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Professor
Martin Culpepper
Maker Czar
Interests
- Theory, design, and fabrication of next generation precision machines and mechanisms
- Enabled creation of new micro, meso, and macro-scale compliant mechanism-based devices/machines for manufacturing, metrology, manipulation and robotics applications
Professor Culpepper News + Media
Mind and Hand: The Magic of Making at MIT
The magic of making is told through the personal stories of MIT students, whose passion runs deep and from an early age.
MIT initiates mass manufacture of disposable face shields for Covid-19 response
A team from MIT led by Professor Martin Culpepper has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide.
Building a framework for remote making
A decision-making framework and wiki for students developed by Professor Martin Culpepper of MIT Project Manus and Tolga Durak of MIT Environment, Health and Safety enables safe making from home.
Faculty Details
Education
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1995
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
B.Sc. -
1997
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
M.Sc. -
2000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
Ph.D.