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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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J Kim Vandiver

Funding to support research on glaucoma through retinal biometrics and neural cell implantation therapy for spinal cord injury

Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans

Slowing the spread of Covid-19

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Bio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly

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

Innovations in water accessibility

Giovanni Traverso

Peter So

Microscopy technique makes finer images of deeper tissue, more quickly

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