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Professor John H. Lienhard V Elected Honorary Member of ASME

Isabella Yeung (Course 12, ’26), and Adouyn Byrne (Course 2, ’27) hold the UAV they constructed in MIT’s Course 2.S01.

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Political science and public policy minors provide students with crucial perspectives

Stefanie Mueller

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Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool

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Vivishek Sudhir

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A shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication

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

Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

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January 13, 2026 Alum Startup Gives Ski Style a Lift

Alum Startup Gives Ski Style a Lift

January 7, 2026 2.009 mechanical engineering students embrace “cycles”

2.009 mechanical engineering students embrace “cycles”

January 7, 2026 Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27

Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27

January 7, 2026 Pills that communicate from the stomach could improve medication adherence

Pills that communicate from the stomach could improve medication adherence

December 15, 2025 “Robot, make me a chair”

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But CAD software requires extensive expertise to master, and many tools...

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Mining the Deep Sea

Mining minerals found 15,000 feet below sea level could help secure a low-carbon future, but at what cost? Researchers including Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, are racing to understand the environmental impact of deep-sea mining.

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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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Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

Professor Rohit Karnik addresses real-world challenges with his micro- and nano-fluidics research, uncovering the unique behavior of fluid flow at the molecular level.

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