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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

The Breadth of MechE

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

The Breadth of MechE

Inspring Filter-Feeders

To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays.

Inspring Filter-Feeders

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

Explore MechE Classes

Discover both undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering classes at MIT on our updated Class Offerings page.

Explore MechE Classes

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.

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Michelangelo didn’t attend a semester of lectures; he learned in the studio with a master looking over his shoulder.

- Professor Sanjay Sarma, Director of the Office of Digital Learning

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Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids

Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.

Want to design the car of the future? Here are 8,000 designs to get you started.

J Kim Vandiver

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Unlocking new science with devices that control electric power

3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design

3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design

2024 MAD Design Fellows announced

2024 MAD Design Fellows announced

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

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

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

Method rapidly verifies that a robot will avoid collisions

Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls

Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls

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

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