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Design for the Developing World

In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way.

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

- Professor Sanjay Sarma, Director of the Office of Digital Learning

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Drug delivery system would allow tuberculosis patients to switch from daily to monthly doses

Infinite Cooling, a startup from the Varanasi Research Group, won the top prize at the MassChallenge Awards

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Ahmed Ghoniem receives J-WAFS Solutions grant to develop a technology that improves agricultural efficiency

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Design for the Developing World

Beyond the Classroom

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Cullen Buie

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Engineering Medical Devices

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Drug delivery system would allow tuberculosis patients to switch from daily to monthly doses

Infinite Cooling, a startup from the Varanasi Research Group, won the top prize at the MassChallenge Awards

Wai Cheng

Michael Triantafyllou

Ahmed Ghoniem receives J-WAFS Solutions grant to develop a technology that improves agricultural efficiency

Nicholas Mabey SM ‘93 is helping solve climate change through policy making

MechE's Alexis D'Alessandro,left, and Hope Chen accept 2019 Fulbright Fellowships

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

Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly

Slippery coatings allow sticky pastes and gels to slide

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

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