Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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Five with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025

Professors Facundo Batista and Dina Katabi, along with three additional MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

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Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool

Acting as a “virtual spectrometer,” SpectroGen generates spectroscopic data in any modality, such as X-ray or infrared, to quickly assess a material’s quality.

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Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts

Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers developed a way to 3D print alloys that are much stronger than conventionally manufactured versions.

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DoE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid Interactions

The research center, sponsored by the DoE’s National Nuclear Security Administration, will advance the simulation of extreme environments, such as those in hypersonic flight and atmospheric reentry.

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AI and machine learning for engineering design

Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.

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How AI could speed the development of RNA vaccines and other RNA therapies

MIT engineers used a machine-learning model to design nanoparticles that can deliver RNA to cells more efficiently.

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MIT gears up to transform manufacturing

The Initiative for New Manufacturing is convening experts across the Institute to drive a transformation of production across the U.S. and the world.

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Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies

Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any robot from a single camera, without any other sensors.

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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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Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds

The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data.