Education at MechE | MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT MechE has historically attracted very entrepreneurial, hands-on students. It was through my interaction with these friends that I came to appreciate the importance of applying theoretical principles to building useful products.

- Alum Davide Marini (PhD ’03), CEO/Co-Founder, Firefly Bioworks

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Using AI to Explore Oceans

MIT students taking class 2.680: Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications aim to deepen our understanding of the world's oceans by developing artificial intelligence for use on autonomous marine vehicles. Their software is put to the ultimate test while running missions of the Charles River.

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Aspiring to sustainable development

Junior Sandra Youssef collaborated with UVG researchers and Indigenous farmers to design a mobile cart to improve the harvest yield of snow peas. These pilot projects are part of ASPIRE Program.

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2025-26

U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings, including placing mechanical engineering and five other areas first among individual disciplines.