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Securing a sustainable future

The Winter 2020 issue of our newsletter, MechE Connects, explores new technologies that promote sustainable energy and could have lasting impact in the fight against climate change.

Securing a sustainable future

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MIT is a leader in training the next generation of creative thinkers who will pioneer new technologies, launch businesses, and bring needed solutions to many of the greatest challenges facing humanity.

- Alumna Megan Smith (SB ’86, SM ’88), Chief Technology Officer, United States of America

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Tissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s

Tissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s

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Scott Manalis

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Grad student David Larson is solving equations to design safer ships

Grad student David Larson is solving equations to design safer ships

MechE has been named the number one mechanical engineering department in the world by QS World University Rankings

MechE has been named the number one mechanical engineering department in the world by QS World University Rankings

Professor Arthur Baggeroer and Professor John Leonard elected as 2019 AAAS Fellows

New polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it

New polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

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MIT D-Lab studentsdesign for the developing world

MIT D-Lab studentsdesign for the developing world

Ioannis Yannas

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Xuanhe Zhao

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Seniors Alexis D'Alessandro and Hope Chen have been named 2019 Fulbright Fellows

Professor Gareth McKinley has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society

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