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.
Woodie Flowers hosts the 1981 competition for his famous "Introduction to Design" class.
Ceramic forms of hydrophobic materials could be far more durable than existing coatings or surface treatments.
A brief discussion with John Lienhard, the Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
This video from a high-speed camera shows a droplet being deposited on a superhydrophobic surface, just before it separates from the dropper. At the moment of separation, ripples move down through the droplet, showing the deceleration caused by impact with the surface, which causes a brief ...
Read more at the Robotic Mobility Group's website: http://web.mit.edu/mobility/
Read more at the Robotic Mobility Group's website: http://web.mit.edu/mobility/
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
This video demonstrates the techniques and principles behind how to design a stable robot that will not tip in motion.
Snow drifting with an ultralight (25kg / 26kg filled with snow) electric go-kart during a March snowstorm. The kart has independent RWD and about five horsepower, so it puts on a good show. More info on the kart: http://scolton.blogspot.com/p/cap-kart.html#tinykart Tracked skateboard ...
After flying into a tesla coil for its final decommissioning voyage, Tinycopter is rebuilt. Just as tiny, but cleaner and more stable.Read more at Equals Zero: http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?page_id=2
The first lecture of a short course given by prof. Beretta during IAP 2008 to offer a quick view of how the general principles of thermodynamics can be very effectively presented and taught in a rigorous way, by following the treatment developed in the textbook ...
This video explains the fluid mechanics principles underlying the classic classroom demonstration of a ping pong ball suspended in the air stream of a hair dryer.
How do you build a wheelchair ready to blaze through mud and sand, all for under $200?
Jacqueline Durazo, a mechanical engineering major, discusses her work building robots and participating in pageants.
A triangular wedge is spontaneously propelled by diffusion-driven flow in a density stratified fluid.
