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Amos Winter turns a class project into a mass-produced product that is helping people in developing countries.

Amos Winter turns a class project into a mass-produced product that is helping people in developing countries.

Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

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Domitilla Del Vecchio

Associate Professor

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Tapping the hidden value of farm waste, while reducing harmful burn off

Tapping the hidden value of farm waste, while reducing harmful burn off

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.

Wearable device uses a 3-D camera, vibrating belt, and Braille interface to help visually impaired navigate.

Anette (Peko) Hosoi elucidates how rubbery hair-lined wetsuits may help keep surfers warm.

Anette (Peko) Hosoi elucidates how rubbery hair-lined wetsuits may help keep surfers warm.

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

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

Kripa Varanasi, Maher Damak, and Karim Khalil win Energy Department’s 2017 National Cleantech University Prize

Ernesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94

Ernesto Blanco, mechanical design professor and inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair, dies at 94

Neville Hogan

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Anette (Peko) Hosoi

Associate Department Head/Professor

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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.

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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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