Defusing bombs by color
Professor J. Kim Vandiver uses 3-D printing to help in explosives disposal in Cambodia.
How to make continuous rolls of graphene
New manufacturing process could take exotic material out of the lab and into commercial products.
Taking control of light emission
Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing two exotic 2-D materials.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.
Lemelson-MIT announces 2015 National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners
Students recognized for inventions in health care, transportation, food and agriculture, and consumer devices.
John Lienhard wins 2015 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
Lienhard becomes the sixth MechE faculty member to receive the prestigious ASME award.
Students get serious about fun
Mechanical engineering class designs toys that make music, light up, and battle for victory.
Faster, smaller, more informative
Device can measure the distribution of tiny particles as they flow through a microfluidic channel.
Robots compete in “Hack to the Future”
Final competition in MIT’s course 2.007 pays tribute to classic time-travel movie.
Researchers unravel secrets of hidden waves
Region of world’s strongest “internal waves” is analyzed in detail; work could help refine climate models.
New program aims to commercialize innovations in food and water
“J-WAFS Solutions” will provide seed funding for promising new approaches to water, food supply.
MIT and Kuwait University researchers awarded $5.5 million for work on next-generation desalination systems
Funding sponsored through the Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment.
The art and science of mapmaking with wood
Graduate student Phillip Daniel turns maps into laser-cut works of art.
Mike Massimino to speak at June 4 doctoral hooding ceremony
Astronaut and alumnus will be the first-ever speaker at MIT’s Investiture of Doctoral Hoods.