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Oceanographers produce first-ever images of entire cod shoals using acoustics

Oceanographers produce first-ever images of entire cod shoals using acoustics

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Lydia Bourouiba

Assistant Professor

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Study shows how thick haze from air pollution affects solar power production

Study shows how thick haze from air pollution affects solar power production

Professor Linda Griffith named a 2018 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Professor Linda Griffith named a 2018 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Four MIT-WHOI students have been awarded Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology

Understanding and treating disease using mechanical engineering

Understanding and treating disease using mechanical engineering

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

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

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Four MechE alumni have co-founded Spyce, a Boston restaurant featuring the world

Four MechE alumni have co-founded Spyce, a Boston restaurant featuring the world's first robotic kitchen

Rohit Karnik

Associate Professor

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Domitilla Del Vecchio

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Faculty members Lallit Anand, Yang Shao-Horn, and Stephen Graves elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2018

Faculty members Lallit Anand, Yang Shao-Horn, and Stephen Graves elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2018

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Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

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Cullen Buie

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Domitilla Del Vecchio

Domitilla Del Vecchio

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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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