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Richard "Dick" Thornton, an MIT professor emeritus of electrical engineering, died at 93. A longtime electronics educator and founder of two companies (Thornton Associates, focusing on water quality, and MagneMotion, focusing on maglev technology), he was an adventurer and an advocate for career and research flexibility.
A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. The team has designed and tested the major components of the motor, and shown through detailed computations that the coupled components can work as a whole to generate one...
Aviation's huge carbon footprint could shrink significantly with electrification. To date, however, only small all-electric planes have gotten off the ground. Their electric motors generate hundreds of kilowatts of power. To electrify larger, heavier jets, such as commercial airliners, megawatt-scale motors are required.
MIT aeroengineers have designed a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying the largest aircraft.
The voracious appetite for energy from the world's computers and communications technology presents a clear threat for the globe's warming climate.