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Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts

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Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Prof. Anand presents major advances in coupled theories for large-deformation solid mechanics in his new book.

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June 10, 2026 AI and machine learning for engineering design

Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real world engineering design

June 10, 2026 Student Spotlight: Shreya Agarwal and Malia Smith

Graduate students Shreya Agarwal ’24 and Malia Smith ’24 bring 2.009 prototype to market

June 10, 2026 The MechE Innovation Landscape

Hundreds of companies founded by MechE alumni are active in biotech, AI, energy, robotics, and many other fields

June 10, 2026 Beyond the Pitch: The Founder’s Journey

MechE course explores entrepreneurship through lessons and stories shared by MIT alumni startup founders

June 7, 2026 Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heat

Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heat

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Designing Toys

In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, first-year students get hands-on engineering and product design experience while developing a prototype for a new toy.

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Bio-Inspired Robotics

MIT Mechanical Engineering students in Professor Sangbae Kim’s class explore why certain physical traits have evolved in animals in the natural world, then extract those useful principles, which are applicable to robotic systems, to solve such challenges as manipulation and locomotion in novel and interesting ways.

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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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