Design & Manufacturing
Developing technologies to build a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable future
Since MIT’s founding, design and manufacturing have been at the heart of what our engineers do. From shaping the Industrial Revolution to pioneering automation, robotics, and additive manufacturing, MIT engineers have led some of the world’s most significant advances in how things are made. Today, they’re developing technologies to build a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable future for manufacturing — strengthening industries and driving innovation across the United States and beyond.
Faculty Spotlights
Stefanie Mueller
Associate Professor
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Chair
TIBCO Founders Professor
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Department
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Lab
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Research area
Computer fabrication and manufacturing; Human-computer interaction; Robotics
Faez Ahmed
Associate Professor
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Department
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Generative design; machine learning and optimization for engineering deign; human-AI teams
A. John Hart
Department Head; Class of 1922 Professor; Co-Director, Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM); Director, Center for Advanced Production Technologies (APT)
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Title
Department Head, Class of 1922 Professor, Co-Director, Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), Director, Center for Advanced Production Technologies (APT)
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Department
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Research area
Manufacturing, machine and design automation, materials, digital and data-driven engineering
Presidential Initiative
Based in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) is a cross-Institute effort driving research, education, and collaboration to transform the future of manufacturing in the United States and beyond. Through bold research, hands-on training, and deep industry collaboration, INM will build the tools, systems, and talent to shape a more productive, sustainable, and resilient future.
Related Labs, Centers, and Programs
Departments working on Design & Manufacturing
In the new Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Engineers course, students design, build, and test an electric rocket engine turbopump, preparing them for a career at the forefront of the aerospace industry.