[Editors] MIT MechE Fall News 2015

Mon Nov 2 14:48:05 EST 2015

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Recent MechE Videos
We are MechE at MIT: MechE students and faculty explain in their own words what sets this department apart and why it’s such a special place in which to teach and learn. Watch video<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133193&eid=376655>.
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Inspired by the ability of seals to detect flow features and other underwater information through their whiskers, Professor Michael Triantafyllou and Dr. Heather Beem (PhD ’15) have designed a sensor that could be used by underwater robots to collect data on hydrothermal events or marine life. Watch video<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133195&eid=376655>.
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Department News
This past September, the second annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE ’15) brought more than 450 members of the MechE community together around cutting-edge graduate student and post-doc research.
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Professor Seth Lloyd was recently appointed the Nam P. Suh Professor of Mechanical Engineering, a new chair established through the generous gift of MechE alumnus Hock E. Tan (SB ’75, SM ’75), in honor of Professor Emeritus Nam P. Suh.
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US News & World Report again ranked the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering’s undergraduate program No. 1 in the United States.
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Photos courtesy of the researchers/MIT.
Upcoming Events
The final product presentations for this year’s 2.009 class are taking place on Monday, December 7, from 7-10:30pm. Read more<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133201&eid=376655>, watch video<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133202&eid=376655>, and look out for a link to stream the event live.

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Recent MechE Research
[Nanowires]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133203&eid=376655>       Professor Ian Hunter has discovered a way to decrease the size of wearable electronic devices while adding a crucial boost of power.
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[Graphene Pores]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133205&eid=376655>  Associate Professor Rohit Karnik has created nanopores that could be tailored to a variety of applications, such as ion detection or mining.
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[Hermes]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133207&eid=376655>  Associate Professor Sangbae Kim has developed a bipedal robot that can react quickly and balance itself through proprioception and human tele-operation.
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[Untangling Knots]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133209&eid=376655>        Associate Professor Pedro Reis has developed a model that predicts the force required to tie simple knots and may provide guidelines for choosing certain knot configurations.
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[Prehensile Pushing]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133211&eid=376655>      Assistant Professor Alberto Rodriguez has developed a dexterous robot "hand" that leverages nearby surfaces to achieve a better grasp.
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[Perovskite]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133213&eid=376655>      Professor Yang Shao-Horn and Associate Professor Kripa Varanasi have discovered that the processes of catalysis and wetting are closely linked – a discovery that could make it easier to identify good catalysts for chemical reactions.
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[Prosthetic Knee]<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133215&eid=376655> Assistant Professor Amos Winter has developed a low-cost, high-performance prosthetic knee using only simple mechanical elements like springs and dampers.
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Recent Awards
Professor John Heywood has been elected as an ASME Fellow.
Professor Yang Shao-Horn was recently appointed the W.M. Keck Professor of Energy.
Associate Professor Evelyn Wang has been elected as an ASME Fellow. She was also recently appointed the Gail E. Kendall Professor.
Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao was recently appointed the Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor.
Look for your next issue of the departmental newsletter, Meche Connects<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=133220&eid=376655>, in December, featuring transportation and propulsion-related research from MechE faculty and students!

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