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Sangbae Kim builds animal-like machines for use in disaster response.

Using a high-speed camera, Alexandra Techet details the hydrodynamics of an archer fish’s jump.

A start-up co-founded by MechE alumni produces the first automated commercial 3-D printer.

Tal Cohen

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

Lynette Jones

Senior Research Scientist

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Alum Wen Sang PhD ’14 launches Smarking, which uses data analytics to solve the nightmare of urban parking.

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

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Domitilla Del Vecchio

Associate Professor

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Electronic devices can overheat as a result of interactions between electrons and phonons

Sanjay Sarma promotes a network in which smart objects connect with each other through Cloud Avatars.

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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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See our innovations + inventions in the world

Explore the Impact of MIT MechE

MechE's New Makerspace

Sangbae Kim builds animal-like machines for use in disaster response.

See the impact of our research

Using a high-speed camera, Alexandra Techet details the hydrodynamics of an archer fish’s jump.

A start-up co-founded by MechE alumni produces the first automated commercial 3-D printer.

Tal Cohen

Explore Research Areaocean

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

Lynette Jones

Alum Wen Sang PhD ’14 launches Smarking, which uses data analytics to solve the nightmare of urban parking.

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

Domitilla Del Vecchio

Electronic devices can overheat as a result of interactions between electrons and phonons

Xuanhe Zhao is the 2017 recipient of the Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.

Sanjay Sarma promotes a network in which smart objects connect with each other through Cloud Avatars.

Meet Some of Our Faculty Making an Impact in Innovation

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