John Hart

John Hart is the Class of 1922 Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, and Faculty Co-Director of the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing. He is also Director of the MIT Center for Advanced Production Technologies. John’s research group focuses on the science and technology of production, including work on additive manufacturing, materials processing, automation, and computational methods. John has been recognized by awards from the United States NSF, ONR, AFOSR, DARPA, SME, and ASME, along with two R&D 100 awards. He has also received the MIT Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mechanical Engineering and the MIT Keenan Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, for his leadership in undergraduate manufacturing education using new pedagogical models and digital resources. John is a co-founder/advisor of several startup companies including VulcanForms, Upgrade Manufacturing, and Fabri, and he is a Board Member of Carpenter Technology Corporation.