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Richard Li

seat. Now, an MIT alumni-founded startup is working to flush away that problem forever. MIT has ... by MIT News Cleana, co-founded by CTO Richard Li SM '24, has developed an antibacterial, ... “This is meaningful to me and how I spent my time the past four years at MIT, and we now have the best ...

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Nikayah Etienne

engineering. That’s when Etienne started looking into MIT. After her junior year of high school, she ... participated in the intensive Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) program at MIT, where ... communities,” she says. Researching teaching During Etienne’s first research project at MIT, she was on a team ...

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Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures

MIT graduate student Xinyu Mao, MIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering Ellen Roche, Mayo ... medical devices. Inspired by a sticky substance that spiders use to catch their prey, MIT engineers have ... mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study. ...

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Jennifer Rumsey and John Wall

‘72, his new roommate and a master’s student in mechanical engineering at MIT. “After he graduated ... from Cummins just this past October – the MIT educational counselor for local high school students. ... MIT educational counselor, first saw Rumsey’s technical capability and interest. “It has been ...

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Julien Barber

a first-year graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, is describing Winnipeg, ... surprising, then, that he is currently keeping things cool at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), ... “My upbringing fostered the desire to tackle big problems that have a global impact," says MIT ...

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Rapid rovers, speedy sands: fast-tracking terrain interaction modeling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) have proposed a new model, ... arbitrarily shaped objects moving through granular media. 264105_web1024.jpg Engineers and physicists from MIT ... rovers," notes Ken Kamrin, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and the ...

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New pill can deliver insulin

MIT graduate student Alex Abramson. The research team also includes scientists from the pharmaceutical ... 2 diabetes An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for ...

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Real People, Real Solutions at D-Lab

around the world.” No matter what trajectory a student takes after graduating from MIT, Hsu says the ... lesson of  MIT D-Lab, which works with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative ... MIT Morningside Academy for Design, an Institute hub for cross-disciplinary education, research, and ...

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Annabel Flores

program that instilled confidence in the engineer. After she graduated from MIT, Flores was determined to ... aerospace and defense challenges? She uses a voice the MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program ... a recent panel discussion hosted by the MIT Leaders for Global Operations, Annabel Flores ’99, MBA ’03, SM ...

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Michelle Kornberg

Tony Pulsone During MIT’s First-Year Pre-Orientation Program, Kornberg got a sense of which major would ... working with the MIT Sea Grant College Program as an undergraduate researcher working alongside Thomas ... materials science.” The student team built a prototype for an MIT Lincoln Laboratory project called the ...

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Abe Schneider

to MIT was a major culture shock, but they loved the atmosphere of problem solving and ... entrepreneurship that permeated the campus. Gia came to MIT in 1995 and majored in chemical engineering while Abe ... degrees. All the while, they never lost sight of hydropower. In the 1998 MIT $100K Entrepreneurship ...

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From “cheetah-noids” to humanoids

at MIT, Katz studied mechanical engineering, opting for the flexible Course 2A degree program with ... Kim’s lab as part of the MIT UROP – or Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. For his UROP ... engineering at MIT, Katz continued working in Kim’s lab and developed solutions for actuators in robotics. ...

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Darya Guettler

MIT Energy Initiative program called Solar Spring Break, which had partnered with Homeboy Industries, ... concentrations. She arrived at MIT with the goal of mitigating climate change through technological innovation, ... and soon joined the MIT Undergraduate Energy Club, where she says she met inspiring and equally ...

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Staff members honored with 2025 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

the Office of the Vice Chancellor. Schmill graduated from MIT in 1986 and has since served the ... On Thursday, June 5, 11 individuals and four teams were awarded MIT Excellence Awards — the ... protecting and serving MIT. The medal recognizes an individual or group whose actions demonstrate the ...

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Talking Shop: Professor Thomas Peacock

mechanical engineering at MIT, to ensure the full effects of seabed mining are understood prior to drafting ... regulations. Talking shop TOM 1024.jpg Professor Thomas Peacock (left) with graduate students Rohit Balasaheb ... land-based mining activities. To get my project started, I received a seed grant from the MIT Environmental ...

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Amber Velez

campus. There, staff showed her how to use a tube roller tool to form the lyra’s curved shape. “MIT is ... how to make things at MIT, you learn that you have the ability to gain the skills to figure out what ... backpacking through Europe and gathering her thoughts, Velez arrived at MIT with a plan. Growing up in Tucson, ...

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Peter Chamberlain

imagined when he was tinkering with a prototype for his family in MIT’s MakerWorkshop as a graduate ... student. Problems worth solving While pursuing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT ... he met classmates who were starting the MIT Water Innovation Prize (WIP), a startup competition for ...

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Helen Greiner

Greiner’s heart and inspired her to apply to MIT to learn how to build something similar. For Greiner, ... the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), was like a dream come true. ... with US News & World Report and Innovator for the Next Century by MIT Technology Review. She has ...

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Amrita Saigal '10

Prospective-Undergrad Graduate Undergraduate Alumni https://alum.mit ... a diaper company that has created the first 100-percent cotton-lined disposable diaper.  The MIT Course ... completely biodegradable sanitary pads for women and schoolgirls in India, while she was still at MIT. When ...

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Andy Obst

the University of Minnesota, but after his sophomore year, he transferred to MIT and earned his degree ... Orleans. MIT’s “firehose” environment prepared him for being a business owner in a field with high stakes ... the  May/June issue  of MIT Alumni News magazine, published by MIT Technology Review.  ...

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