Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
The new design could assist the elderly as they age in place at home.
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Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards for winter 2025
Faculty members and researchers honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.
Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named
MIT MAD has established new professorships and appointed three MIT faculty to advance design education across disciplines.
MIT engineering students crack egg dilemma, finding sideways is stronger
A new study reveals why eggshells are stronger on their sides, overturning a popular science belief.
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
In addition to training future players, the technology could expand the capabilities of other humanoid robots, such as for search and rescue.
The MIT-Portugal Program enters Phase 4
New phase will support continued exploration of ideas and solutions in fields ranging from AI to nanotech to climate — with emphasis on educational exchanges and entrepreneurship.
Exploring new frontiers in mineral extraction
Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining.
Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans
A new approach could enable intuitive robotic helpers for household, workplace, and warehouse settings.
New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes.
MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.
Kripa Varanasi named faculty director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
The interfacial engineering expert and prolific entrepreneur will help faculty and students take breakthroughs from lab to market.
“Biomedical Lab in a Box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Through workshops based on an MIT class, students in Kenya and Uganda gained hands-on experience engineering medical hardware.
Workshop explores new advanced materials for a growing world
Speakers described challenges and potential solutions for producing materials to meet demands associated with data centers, infrastructure, and other technology.
Special subject invites first-year students to get their feet wet working with underwater vehicles
2.S01 (Introduction to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) creates a learning environment where every student handles a robot.
Bridging Earth and space, and art and science, with global voices
Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer.