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The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering researches and teaches at the interfaces of ideas, where several disciplines such as physics, math, electronics, and computer science, and engineering intersect in the nimble hands of broadly trained MIT mechanical engineers.

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Hope Regenerated: A life-saving discovery at MechE

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George Barbastathis

Understanding combustion

Students present product prototypes inspired by kindness

Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics

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MIT MechE ranked number one in mechanical engineering graduate programs for 2021 by US News & World Report

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

Engineers design bionic “heart” for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices

Lydia Bourouiba

Cullen Buie

Simple, solar-powered water desalination

Professor Gareth McKinley has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society

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