MechE Faculty Openings

MechE is seeking candidates for open faculty positions whose research accomplishments and proposed work lies in Controls, Instrumentation, and Robotics; Manufacturing; or Ocean Science and Engineering.

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Undergraduate Research

MechE undergraduates have a wide range of opportunities to collaborate with renowned MIT faculty on exciting, real-world research.

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MIT Maritime Consortium releases “Nuclear Ship Safety Handbook” co-authored by students, Anthony Valiaveedu, left, Nat Edmonds, and Jose Izurieta.

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The Breadth of MechE

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If you design in a box, whether it’s for someone in the US or someone in India, your solution isn’t going to be right.

- PhD candidate Natasha Wright (SM ’14), Vice President of GAME

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Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

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Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis

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Undergraduates from Tecnológico de Monterrey learned to build low-cost fiber-extrusion devices alongside MIT peers

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Rohit Karnik is the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

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"Biomedical lab in a box" empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries

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Isabella Yeung (Course 12, ’26), and Adouyn Byrne (Course 2, ’27) hold the UAV they constructed in MIT’s Course 2.S01.

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MechE Faculty Openings

Undergraduate Research

Safe Nuclear-Powered Ships

The Breadth of MechE

Beyond the Classroom

Explore our Global Impact

Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

Precision Agriculture Technologies

See the impact of our research

Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis

Undergraduates from Tecnológico de Monterrey learned to build low-cost fiber-extrusion devices alongside MIT peers

Palladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel

Rohit Karnik is the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

"Biomedical lab in a box" empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries

Photo Gallery: 2022 Toobers Community PLAYsentations

Explore Research Areaocean

Isabella Yeung (Course 12, ’26), and Adouyn Byrne (Course 2, ’27) hold the UAV they constructed in MIT’s Course 2.S01.

Kripa Varanasi

Anette (Peko) Hosoi

J-WAFS marks 10 years of promoting student engagement across the Institute to help solve the world

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

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