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A SimPLE Solution

The approach, dubbed SimPLE, learns to pick, regrasp and place objects using the object’s computer-aided design (CAD) model.

A SimPLE Solution

Rhodes Scholar

Wilhem Hector, a senior from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was awarded a Global Rhodes Scholarship. He is the first Haitian national to receive this distinction.

The Breadth of MechE

Discover the incredible breadth of work underway in MechE at MIT.

The Breadth of MechE

Building with Glass

Motivated by circular construction’s eco potential, MIT engineers are developing a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass.

Building with Glass

Spectacular crack patterns

A new study by Paul Lilin and Irmgard Bischofberger, rationalizes the spectacular crack patterns formed by drying drops of a colloidal suspension by considering the energy released by each successive crack.

Spectacular crack patterns

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The diversity of our skill sets as mechanical engineers can help us make a major global impact by addressing the biggest needs and issues facing our world.

- Evelyn Wang, Ford Professor of Engineering

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Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness

Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness

New 3D printing technique creates unique objects quickly and with less waste

New 3D printing technique creates unique objects quickly and with less waste

D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries

D-Lab off-grid brooder saves chicks and money using locally manufactured thermal batteries

Kamal Youcef-Toumi

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3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design

3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design

Tal Cohen

Associate Professor

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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024

The Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Lab Open House

The Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Lab Open House

The Eric P and Evelyn E Newman Laboratory provides a new home for robotics and biomechanics research in MechE.

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Robert Langer

Institute Professor

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Immune action at a distance

Immune action at a distance

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water