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A community of making comes together at MIT for the first International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces

A community of making comes together at MIT for the first International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces

A Class with the Feel of a Startup

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Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

Associate Professor

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MechE students share engineering research at 3rd annual MERE event.

MechE students share engineering research at 3rd annual MERE event.

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.

Varanasi group designs a new coating to prevent pipeline clogging.

Amos Winter, director of the Global Engineering and Research Lab, wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award

Amos Winter, director of the Global Engineering and Research Lab, wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award

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

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

Nicholas M. Patrikalakis fights harmful algal blooms with autonomous vehicles roaming the Strait of Johor in Singapore.

Breathable workout suit has ventilating flaps that open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat.

Breathable workout suit has ventilating flaps that open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat.

Anette (Peko) Hosoi

Associate Department Head/Professor

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J Kim Vandiver

Dean for Undergraduate Research/Professor

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Scott Manalis developes a new strategy for choosing cancer drugs.

Scott Manalis developes a new strategy for choosing cancer drugs.

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John Hart

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Kamal Youcef-Toumi

Kamal Youcef-Toumi

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J Kim Vandiver

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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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Design + Manufacturing

Controls, Instrumentation + Robotics

Energy Science + Engineering

Ocean Science + Engineering

Bioengineering

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