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Yo-Yo Champion

Yo-Yo Champion

Six-time national yo-yo champion and rising senior Alex Hattori explores his passion for yo-yos at MIT.

Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state

Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state

For the first time, scientists, including Assistant Professor Vivishek Sudhir, have cooled a large, human-scale object to close to its motional ground state.

Sustainable solutions at home and abroad

Sustainable solutions at home and abroad

A senior studying mechanical engineering, Arnav Patel has devoted much of his undergraduate career to championing sustainable causes.

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Michael Triantafyllou

Michael Triantafyllou

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John Hart

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Themistoklis Sapsis

Themistoklis Sapsis

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Joe Brown

Stepping on stage with Beyoncé

[ SB '07 ]

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Dexter Ang

CEO of Pison Technology

[ ’05, AF ’16 ]

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Clarence Chui

Senior VP and General Manager, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies

[ PhD '98 ]

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