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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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SeaPerch, a robot with a mission

SeaPerch II, which has been in development at MIT Sea Grant since 2021, builds on the original program by adding robotics and elements of marine and climate science.

2024 MAD Design Fellows announced

Charlotte Folinus & Lyle Regenwetter are among the 10 graduate students named 2024 MAD Design Fellows. The students are working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute.