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Class 2.00a, Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth, empowers first-year students to build machines early in their academic careers at MIT.

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Faculty Feature: Gene Delivery Technique Combines Microfluidics With Electric Shock

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Faculty Feature: Gene Delivery Technique Combines Microfluidics With Electric Shock

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Anette (Peko) Hosoi

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Warren Seering

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Michael Triantafyllou

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Nate Ball

Chief Technical Officer, Atlas Devices

[ SB ’05, SM ‘07 ]

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Nicholas Mabey

Enacting Change Through Policy

[ SM ‘93 ]

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Mark Kurz

Supporting the Covid-19 vaccine rollout with extra-strength glass

[ SM ’95 ]

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Faculty Feature: Gene Delivery Technique Combines Microfluidics With Electric Shock

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