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A Revolution in Higher Education
the past. MIT Sanjay_1024.jpg Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein “As the volume of knowledge has ... a participatory learning approach,” says Sarma, director of MIT’s Office of Digital Learning. “Now there’s ... a rethinking of pedagogy where the ‘doing’ is making a comeback.” MIT is helping lead the way to this kind of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/revolution-higher-education“It’s Okay if it Breaks and Blows Up”
MIT’s thriving maker culture is on display in ABC network’s “BattleBots” competition. A robot that ... arms to grab and hoist other machines: These are some of the robots developed by MIT-affiliated teams ... teams of MIT students, research staff, and alumni worked to design, construct, and test combat robots ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-okay-if-it-breaks-and-blows-up%E2%80%9DFrom entrepreneur to climate policy advocate
ultimately patenting the product and winning several competitions. MIT-Wahnschafft-Kiara-1024.jpg Applying my ... solutions.” Wahnschafft arrived at MIT with the desire to continue pursuing product engineering for social ... entrepreneurship. She experimented with mechanical engineering classes through MIT D-Lab, a program focused on ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/entrepreneur-climate-policy-advocateIn the World: Remote Mexican Village Uses Solar Power to Purify Water
System developed at MIT proves practical for remote communities. Deep in the jungles of the ... researchers at MIT. The system consists of two solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity; these, in ... 1,000 liters of purified water a day for the 450 residents. The MIT team had previously demonstrated the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/world-remote-mexican-village-uses-solar-power-purify-waterMeet the women shaping science and engineering in Saudi Arabia
Since 2012, a handful of Saudi Arabia’s top scientists and engineers have arrived on MIT’s campus ... research at MIT. Each fellow is paired with an MIT faculty for a research project and exposed to a number ... of professional development opportunities. MIT-Khaldun-Fellowship-02-1024.jpg In July, current and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meet-women-shaping-science-and-engineering-saudi-arabiaA Lifelong Relationship with the Institute
Newly tenured Evelyn Wang — whose parents met at MIT — studies heat transfer in materials. While ... Evelyn Wang (SB '00), an associate professor of mechanical engineering, attended MIT as an ... as graduate students from Taiwan, and married, in the MIT Chapel. MIT-evelyn-wang_460.jpg Photo by: ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lifelong-relationship-instituteConnecting through conversation
Last year, during a reception on campus, MIT senior Joshua Charles Woodard was introduced to ... students. MIT-Joshua-Woodard-01-1024.jpg Senior Joshua Charles Woodard dreams of a “willingness to connect ... eight-student advisory cabinet convened by MIT President L. Rafael Reif, or serving as co-chair of the student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/connecting-through-conversationA champion of renewable energy
MIT Energy Initiative program called Solar Spring Break, which had partnered with Homeboy Industries, ... real.” MIT-Guettler-Darya-01-PRESS-1024.jpg MIT senior Darya Guettler advocates for climate action and ... MIT’s campus. Credits: Adam Glanzman Guettler’s fascination with renewable energy began back in high ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/champion-renewable-energyBound for Robotic Glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass. Speed and ... bounding until it reaches a full gallop. Now MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that ... the robot for a test run on MIT’s Killian Court, where it bounded across the grass at a steady clip. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bound-robotic-gloryInventing future fabrics
are the forward-looking concepts presented by a group of three students from MIT and three students ... technologies. AFFOA-FIT-MIT-Workshop_1024.jpg Advanced Fiber workshop participants compare the differences ... Merchan, and Calvin Zhong. Photo: Smiljana Peros For the first FIT/MIT Summer Workshop, held over two weeks ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inventing-future-fabricsExpanding the conversation about sustainability
Stacy Godfreey-Igwe sat in her dorm room at MIT, staring frantically at her phone. An ... a disproportionately heavy environmental burden. At MIT, she chose a double major in mechanical engineering with ... MIT_StacyGodfreey-Igwe-01-1024.jpeg Stacy Godfreey-Igwe is an MIT senior who seeks to make marginalized communities more visible in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/expanding-conversation-about-sustainabilityTurning history of science into a comic adventure
that goal in mind, one MIT team recently transformed themselves into time-traveling comic book ... MIT-Disease-Comics-01-press_0.jpg A new comic takes readers through a history of infectious disease discoveries. “A Paradigm Shift ... in Infectious Disease” follows MIT Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna, who ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-history-science-comic-adventureEngineering art
MIT-Stephanie-chou-kinetic-sculpture-Mess-of-Gold 1024_0.jpg Stephanie Chou ’19 stands with her kinetic art sculpture, "Mess of Gold." ... sculpture to encourage members of the MIT community to express themselves and find support in challenging ... Hunter, an MIT student, passed away after a brief illness in 2017. Dealing with her friend’s passing and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-artSand, Sand Everywhere
Carrington Motley spends a lot of his time at MIT surrounded by sand. “Yeah, sand is everywhere,” he admits ... engineering major, is captain of MIT’s men’s track and field team — and when he isn’t launching himself into ... MIT-Carrington-motley 1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Finding a balance Motley didn’t always know he would end up at ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sand-sand-everywhereMicroscopy technique makes finer images of deeper tissue, more quickly
requires scanning individual pixels one at a time. A team of MIT and Harvard University researchers has now ... neurons within the brain, the researchers say. MIT-Fast-Brain-Imaging-01-1024.jpg This image shows ... Murat Yildirim, an MIT research scientist and one of the authors of the new study. MIT graduate student ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microscopy-technique-makes-finer-images-deeper-tissue-more-quicklyDriving a human-machine collaboration
Guardian, is being refined at the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), where MIT Professor John Leonard is ... helping steer the group’s work, while on leave from MIT. At the MIT Mobility Forum on Friday, Leonard and ... MIT-Human-Centered-Drive-01-press_0.jpg At the MIT Mobility Forum, John Leonard, left, and Avinash Balachandran suggested that instead of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/driving-human-machine-collaborationFrom LGO to PhD
Many students in MIT’s Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program return to the workplace primed ... and they bring their LGO toolkit into an academic career instead. MIT-LGO-to-PHD-01-press_0.jpg Left ... all pursued PhD programs after completing MIT's Leaders for Global Operations program. Photo ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/lgo-phdFaculty Research: Professor Gareth McKinley
Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the ... world’s driest regions. By David Chandler, MIT News Office Photo courtesy of researchers. In some of ... pull it right out of the air, from fog that drifts in from warm oceans nearby. Now researchers at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/faculty-research-professor-gareth-mckinleyNeedles that hit the right mark
which the needles are inserted too far or placed in the wrong tissue. A team of researchers from MIT and ... MIT-Epidural-placement_1024.jpg Currently, anesthesiologists must guide a four- to six-inch needle through multiple layers of ... teamed up with researchers at MIT’s Laser Biomedical Research Center, headed by Peter So, a professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/needles-hit-right-markMatthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering
Matthew Cavuto, now a senior in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, embarked on his career ... path partly as a result of a talk he heard in high school by MIT Professor Hugh Herr, a double amputee ... regain as much control, independence, and capability as possible. MIT-Matthew-Cavuto_1024.jpg Cavuto ...
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