The education that students receive from the MIT MechE Department prepares them for successful careers in their chosen field. Part of that educational process is about receiving the skills and information needed to succeed outside of the classroom, so that students are ready to face the challenges of the professional world.
Sometimes the fastest pathway from point A to point B is not a straight line: for example, if you're underwater and contending with strong and shifting currents.
Jellyfish-inspired device that rapidly and efficiently captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring.
A fluid spike separates from a fixed location in an unsteady (periodic) fluid flow.
A comprehensive movie describing how to determine the important flow structures that organize turbulence.
A brief presentation by MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gareth McKinley.
Profile video of Nikolai Begg, 2013 $30,000 winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his portfolio of novel medical devices that are helping to make surgical procedures less invasive.
Description: The discussion on density of states continues with quantum statistical distributions. Students also learn how to apply quantum statistics in examples of photons, phonons, and electrons. Later, it explains the fundamentals in statistical physics. ...
Description: This lecture emphasizes on density of (quantum mechanical) states in electrons, phonons, and photons, elaborating the topic with examples in the 2-D and 3-D structure. It also talks about quantum statistics. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture continues with reciprocal space and Bragg condition which determines the diffraction patterns in crystals. It also provides the mathematical proof of Bragg condition, and discusses the energy on atomic vibration of crystals and phonons. ...
Description: This lecture extends the discussion of electronic band structure, crystal structure, crystal bonding, and reciprocal space to 3-D crystals. It also explains the Bragg condition. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture investigates the electron's energy levels in solids, including metals, insulators, and semiconductors. It also introduces the Bloch theorem to calculate the periodic potential in crystals. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture provides the example solutions to Schrodinger equation. It also investigates the quantized energy in material waves with different quantum numbers and quantum states, including 1-D quantum well and 2-D quantum wire. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture covers topics, including the basic wave characteristics, wave-particle duality in both electromagnetic waves and material waves, and also the fundamentals in the mathematical description of wave mechanics. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture elaborates on the microscopic pictures of energy carriers. It explains more details on energy transfer, and compares between micro and nanoscale phenomena, including classical size effects and quantum size effects. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: In this lecture, students learn about molecular dynamic simulation. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: This lecture continues to explore the repulsive force between particles and surfaces in liquids and learn more on electrokinetics. It also investigates the size effect on phase transition. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: The lecture first continues discussion on liquids. It investigates transport properties of bulk liquids, and different forces and potentials between particles and surfaces in liquids. It also explores current research in solar-cells. Instructor: Prof. Gang ...
Description: This lecture uncovers the basic science of semiconductor devices and solar cells, including p-n junction and photovoltaic effects. Also, it explains the phenomenon of Shockley-Queisser limit. Instructor: Prof. Gang Chen
Description: The lecture introduces various approximate ways to tribute all effects to different boundaries/interfaces conditions, and covers topics in energy conversion and coupled transport processes. It also provides details of the second midterm exam. Instructor: ...
