Education at MechE | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

The flexible Course 2-A program is very important because it shows that you can provide an extremely rigorous accredited engineering education while still adapting to the modern themes that are emerging in real engineering jobs.

- Professor Peko Hosoi

MechE Education News + Media

The Birth of a Hands-On Education

The first hands-on classes to teach students not only how to design an object but also how to build it.

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Student teams design in the face of danger

Teams of mechanical engineering seniors taking class 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, presented their prototype products at the annual 2.009 Final Presentations.

Startup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future

Rivian Automotive, founded by alumnus R.J. Scaringe SM ’07 PhD ’09, unveils its first two vehicles, an all-electric pickup truck and SUV, at the Los Angeles Auto Show.