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Reimagining a Design Class

Faculty and staff of 2.007 reworked the mechanical engineering class and its famous final robot competition so students could participate remotely.

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If you design in a box, whether it’s for someone in the US or someone in India, your solution isn’t going to be right.

- PhD candidate Natasha Wright (SM ’14), Vice President of GAME

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Synthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength

Vivishek Sudhir

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Sili Deng

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Roger Kamm

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Reimagining a Design Class

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Becoming a Doctor on Zoom

Synthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength

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Vivishek Sudhir

Illustrating Covid-19 hygiene education

Hands-on education goes remote

Nano flashlight enables new applications of light

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Why boiling droplets can race across hot oily surfaces

PHOTO GALLERY: 2019 Build Challenge

The environmental toll of disposable masks

Sili Deng

Roger Kamm

Ultrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses, study finds

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

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