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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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Engineering Defense, with the Help of Butterflies

As a mechanical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Phillip Daniel ’13, SM ’15, PhD ’22, conducts research for the US Department of Defense that involves exploring the deepest oceans and the farthest skies.

Closing the design-to-manufacturing gap for optical devices

Professor Peter So & Graduate student Cheng Zheng have created an AI technique that enables optical devices that more closely match their design specifications, boosting accuracy and efficiency.

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