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Physician, Engineer, Innovator

As a physician and engineer, Prof. Giovanni Traverso creates innovative health solutions, bringing a unique perspective to them. “As scientists and engineers, not only can we help individuals…we can help populations."

Physician, Engineer, Innovator

The Breadth of MechE

Discover the incredible breadth of work underway in MechE at MIT.

The Breadth of MechE

Explore MechE Classes

Discover both undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering classes at MIT on our updated Class Offerings page.

Explore MechE Classes

Improving Water Quality

MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Faith Brooks, is researching the impact of coastal pond breaching and will report to Naval Aviation Schools Command to begin flight training this fall.

Improving Water Quality

Inspring Filter-Feeders

To design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays.

Inspring Filter-Feeders

Understanding Fracture Energy

New general law governs fracture energy of networks across materials and length scales.

Understanding Fracture Energy

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- Alumna Megan Smith (SB ’86, SM ’88), Chief Technology Officer, United States of America

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Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national security

Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national security

Wim van Rees

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Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program expands to invite Palestinian scholars

An assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention

An assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

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Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

Christening the “Chrys Chryssostomidis”

Christening the “Chrys Chryssostomidis”

“Mens et manus” in Guatemala

“Mens et manus” in Guatemala

Evelyn Wang

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For MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Faith Brooks, the sky’s the limit

For MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Faith Brooks, the sky’s the limit

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

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