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

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Hacking for Lilly

MechE students use their knowledge of mechanical engineering to design an improved walker for 9-year-old Lilly and gain new perspective about how assistive technologies can improve the lives of others in the process.

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Climate and sustainability classes expand at MIT

MIT offers over 120 undergraduate classes related to sustainability, including 2.00A, Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth, a hands-on engineering class popular with first-year students.

A teacher’s education in Haiti

During six months at an orphanage in Haiti, senior Eli Brooks introduced children to engineering product design, and uncovered a passion for teaching and life.