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The Nature of Sand

Associate Professor Ken Kamrin’s model of granular material flow could impact how we interact with everything from sand and soil to pills and industrial materials.

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New device attaches directly to damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under a patient’s skin

Cullen Buie

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Team led by Ming Guo has found that organelles encounter varying levels of resistance in a cell's cytoplasm

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Turning heat into electricity using topological materials

Four MechE faculty members receive J-WAFS Solutions grants to address food and water challenges

New coatings make natural fabrics such as cotton and silk water-repellent

Photo Gallery: 2017 Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition

Alum AnnMarie Thomas ’01 teams up with rock band OK Go to create hand-on engineering experiences for young students

Joseph Jacobson

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Jung-Hoon Chun

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Kirigami-inspired technique that manipulates light at the nanoscale could be used in the creation of new light-based communications

MIT MechE ranked number one mechanical engineering graduate program by US News & World Report

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The Nature of Sand