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ENERGY: PROVIDING CLEANER, MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY

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Wai Cheng

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Researchers develop a roadmap for growth of new solar cells

Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves

Course 2-OE senior Michelle Kornberg is working to understand the impact of climate change on the ocean

Solving for carbon neutrality at MIT

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

Students present mechanical engineering projects that have global impact

System provides cooling with no electricity

Professor Gareth McKinley has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society

Meet Some of Our Faculty Making an Impact in Energy

John Brisson

John’s Research Areas

Tonio Buonassisi

Tonio’s Research Areas

Yang Shao-Horn

Yang’s Research Areas

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The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering researches and teaches at the interfaces of ideas, where several disciplines such as physics, math, electronics, and computer science, and engineering intersect in the nimble hands of broadly trained MIT mechanical engineers.

Mechanics

Design + Manufacturing

Controls, Instrumentation + Robotics

Energy Science + Engineering

Ocean Science + Engineering

Bioengineering

Micro + Nano Engineering

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Explore the Impact of MIT MechE

Wai Cheng

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Mining the Deep Sea

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Researchers develop a roadmap for growth of new solar cells

Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves

Leon Glicksman

Klaus-Jürgen Bathe

The race to develop renewable energy conversion and storage technologies