Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Inst. of Technology has 92 faculty on GradNova.

Faculty

Raphael Zufferey

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Xuanhe Zhao

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Dielectric Materials and Actuators

Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, Applications

Dick K. P. Yue

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Kamal Youcef-Toumi

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Digital Transformation in Industry

Robot Manipulation and Learning

Social Robot Interaction and Hri

Maria Yang

Vice Provost for Faculty

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Amos G. Winter

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Membrane Separation Technologies

Membrane-Based Ion Separation Techniques

Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies

Christopher Wiernicki

Professor of the Practice

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brian Wardle

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Mechanical Behavior of Composites

Numerical Methods in Engineering

Sherrie Wang

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning

Remote Sensing and Lidar Applications

Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Smart Agriculture and AI

Evelyn N. Wang

Vice President for Energy and Climate

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films

Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies

Heat Transfer and Optimization

Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods

David Wallace

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kripa Varanasi

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research

Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization

Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems

J Kim Vandiver

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wim van Rees

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biomimetic Flight and Propulsion Mechanisms

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

David L Trumper

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques

Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques

Electric Motor Design and Analysis

Iterative Learning Control Systems

Michael S Triantafyllou

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biomimetic Flight and Propulsion Mechanisms

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Giovanni Traverso

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, Applications

Federico Tessari

Assistant Professor (Starting January 2027)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies

Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Alexandra H Techet

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biomimetic Flight and Propulsion Mechanisms

Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Haoning Tang

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications

Optical Coatings and Gratings

Photonic and Optical Devices

Photonic Crystals and Applications

Loza Tadesse

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Vivishek Sudhir

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Peter T. C. So

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Digital Holography and Microscopy

Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research

Jean-Jacques E Slotine

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Advanced Control Systems Optimization

Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems

Model Reduction and Neural Networks

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