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Yang Shao-Horn and team develop a supercapacitor that uses no conductive carbon and may produce more power.

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Alum Prakash Govindan is helping to protect the environment with his water purification tech.

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Alexander Slocum, Ioannis Yannas, and four other MechE alum elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.

Kripa Varanasi develops new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces using temperature.

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

Scott Manalis developes a new strategy for choosing cancer drugs.

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

Alexie Kolpak and Amos Winter honored with 2017 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards

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2.009: An Iconic Engineering Class at MIT

Yang Shao-Horn and team develop a supercapacitor that uses no conductive carbon and may produce more power.

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Tonio Buonassisi

Alum Prakash Govindan is helping to protect the environment with his water purification tech.

Alexander Slocum, Ioannis Yannas, and four other MechE alum elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.

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Kripa Varanasi develops new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces using temperature.

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

Scott Manalis developes a new strategy for choosing cancer drugs.

Martin Culpepper

David Trumper

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

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

Alexie Kolpak and Amos Winter honored with 2017 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards

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