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- Professor Emeritus Woodie Flowers (SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD 73)

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Professor Harry Asada awarded a $2 million grant to develop robotic educational tool, “Teach-Bot”

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Research Opportunities

Beyond the Classroom

Explore our Global Impact

Tonio Buonassisi

MIT MechE ranked number one mechanical engineering graduate program by US News & World Report

A Class with the Feel of a Startup

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Professor Harry Asada awarded a $2 million grant to develop robotic educational tool, “Teach-Bot”

New continuous manufacturing process produces long strips of high-quality graphene

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Collaborating with Lamborghini to develop an electric car of the future

Paper-based test can diagnose Zika infection within 20 minutes

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After a mid-career jump to academia, PhD student Jim Magarian studies career paths of engineering graduates

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