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The flexible Course 2-A program is very important because it shows that you can provide an extremely rigorous accredited engineering education while still adapting to the modern themes that are emerging in real engineering jobs.

- Professor Peko Hosoi

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Design for the Developing World

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.

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Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national security

Twelve MechE grad students, including Rachael Rosco participated in the new joint student research program created by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute designated by the DOD.

MIT graduate programs empower the next generation of naval leaders

Through MechE's 2N Program and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, active duty naval officers gain the technical skills they need to lead projects in the Navy.