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Guided discovery in teaching structural mechanics

Class 2.001, Mechanics and Materials I, provides mechanical engineering students the foundation they need to design, build, make, and create.

Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya

A team of MIT researchers including, MechE students and faculty, is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions.

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Gareth McKinley

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Pierre Lermusiaux

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Ioannis Yannas

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Jim Christian

Using sensors and social networks to make slopes safer

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Hugh Herr

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab; Director, Biomechatronics Group

[ SM '93 ]

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Thomas Ober

Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer, Haas Formula 1

[ SM ‘10, PhD ‘13 ]

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