Surfaces get smooth or bumpy on demand
MIT research produces soft material with controllable surface textures that can be varied by squeezing.
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus James Fay dies at 91
Longtime MIT professor and member of the National Academy of Engineering made important contributions to fluid mechanics.
Unlocking nanofibers’ potential
Prototype boosts production of versatile fibers fourfold, while cutting energy consumption by 92 percent.
Using soccer to teach robotics
In this year's MechE World Cup, undergraduates joined forces to build soccer-playing robots that emulate human movement.
Hacking for those with disabilities
“Design is a conversation” at this year's ATHack, or Assistive Technologies Hackathon, for people with disabilities.
Tough biogel structures produced by 3-D printing
Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering.
A new tool measures the distance between phonon collisions
Tabletop setup provides more nuanced picture of heat production in microelectronics.
Bringing microgrids to rural villages
MIT team, working with villagers in India, designs peer-to-peer system to enable local power sharing.
Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship celebrates 50 years
New cohort of fellows to carry on humanitarian tradition at MIT.
Defusing bombs by color
Professor J. Kim Vandiver uses 3-D printing to help in explosives disposal in Cambodia.
How to make continuous rolls of graphene
New manufacturing process could take exotic material out of the lab and into commercial products.
Taking control of light emission
Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing two exotic 2-D materials.
Newly tenured engineers
Thirteen tenure appointments are made in seven of eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.