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If you design in a box, whether it’s for someone in the US or someone in India, your solution isn’t going to be right.

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Scott Manalis invents new technique that can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously.

Scott Manalis invents new technique that can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously.

Joseph Jacobson

Associate Professor

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Combined energy and water system could bring fresh water and renewable energy storage to drought-stricken regions.

Cullen Buie identifies how a light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide.

Cullen Buie identifies how a light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide.

John Hart invents fast, precise printing process that may result in functional electronics at the nanoscale.

John Hart invents fast, precise printing process that may result in functional electronics at the nanoscale.

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Kripa Varanasi uses a clever combination of additives to pesticide sprays reducing runnoff pollution.

Kripa Varanasi uses a clever combination of additives to pesticide sprays reducing runnoff pollution.

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

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

Graduate student Dora Aldama combines business and mechanics during Boeing internship.

Graduate student Dora Aldama combines business and mechanics during Boeing internship.

Anette (Peko) Hosoi

Associate Department Head/Professor

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Douglas Hart

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MechE students share engineering research at 3rd annual MERE event.

MechE students share engineering research at 3rd annual MERE event.

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

Sangbae Kim gives a demo of MIT's latest Cheetah during TechCrunch at Kresge and is interviewed CBS This Morning.

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