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MIT researchers have developed an ultra-efficient microchip that can protect wireless biomedical devices, like pacemakers and insulin pumps, from quantum attacks. 📸: Christine Daniloff, MIT; iStock meche.mit.edu/news-media/new…

We're excited to announce MExpo 2026! Join us on Tuesday, May 12, at the Johnson Athletics Center (120 Vassar St, Cambridge) for a full afternoon and evening of mechanical engineering at its best. Come see what MechE is building! 🔗 calendar.mit.edu/event/mexpo-20…

Move over Oliver Smoot! In an homage to a famous MIT hack, and to celebrate the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Klein ‘62, an MIT team recently rolled out a new unit of measurement: Kleins. youtube.com/shorts/QomfAxC…

The weird quantum behavior of subatomic particles can be understood through everyday classical ideas, according to a new study by MIT researchers, including MechE Professor Jean-Jacques Slotine. 📸: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT; iStock meche.mit.edu/news-media/new…

In experiments with rice seeds submerged in water, the sound of falling droplets shook the seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds not exposed to the same sound vibrations. meche.mit.edu/news-media/pla…

Researchers at MIT and the University of Maine Darling Marine Center have developed a chemical-free approach that uses electricity to balance ocean acidity. Read more about the project, and watch the full video, here: tinyurl.com/MITblueeconomy

MechE Alum Darryll J. Pines SM ’88, PhD ’92 is among the MIT community members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2026. This year's honorees include four MIT faculty members and an additional 13 alumni. meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

Researchers are developing hardware and algorithms to improve collaboration between divers and autonomous underwater vehicles engaged in maritime missions. 📸: Tim Briggs/Lincoln Laboratory meche.mit.edu/news-media/hum…

Supported by a Breakthrough Grant from the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (HEALS) Seed Program, an interdisciplinary team of MIT principal investigators is exploring ideas for preventing complications during pregnancy. Via MIT Spectrum betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issue…

What does it take to engineer the perfect marathon run? MechE Professor Peko Hosoi & Andy Harland of Loughborough University joined GBH’s Curiosity Desk this week to talk about how runners can optimize marathon performance. meche.mit.edu/news-media/gbh…

What if instead of sending one large complex underwater vehicle to do mapping you could send many smaller, simpler ones? MIT MechE Grad Student Pascal Spino is building underwater swarms to do the job #MITMechE #Engineering

Barbara Hughey, senior lecturer in mechanical engineering, is one of seven MIT faculty members and instructors named as a recipient of a 2026 Teaching with Digital Technology Award. openlearning.mit.edu/news/seven-mit…

Researchers from MIT's Varanasi and Hatton Labs, with collaborators from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, have introduced a chemical-free approach to balancing #ocean acidity that could dramatically impact the global #aquaculture market tinyurl.com/MITblueeconomy

MIT’s graduate program in engineering is No. 1 in the nation again, according to U.S. News and World Report. 🎉 MIT placed first among individual engineering disciplines in six areas, including mechanical engineering. meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

MIT Sea Grant is working with collaborators to demonstrate a deep learning-based system for fish monitoring designed augment efforts by citizen scientists. 📸: Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. meche.mit.edu/news-media/aug…

Researchers in Professor Xuanhe Zhao's lab have designed an ultrasound wristband that precisely tracks a wearer’s hand movements in real-time. 📸: Melanie Gonick, MIT News meche.mit.edu/news-media/wri…

Fourth Power, founded by MIT Professor Asegun Henry SM ’06, PhD ’09, is rethinking how thermal batteries are designed, using molten metal to transport heat stored in carbon bricks. 📸: Courtesy of Fourth Power meche.mit.edu/news-media/tur…

The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab supports MIT faculty, like MechE Professor Faez Ahmed, as they build research teams and advance theory and applications in AI and engineering. 📸: Muriel Liu/Unsplash meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

MechE Professor Amos Winter (left) and EECS Professor Nickolai Zeldovich have been named 2026 MacVicar Faculty Fellows, an honor that recognizes exceptional undergraduate teaching. 📸: Credits: Hugh Brooks (left); Patsy Sampson meche.mit.edu/news-media/202…

A new sensor designed by researchers in Assistant Professor Loza Tadasse's lab can sniff out pneumonia on a patient’s breath. The technology could enable fast, point-of-care diagnoses for pneumonia and other lung conditions. meche.mit.edu/news-media/new…’s-breath