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RESEARCH @ MIT MECHE

Cutting-Edge Research at the Interface of Ideas

We coordinate research in the department across seven collaborative disciplinary areas.

I consider myself primarily to be an inventor, but I’m also a serial entrepreneur.

- Professor Ian Hunter

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The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering researches and teaches at the interfaces of ideas, where several disciplines such as physics, math, electronics, and computer science, and engineering intersect in the nimble hands of broadly trained MIT mechanical engineers.

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MIT Robot Learns How to Play Jenga

Using machine-learning and sensory hardware, Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and members of MIT's MCube lab, have developed a robot that is learning how to play the game Jenga®. The technology could be used in robots for manufacturing assembly lines.

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From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate

From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate

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Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?”

Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?”

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Meet Some of Our Faculty

MechE faculty are passionate, out-of-the-box thinkers who love to get their hands dirty.

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