Professor
John Hart
- Department Head
- Class of 1922 Professor
- Co-Director, Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM)
- Director, Center for Advanced Production Technologies (APT)
Interests
- Manufacturing
- Materials
- Machine design and automation
Bio
John Hart is the Class of 1922 Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He is also faculty Co-Director of the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing, and Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Production Technologies. John’s research focuses on manufacturing processes, machine design, and integration of computing and automation in production systems. John is a co-founder/advisor of several startup companies including VulcanForms, Upgrade Manufacturing, and Fabri, and he is a Board Member of Carpenter Technology Corporation.
Professor Hart News + Media
MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
MIT engineers, including Professor John Hart are co-directors for MIT's Initiative for New Manufacturing.
John Hart named head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor John Hart named department head of Mechanical Engineering.
New 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste
MIT Engineering, including Professor A. John Hart, head of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, developed a resin that turns into two different kinds of solids, depending on the type of light that shines on it.
Faculty Details
Education
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2000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
B.S.E -
2002
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
S.M. -
2006
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ph.D.
Research Interests
- Manufacturing
- Machine design and automation
- Materials
- Digital and data-driven engineering
Online Data
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations? user=V7ZsMrMAAAAJ&hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=768738
Honors + Awards
- 2018 MIT Keenan Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
- 2017 MIT Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mechanical Engineering
- 2014 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
- 2014 Best Poster Award, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
- 2013 Mitsui Career Development Chair, MIT
- 2013 Best Paper Award in Compliant Mechanisms, 37th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
- 2012 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
- 2012 1938E Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering
- 2012 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, Office of Naval Research
- 2011 Robert M. Caddell Award in Manufacturing, University of Michigan
- 2011 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- 2010 Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering
- 2010 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- 2010 Frontiers of Engineering Attendee, National Academy of Engineering
- 2009 Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2009 R&D100 Award (Spin-Grower Layer-by-Layer Assembly System)
- 2008 Finalist, MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize
- 2008 Young Faculty Award (YFA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 2008 R&D100 Award (SabreTube Desktop Thermal Processing System)
- 2008 Holcim Next Generation Award for Sustainable Construction
- 2006 MIT Senturia Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Micro/Nanosystems
- 2002 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
- 2000 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Memberships
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- American Physical Society (APS)
Professional Service
- 2020-22, Co-Chair, ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF)
- 2017, Co-Chair, International Workshop on Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms of Atomically-Thin Nanomaterials
- 2015, Program Committee and Advisory Committee, ASME Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Conference
- 2014-Present, Editorial Board, Carbon
- 2014, Organizing Committee, ASME Workshop on Scalable Nanomanufacturing, Benchmarks, Standards, and Metrics
- 2013-2019, Organizing Committee and Scientific Advisory Committee, International Workshop on Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
- 2013, Technical Program Chair, NSF Workshop on Nano- and Micromanufacturing
- 2007-Present, Proposal Reviews for NSF, DOE, AFOSR, and others
MIT Service
- 2017-Present, Director, MIT Center for Advanced Production Technologies
- 2017-Present, Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity
- 2017-Present, Faculty Chair, MechE Design and Manufacturing Facilities
- 2015-17, MechE General Faculty Search Committee
- 2014-Present, Coordinator, LMP Seminar Series
- 2014-15, MechE Website Design Committee
- 2012-13, MechE Graduate Admissions Committee
Teaching
- Manufacturing Processes and Systems (2.008, MIT)
- Additive Manufacturing (2.S981/2.S998, MIT)
- Nanomanufacturing
- Ph.D. Research Process
Publications
- Please refer to Google Scholar or the Mechanosynthesis Group webpage (links above)
Patents
- Please refer to Google Scholar or the Mechanosynthesis Group webpage (links above)