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Living Undersea

Just returning from 15 days living undersea as part of Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 project, MechE alumna Grace Young '14 reflects on her experience.

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Faculty and staff reflect on international collaboration, shared learning as MIT-SUSTech research agreement concludes

Just returning from 15 days living undersea as part of Fabien Cousteau's Mission 31 project, MechE alumna Grace Young '14 reflects on her experience.

MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field

Assistant Professor Sherrie Wang and her team have developed a method that uses machine learning to analyze satellite and roadside images of areas where small farms predominate and agricultural data are sparse.

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Jung-Hoon Chun

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Evelyn Wang

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David Hardt

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