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Physician, Engineer, Innovator

As a physician and engineer, Prof. Giovanni Traverso creates innovative health solutions, bringing a unique perspective to them. “As scientists and engineers, not only can we help individuals…we can help populations."

Physician, Engineer, Innovator

The Breadth of MechE

Discover the incredible breadth of work underway in MechE at MIT.

The Breadth of MechE

Explore MechE Classes

Discover both undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering classes at MIT on our updated Class Offerings page.

Explore MechE Classes

Inspring Filter-Feeders

To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays.

Inspring Filter-Feeders

Spectacular crack patterns

A new study by Paul Lilin and Irmgard Bischofberger, rationalizes the spectacular crack patterns formed by drying drops of a colloidal suspension by considering the energy released by each successive crack.

Spectacular crack patterns

Rhodes Scholar

Wilhem Hector, a senior from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was awarded a Global Rhodes Scholarship. He is the first Haitian national to receive this distinction.

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Michelangelo didn’t attend a semester of lectures; he learned in the studio with a master looking over his shoulder.

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Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

Carlos Portela

Assistant Professor

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Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program expands to invite Palestinian scholars

Pushing material boundaries for better electronics

Pushing material boundaries for better electronics

Students strive for “Balance!” in a lively product showcase

Students strive for “Balance!” in a lively product showcase

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MIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots

MIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots

PHOTO GALLERY: Hello! 2.009 Returns

PHOTO GALLERY: Hello! 2.009 Returns

An assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention

An assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention

Asegun Henry

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Steven Dubowsky

Professor Emeritus

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MIT Club of Greece hosts “Sustainable Ecosystems for the Maritime Industry”

MIT Club of Greece hosts “Sustainable Ecosystems for the Maritime Industry”

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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