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Life as a Teaching Tool

Life as a Teaching Tool

Anette ‘Peko’ Hosoi finds inspiration while downhill biking at Highland Mountain Bike Park in New Hampshire.

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Water is Life

Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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Bio-Inspired Robotics

Bio-Inspired Robotics

MIT Mechanical Engineering students in Professor Sangbae Kim’s class explore why certain physical traits have evolved in animals in the natural world, then extract those useful principles, which are applicable to robotic systems, to solve such challenges as manipulation and locomotion in novel and interesting ways.

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Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

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Affordable high-tech windows for comfort and energy savings

Affordable high-tech windows for comfort and energy savings

Through MIT’s 2N Program and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, active duty naval officers gain the technical skills they need to lead projects in the Navy.

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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26

Through MIT’s 2N Program and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, active duty naval officers gain the technical skills they need to lead projects in the Navy.

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15,034 Number of total living alumni
2,654 Number of living ocean engineering alumni
285 Number of working alumni who currently own their own business.

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It is the ongoing and generous support of the MechE community that allows the Department to continue its cutting-edge research and attract the best and brightest students and faculty. From student fellowships, excellence funds, faculty chair endowments, and lab support, there are a multitude of ways to support the Department of Mechanical Engineering in its mission to change the world for the better.

To learn more, contact Senior Leadership Giving Officer Stacy Langa at slanga@mit.edu or by calling 845-242-6315.

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