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Offering advanced instruction and research opportunities in a variety of areas of current interest in mechanical engineering.

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From first‑year labs to senior design, qualifying exams, defenses, and everything in between - our undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students made it to the finish line. Congratulations to the Class of 2026! We’re so proud of you. 🎓🔥 @mechcu
#congratulations🎉🎉 #engineers #seas #columbiauniversity by @mechcu

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From our Senior Dinner on May 8th to yesterday’s commencement, we couldn’t be prouder of our graduating seniors. Thank you for the energy, dedication, and spirit you brought to MechE. Here’s to your next chapter! 🎓🎊 @mechcu
#seniors🎓#mechanicalengineering #graduates🎓 by @mechcu

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Built it. Presented it. Owned it. 💡 @mechcu
#SeniorDesignExpo #mechE #seas #innovationunleashed by @mechcu

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Welcome to the ME faculty, Professor Cody Paige!
Her research spans Antarctica’s glaciers to the Lunar surface, all in pursuit of technologies that will power the next era of human space exploration. 🚀 🔗 in bio
#mechanicalengineering #columbiaseas #spaceexploration #columbiaengineering by @mechcu

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7 months ago

Can AI learn to draw a heart? ❤️ 🤖
Our robots are putting their “art skills” to the test and the results might surprise you. See how creativity and engineering collide. 🔗 in bio
#AI #robotics #machinelearning #stem by @mechcu

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8 months ago

Three Columbia Engineering alums just landed one of the biggest honors in the field — election to the National Academy of Engineering 🎊

Shout‑out to ME alum James Scapa BS’78 and fellow innovators Thomas Scarangello and Moti Yung for shaping everything from rocket‑grade structures to cybersecurity and software. Catch the full story at the 🔗 in bio.
#ColumbiaEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #NAE #EngineeringExcellence by @mechcu

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From his hometown in Idaho all the way to the cosmos 🚀✨ Jay Chae BS’24 turned a childhood fascination with space into real propulsion research, and now he’s a Fulbright Scholar working on next‑gen rocket engines in Poland. Curiosity really can take you out of this world. 🔗 in bio.

#ColumbiaEngineering #Fulbright #Aerospace #RocketEngines by @mechcu

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8 months ago

On Friday, January 23rd, we were joined by @astro_chrisw on the @iss for a phenomenal downlink 🛰️ Big thank you to everyone who attended, and everyone who made this possible!❤️ Conversations like this make space feel just a little closer 🌌 Thank you @astro_chrisw! by @mechcu

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Our Mechanical Engineering team just built a robot that learns to lip sync by watching humans, no rules, just learning. Welcome to the next era of human-robot connection.🤖 #helloworld #creativemachinelab #mechanicalengineering #seas 🔗 in bio @mechcu by @mechcu

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9 months ago

These robots were made for walking 🤖

Nearly 100 students in @mechcu Hod Lipson's Robotics Studio were tasked to design, fabricate, and program their own walking robots this semester. Almost every student built their own device —because when you create something this cool, who wants to share custody?
This year featured a "choose your own adventure" twist: mid-semester, students could “upgrade” their course registration from a 4000-level course to a 6000-level course, if they used AI instead of programming the robot manually. Only 10% of students took the challenge.

“My goal is to encourage Mechanical Engineering students to use AI, and to encourage Computer Science students to use hardware,” said Lipson.

The end result? A fleet of robots taking their first steps. #ColumbiaEngineering by @mechcu

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“When I can bring up a digital replica of what they see in the clinic, we can start to talk, and we can start to discover together.”

Professor Kristin Myers’ work, building digital twins of female reproductive systems, is leveraging expertise across @ColumbiaEngineering and @ColumbiaMed to improve maternal and fetal health outcomes.

Visit the link in @Columbia’s bio to dig deeper with Columbia Close-Up. #ColumbiaUniversity taken in Columbia University by @mechcu

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🧠✨ Crystals are coming for quantum computers!
Columbia Engineering researchers, including postdoc Jesse Balgley and Professor James Hone, have developed a prototype quantum bit (qubit) using atomically thin crystalline materials. Their work, published in Physical Review Applied, introduces a modular, ultra-compact qubit design that could revolutionize how quantum computer chips are built.
💡🔬 @mechcu 🔗 in Bio

📍 Mechanical Engineering | Columbia University
#QuantumComputing #ColumbiaEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #2DMaterials #Qubits #ResearchSpotlight #STEMInnovation by @mechcu

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