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Strengthening Supply Chains
Found Industries, with support from the DOE, is hoping to use its electrochemical gallium extraction technology to create a new domestic supply chain for gallium and a host of other important metals. We believe we can deploy this at scale to become one of the first major Western suppliers of these metals,” says MechE alum Peter Godart.
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Sports Tech Assistance
The MIT Sports Lab helped develop a tool referees used to make clutch calls at the last World Cup, but their ongoing work with FIFA is just one of many collaborations with heavy hitters in sports.
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A Robot that Flies and Swims
Mechanical engineers designed a robot that can swim underwater, break through the surface, and continue flying in air. Diving birds manage this feat. “So we knew it was possible. Just no one had tried this in a mobile robotic system,” Raphael Zufferey says.
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MechE Born Entrepreneurship
In the Spring 2026 issue of MechE Connects, our departmental magazine, we explore MechE-born entrepreneurship and the companies launched by MechE alumni.
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Building Hardcore Machines
In class 2.72/2.270 (Elements of Mechanical Design), “if it doesn’t break the laws of physics, it's possible… you just have to figure out how to engineer it.”
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Explore MechE Classes
Discover both undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering classes at MIT on our updated Class Offerings page.
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