MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

News

Can you feel me now?
In the near future, a buzz in your belt or a pulse from your jacket may give you instructions on how to navigate your surroundings. ...

Making waves
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”A version of this quote, originally penned by Sir ...

Meet the maker
It’s a dream of many hobbyists: turning their leisure pursuits into a lucrative business. That’s what happened for MIT alumna Limor Fried ’03, MEng ’05, ...

Before the wreckage comes ashore
From the Fukushima tsunami disaster to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, environmental disasters exact all-too-memorable damage to coastal communities. Imagine if it was possible ...

Local fifth graders explore mathematics with MIT graduate students
“We’re going to explore math.”That’s the adventure MITxplore co-founders Leon Dimas, Narges Kaynia and Debbie Nguyen say they are trying to bring to the lives ...

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Features

Thermal-Fluids Engineering: The Engine of Innovation
From the time of Caesar until the advent of the railroad in the 19th century, there were no major changes in mechanics that made a trip around the world faster, cheaper, or safer.

Research

Control, Instrumentation, & Robotics
The Control, Instrumentation, and Robotics (CIR) area seeks to promote research and education into identifying fundamental principles and methodologies that enable systems to exhibit intelligent, goal-oriented behavior, and developing innovative instruments to monitor, manipulate, and control systems.