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MIT, NASA engineers develop morphing wing

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A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The work was supported by NASA ARMD Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Program (MADCAT Project), and the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Wing is assembled from hundreds of identical subunits.

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MIT team develops approach to control dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries

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MIT researchers led by MIT Professor and colleagues at Brown University have developed an approach to controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries. MIT graduate student Cole Fincher developed a way of making thin cells using a transparent electrolyte, allowing the whole process to be directly seen and recorded.

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MIT team proposes flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine PHEV long-haul trucks

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In a paper being presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit this week, a team from MIT is proposing the use of a flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine approach for a series-hybrid powertrain for long-haul Class 8 trucks. Ethanol or methanol would be employed to increase knock resistance. —Daniel Cohn.

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MIT system trains driverless cars using reinforcement learning with data-driven simulation

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A data-driven simulation system invented at MIT, in collaboration with the Toyota Research Institute, to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a host of worse-case scenarios before cruising down real streets. Data-driven simulation. That’s really powerful.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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John Hansman , an aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT and director of the university’s International Center for Air Transportation. The pipeline-and-hydrant option is the best option from an engineering perspective. Hydrogen may be a good thing, but you gotta look at it from the full system level, right?,”

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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

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Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley , he became passionate about conducting research, he says.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. The award is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. After earning her Ph.D.

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