Major League Baseball’s “Torpedo Bat” Designed by RLE Alum

Image designed by Sampson Wilcox, Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT

The ‘Torpedo Bat’ was designed by Aaron Leanhardt, PhD in Physics, 2003, alumni of Professor Wolfgang Ketterle’s research group. 

Related Links:

Microtraps and Waveguides for Bose-Einstein Condensates — 2003 Dissertation by Aaron Leanhardt

Research Group of Professor Wolfgang Ketterle

The MIT Scientist Behind the ‘Torpedo Bats’ That Are Blowing Up Baseball (Wall Street Journal)

What is a torpedo bat? Inside MLB’s next big thing (ESPN)

Torpedo bats are making a lot of noise — but they’ve been quietly in MLB for a few years (New York Times)

Yankees and their ‘torpedo’ bats break MLB home run record in loss (CNN)