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Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

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Domitilla Del Vecchio

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New T Shirt Designs Showcase MechE Creativity, Spirit

Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool

Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

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How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future

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Unlocking ammonia as a fuel source for heavy industry

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Burning things to make things

Prof. Anand presents major advances in coupled theories for large-deformation solid mechanics in his new book.

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July 26, 2026 MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn

MIT engineers design recyclable elastic yarn

July 23, 2026 Working to automate nuclear plant operations

Working to automate nuclear plant operations

July 22, 2026 MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission

MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission

July 20, 2026 MIT honors employees with 2026 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

MIT honors employees with 2026 Excellence Awards

July 15, 2026 A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

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Next Generation Electronics

Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, is using his background in materials science to build a physical neural network and produce cheap semiconductor wafers – technologies that could help bring the artificial intelligence power of super computers to handheld devices.

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Design for the Developing World

In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, MIT students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way – from ambulances in Tanzania to an irrigation pump in Nepal.

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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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