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Nigamaa Nayakanti completes Master’s Thesis
Nigamaa Nayakanti, an M.S. student in the Mechanosynthesis Group, recently completed her Master’s thesis, entitled, “Flexigami: Folded Polygonal Unit Cells for Deployable Metamaterials and Mechanisms.” Congratulations, Nigamaa!
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Welcome, New Members!
Summer of 2016 has been a great time for new talent in the Mechanosynthesis Group. Talha Hasan, a graduate student in MIT’s IDM program, joined us in May. We also welcome Jonathan Gibbs, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and new graduate student to the group. Lastly, we welcome Yu Zou, a Postdoctoral Fellow…
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Additive Manufacturing graduate course featured in the MIT News
MIT News features Professor Hart’s 2.S998 course, Additive Manufacturing, developed with support from Jamison Go, a graduate student in the Mechanosynthesis Group. Read the full story, here.
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Mechanosynthesis group visits Oak Ridge Manufacturing Demonstration Facility
John Hart, Ryan Penny, and Adam Stevens visited the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They presented our latest additive manufacturing work and toured the labs, including the world-famous big-area additive manufacturing (BAAM) systems. The meeting room included a 3D printed podium!
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Dr. Jinjing Li successfully defends PhD thesis!
Congratulations to Dr. Jinjing Li who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled “High-Yield Carbon Nanotube Growth by Moisture-Controlled Decoupled Chemical Vapor Deposition”, at the University of Michigan. Our CNT growth team has learned a lot from Jinjing’s work and will continue to implement his findings in our lab!
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Sanha Kim and Sebastian Pattinson selected for MIT Translational Fellows Program
Congratulations to Sanha Kim and Sebastian Pattinson for being selected for the MIT Translational Fellows Program!
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The Mechanosynthesis Group welcomes six new members this fall
The Mechanosynthesis Group gives a warm welcome to five new members this semester: Crystal Owens, Dhanush Mariappan, Emily Hanhauser, Kehang Cui, Piran Kidambi, and Mike Bono. Crystal Owens is a masters student focusing on precision microfluidics using non-traditional building-block components. She previously received her B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 2015. Dhanush Mariappan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical…
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Adam Stevens, Jamison Go, and Nick Dee all complete MechE Master's theses!
Congrats to Adam, Jamison, Nick on completing their master’s theses and continuing on in the group as PhD candidates!
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Mechanosythesis group part of new Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics
The Mechanosythesis group will be a part of the new Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics and the announcement was made in MIT News!
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Mechanosynthesis low-cost soil diagnostics project featured by Tata Center
Graduate student Ron Rosenberg discusses his project in the lab! Collaborator Chintan Vaishnav discusses the challenges with Indian agriculture! Soumya Braganza talks about research in the field!