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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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PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions

Both Sahil Shah and Peter Godart have received J-WAFs fellowships for research explores possible solutions to global and local water supply challenges through new approaches to desalination.

Scaling up a cleaner-burning alternative for cookstoves

Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda on a solution for the health hazards associated with wood-burning stoves.