian Chan and junior Catherine Koveal demonstrate RoboSnails I and II. RoboSnail I has since been rebuilt to be the same size as the smaller RoboSnail II.

MIT's RoboSnails mimic nature

September 10, 2003

Professor Anette "Peko" Hosoi, graduate student Brian Chan and junior Catherine Koveal demonstrate RoboSnails I (right) and II. RoboSnail I has since been rebuilt to be the same size as the smaller RoboSnail II

MIT's RoboSnails model novel movements

September 4, 2003

A water strider passes over a layer of water that has been dyed blue and lit from below, illuminating the stopping vortices shed during the deceleration phase of the strider's motion.

MIT leaps to solution of walking-on-water mystery

August 6, 2003

A computer simulation shows how columns of atoms in lithium cobalt oxide, seen end-on, ought to appear. The inset is the actual image taken with a transmission electron microscope. It shows the arrangement of lithium ions among cobalt and oxygen atoms in the compound lithium cobalt oxide. The oxygen atoms are bright and sharp-edged, the cobalt atoms are fuzzy, and the lithium atoms are small, weak...

First lithium pictures could aid battery research

June 16, 2003

Sophomore Jacob Bourgeois guides his robot toward the platter of street hockey balls.

2.007 'bots groove to student music

May 14, 2003

Material (above) created in Paula Hammonds' MIT lab by graduate students LaShanda James-Korley and Greg Pollock (below) will be spun into a spiderweb-like substance.

MIT lab works to mimic spider silk

April 18, 2003

Hydrogen vehicle won't be viable soon, study says

March 5, 2003

Professor John B. Heywood relaxes in the Sloan Automotive Laboratory, which includes a test cell (background) containing a 2002 Cummins ISB300 diesel engine used in Dodge pickup trucks.

Eco-friendly cars must travel long road to reality

February 12, 2003

Airflow analysis is an effective technique for guiding the design of new communities in China. Scheme (top) on the left is a design prepared by a Chinese architectural firm. Airflow analysis performed by MIT researchers showed that scheme (bottom) at right could provide the same living space while also blocking winter winds from the north, increasing passive solar heating in winter and enhancing c...

MIT team works toward energy-efficient Chinese homes

December 11, 2002

Cesar Espitia and Nora Cadena helped design Filter Agua, a ceramic filter system that removes biological contaminants from water. Cadena's daughter, Chassitty, was the youngest member of the team.

Students in 2.009 do good work