Seeing beauty in a materials science world
Marshall Scholar Colleen Loynachan tackles materials science problems with a photographer’s perspective.
Marshall Scholar Colleen Loynachan tackles materials science problems with a photographer’s perspective.
MIT Sloan’s Juanjuan Zhang studies how people make decisions — even life-and-death decisions — based on observation and inference.
Marshall Scholar Kirin Sinha is motivating young women to pursue math through dance.
Rhodes Scholar John Mikhael, who calls both the U.S. and Lebanon home, is also comfortable in many scientific fields.
Looking for better materials for solar cells, LEDs, and other technology, one molecule at a time.
Dissecting the inner workings of the mucus barrier could yield better drugs, prevent disease
MIT management professor Vivek Farias crunches the numbers to see how complex systems can be optimized.
MIT senior Jonathan Tebes sees economics as a way to alleviate poverty in the US, Tanzania, and beyond.
Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
Senior Laura Lu’s years at MIT have included cancer research, ROTC leadership, and prosthesis trials — and she aims to put her talents to use one day as a Navy surgeon.
Paulo Lozano is designing tiny ion thrusters for the next generation of satellites
With U.S. history and constitutional law on his mind, senior Cory Hernandez envisions a society that welcomes all — starting with MIT.
Economist Arnaud Costinot studies international trade — and has helped revive interest in economics’ venerable Theory of Comparative Advantage.
MIT senior Grace Young’s love of marine robotics will lead her to spend up to a month underwater this semester, collecting data and teaching classes over Skype to help save the oceans.