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Printing with Light

Printing with Light

Using light to imprint features onto polymer or plastic, Associate Professor Nick Fang's research led his team to disprove the established diffraction limit.

Students launch products that help users harness their superpowers

Students launch products that help users harness their superpowers

In the final presentation for class 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, eight teams of mechanical engineering seniors unveiled new products based on this year's theme, "Super!"

Turning any room into an operating room

Turning any room into an operating room

With a product called SurgiBox, graduate student Sally Miller hopes to make safe, clean surgery possible anywhere.

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Kripa Varanasi

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Konstantin Turitsyn

Konstantin Turitsyn

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Neville Hogan

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Danielle Zurovcik

Danielle Zurovcik

CEO and Founder, WiCare

[ SM ‘07, PhD ‘11 ]

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Hugh Herr

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab; Director, Biomechatronics Group

[ SM '93 ]

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Mick Mountz

CEO, Kiva Systems

[ SB ’87 ]

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