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Professor John H. Lienhard V Elected Honorary Member of ASME

With “MIT Fundamentos Electrónicos,” MechE Grad Student Brings Electronics Workshops to Students in Mexico

A simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries

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New AI agent learns to use CAD to create 3D objects from sketches

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Data-Driven Modeling of 4D Ocean and Coastal Acidification in the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays

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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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Next Generation Electronics

Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, is using his background in materials science to build a physical neural network and produce cheap semiconductor wafers – technologies that could help bring the artificial intelligence power of super computers to handheld devices.

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Design for the Developing World

In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, MIT students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way – from ambulances in Tanzania to an irrigation pump in Nepal.

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Sealing Wounds with Tape

MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao have designed a double-sided tape that can seal tissues in just five seconds. The tape could eventually replace surgical sutures, which don’t work well in all tissues and can cause complications in some patients.

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