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- Professor Ian Hunter

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Designing Toys

Designing Toys

In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, first-year students get hands-on engineering and product design experience while developing a prototype for a new toy.

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2026-27

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2026-27

MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2026-27

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

Meet Some of Our Faculty

Tonio Buonassisi

Tonio Buonassisi

Tonio’s Research Areas

Rohit N Karnik

Rohit N’s Research Areas

Kamal Youcef-Toumi

Kamal Youcef-Toumi

Kamal’s Research Areas

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Alumni Spotlight

Kevin Rustagi

Entrepreneur, Graduate Student

[ SB '11 ]

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Prakash Govindan

Prakash Govindan

Co-Founder and CEO, Gradiant

[ PhD '12 ]

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Hugh Herr

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab; Director, Biomechatronics Group

[ SM '93 ]

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Celebrate MechE Innovation at One of Our Annual Student Events

MechE Research Exhibition De Florez Competition