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The most recent issue of our magazine, MechE Connects, explores "MechE Born Entrepreneurship." Read the online version here: meche.mit.edu/magazine

New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapp…

In a pair of papers, MIT Newman Lab researchers use control theory and computational modeling to better understand human balance and inform rehabilitation strategies. 📸: Adobe Stock meche.mit.edu/news-media/qui…

Congratulations to MechE staff members Alexandra Cabral, Amanda Holley, and Amanda Stack, who each received a 2026 Infinite Mile Award from the School of Engineering 🎉 engineering.mit.edu/about/staff-aw…

A new gel-like drug formulation developed in Professor Giovanni Traverso's lab can coat the esophageal lining and release drugs that could help treat inflammatory conditions. meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

Annika Marschner ’26, who majored in mechanical engineering and will begin her PhD at MIT in the fall, is one of four MIT affiliates announced as a recipient of a 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowship. meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

A team of MIT researchers including Associate Professor Betar Gallant and graduate student Gi Hyun Byun is exploring energy-efficient and scalable alternatives to conventional carbon dioxide capture methods meche.mit.edu/news-media/dev…

"Fashionable Physics: Turning Plastic Bags into Functional Fabrics." MechE Principal Research Scientist Svetlana Boriskina joined the MIT Open Learning "Science of Everyday Life" podcast. learn.mit.edu/video/116758

Under the right conditions laser light can spontaneously self-organize into a highly focused “pencil beam," a process that could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies meche.mit.edu/news-media/sel…“pencil-beam”-laser-could-help-scientists-design-brain-targeted-therapies

Associate Professors Wim van Rees and Sili Deng are among ten faculty members who have been granted tenure in five units across MIT’s School of Engineering. meche.mit.edu/news-media/ten…

MIT engineers have developed a tiny ingestible sensor, smaller than a blueberry, that can measure temperature from inside the body. The device offers a minimally invasive means to continuously monitor core body temperature meche.mit.edu/news-media/tin…

In its first year, the Initiative for New Manufacturing has worked across research, workforce development, and industry engagement to help accelerate new manufacturing technologies and their real-world deployment. tinyurl.com/3weckhuw 📸: Jim Barbere

MIT Engineers, including Professor Peter So, have developed a way to generate 3D photonic devices with nanoscale features, by shrinking them after fabrication. meche.mit.edu/news-media/pow…

Congratulations to Professor Cullen Buie, who received a 2026 Gordon Y. Billard Award, an Institute award given annually to faculty, staff, or an MIT-affiliated individual who has performed special service of outstanding merit. hr.mit.edu/recognition/ex…

Projects by Professors Kripa Varanasi, Asegun Henry, and Gang Chen received grants from The MIT Climate Project for a Critical Cooling initiative last year. meche.mit.edu/news-media/inn…

MIT Engineers, with collaborators from USC, have developed a noninvasive pacemaker that stimulates the heart using ultrasound. The design could one day provide a surgery-free alternative to traditional cardiac implants. 📸: Courtesy of the researchers meche.mit.edu/news-media/ult…

Connecting younger students to robotics is one of the main goals of FIRSTxMIT, a new MIT student club launched at the beginning of the last academic year. 📸s: Perry Han Via MIT Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education: meche.mit.edu/news-media/amb…

Founded by Peter Godart ’15, SM ’19, PhD ’21, Found Industries has developed technologies for extracting critical metals and making fuel out of aluminum. meche.mit.edu/news-media/fou…’s-industrial-supply-chains

Today, in honor of #WorldOceanDay, learn how a collaborative project involving researchers at MIT and the University of Maine Darling Marine Center aims to protect marine life like oysters, coral, and plankton by using electricity to reduce ocean acidity. youtube.com/watch?v=lQWU5A…

A new approach developed in #MIT MechE's The 77 Lab uses computer vision to assess children with #cerebralpalsy and create optimal treatment paths. meche.mit.edu/news-media/new… 📸: Tony Pulsone