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As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system.

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Electronic devices can overheat as a result of interactions between electrons and phonons

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Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

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Ian Hunter

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Senior Cara Lai combines the study of mechanical engineering and literature to prepare for med school.

Amos Winter, director of the Global Engineering and Research Lab, wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings

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Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.

Photo Gallery: An Adventure in Real-Life Product Development

Alexie Kolpak and Amos Winter honored with 2017 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards

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Grad student Kristen Railey is named to the Aviation Week Network’s “20 Twenties” for 2017.

Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

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Amos Winter

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Cleaner Water, Better World

Beyond the Classroom

Explore our Global Impact

Electronic devices can overheat as a result of interactions between electrons and phonons

Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

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Ian Hunter

Senior Cara Lai combines the study of mechanical engineering and literature to prepare for med school.

Amos Winter, director of the Global Engineering and Research Lab, wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings

Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.

Photo Gallery: An Adventure in Real-Life Product Development

Alexie Kolpak and Amos Winter honored with 2017 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards

Grad student Kristen Railey is named to the Aviation Week Network’s “20 Twenties” for 2017.

Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

Amos Winter

Kripa Varanasi collaborates to develop a manufacturing platform to produce affordable vaccine.

Xuanhe Zhao is the 2017 recipient of the Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.

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