Education at MechE | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT MechE has historically attracted very entrepreneurial, hands-on students. It was through my interaction with these friends that I came to appreciate the importance of applying theoretical principles to building useful products.

- Alum Davide Marini (PhD ’03), CEO/Co-Founder, Firefly Bioworks

MechE Education News + Media

How to Succeed at MIT

Senior Guangtao (Taotao) Zhang, of China, reflects upon her undergraduate journey at MIT as a transfer student and the path to becoming one of the most successful students in her class.

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Students present product prototypes inspired by kindness

Professor David Wallace and his team developed class 2.s009, Explorations in Product Design, to give students the safest, best possible hands-on educational experience during the Fall 2020 semester.

Accelerating the pace of engineering

PhD student James Gabbard has been named a 2019-20 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellow. He uses MATLAB to model fluids and materials with Assistant Professor Wim van Rees.