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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.

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A shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication

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Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air

Photo Gallery: Undergraduate Research Opportunities

A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

Engineering fantasy into reality

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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