MechE students learn by doing, experiencing a level of understanding that only occurs through creation.
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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.
In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, MIT students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way – from ambulances in Tanzania to an irrigation pump in Nepal.
A team from MIT D-Lab, including contributions from Prof. Dan Frey, and Kenyan community partner Solar Freeze celebrate the completion of the first solar-powered iteration of the forced-air evaporative cooling chamber.
Mathias Kolle and his students design materials, inspired by nature, that exhibit advanced optical functions that can be woven into pressure-monitoring bandages and tied into into pressure-monitoring bandages.
Co-Founder and CEO, Gradiant
Finding love in the lab
Supporting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout with extra-strength glass