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Latest news and research from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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From soft robots for deep-sea exploration to 3-D printed glass masonry, researchers in Assistant Professor Kaitlyn Becker's Fabrication-Integrated Design Lab treat manufacturing as a central variable in the design and development process. Full video: https://t.co/SqPOW7gnLE

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Faez Ahmed, Navid Azizan, Gareth McKinley, Ritu Raman, Kripa Varanasi, and Loza Tadesse are among the School of Engineering faculty members recently recognized for awards celebrating scholarship, service, and overall excellence. 📸: Gretchen Ertl https://t.co/zdVl1fU6BB

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A wristband device created by Encora Therapeutics, which started as a project in 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes), has been cleared by the FDA has cleared to help adults with essential tremor. 📸: Courtesy of Encora Therapeutics https://t.co/2xIZK71FIN

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MIT researchers have developed a noninvasive way to detect biomarkers of senescence, a state in which cells stop dividing but do not die. 📸: iStock https://t.co/Rcu1wBhVgO“zombie-cells”-aging-tissue-ai-powered-barcode

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The Climate Grand Challenges “New World of Weather” project shows how modeling, planning tools, and infrastructure analysis are translating research into real-world resilience. 📸: iStock https://t.co/VL4UV3CJgP—-and-building-tools-act-them

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On Friday, 2.009 teams participated in team-building exercises to move large puzzle pieces representing their team colors – and reflecting this year’s theme (Connect!) – across Killian Court. 📸: Tony Pulsone

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Researchers in Professor Ritu Raman's lab have developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light. 📸: Melanie Gonick, MIT https://t.co/fVTbpIRdAv

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Researchers in Professor Kripa Varanasi's group, working w/ colleagues at MIT & Johns Hopkins University, developed a handheld device capable of gently collecting living cells from specific locations to test for cancer 📸: Varanasi Lab, edited by MIT News https://t.co/O78NKM2NCq

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Researchers at the Broad Institute and at MIT have invented a “cellular self-reporting” approach to make living cells share their own transcriptomes so that scientists can analyze them without killing the cells. 📸: Agnieszka Grosso, Broad Communications https://t.co/s5t93Etkjw

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MechE's annual Welcome Back Block Party is a department-wide celebration that kicks off the fall semester with lawn games, food trucks, and more. Here are are few scenes from this year's Block Party, which was held in mid-September. 📸: Tony Pulsone

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A new paper from MechE’s Newman Lab explores limiting factors in human force generation. 📸: Adobe Stock https://t.co/Bm8RXO2hdf

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The “HardFlow” algorithm, developed by researchers in Associate Professor Navid Azizan's lab, could help generative AI models produce high-quality outputs that obey strict requirements in safety-critical situations 📸: MIT News; iStock

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MIT researchers have created tiny batteries that could be used to power ingestible electronic devices. The entire battery is bioresorbable, meaning that it can be fully broken down and absorbed by the body. https://t.co/ODhXkdvIiH

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Developed in MIT’s Design Computation and Digital Engineering (DeCoDE) Lab, CADFit, an AI-guided optimization tool, turns meshes and images into editable CAD and makes product design faster and more accessible.

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Atlas Building Composites, which emerged from a research effort in MechE, uses waterless plastic recycling and large-scale composite additive manufacturing technology to make parts like home foundations, decks, and trusses. 📸s: Atlas https://t.co/r7wH7tU7U8

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Senior capstone course 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) emulates what engineers experience while working as part of a design team at a product development firm. Students design, build, and present novel products inspired by an annual theme. This year’s theme is: CONNECT!

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MechE junior Wyatt Vick, a 2A-6 major, spent the summer working with Centrus Energy as a mechanical engineering intern. As a member of the Design Engineering team, he gained experience in project management, procurement, and nuclear engineering.

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MIT Sea Grant resident artist & acclaimed underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen captures an intimate look at courtship and communication in a hidden spawning spectacle off Cape Cod. 📸s: Keith Ellenbogen/MIT Sea Grant. https://t.co/EcrCrQq8il

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An MIT-created system for building shape-changing smart devices, dubbed “bifur-circuits,” could be used to develop reconfigurable robotic grippers or customized assistive devices. MechE Grad Student Marwa AlAlawi is lead author of a new paper. https://t.co/1ZMUDriUOK

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And we're back... happy first day of classes, MechE! 2.008 (Design & Manufacturing 2) students started the semester with a hands-on project disassembling hair-dryers to begin learning about manufacturing at scale. #MIT #FDOC

📸: Tony Pulsone