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Ashwin Gopinath

Assistant Professor

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Designing the Next-Generation Prosthesis

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Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?

Talking Shop: Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso

Cooling homes without warming the planet

An origami-inspired medical patch for sealing internal injuries

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

Celebrating the life and legacy of George Hatsopoulos

Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans

Associate Professor Mathias Kolle has been awarded Human Frontier Science Program grant

Meet Some of Our Faculty Making an Impact in Innovation

Kripa Varanasi

Kripa’s Research Areas

Evelyn Wang

Evelyn’s Research Areas

John Lienhard

John’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

Ashwin Gopinath

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Designing the Next-Generation Prosthesis

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Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?

Talking Shop: Assistant Professor Giovanni Traverso

Gang Chen

Alberto Rodriguez

The catalyzing potential of J-WAFS seed grants