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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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5.04/23/2026

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John Hart is the Class of 1922 Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He serves as faculty co-director of the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing, director of the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies, director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, and faculty chair of the MechE Design and Manufacturing Facilities. Hart earned a B.S.E. from the University of Michigan in 2000, an S.M. in mechanical engineering in 2002, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2006 from MIT. Before joining MIT as associate professor in 2013, he was assistant professor of mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and art/design at the University of Michigan from 2007 to 2013. He advanced to full professor at MIT in 2020.