MIT students win first round of SpaceX Hyperloop contest
Design tops more than 100 entries at an international high-speed transportation competition inspired by Elon Musk and sponsored by SpaceX.
How will you move? MIT community challenged to cross the Charles River on May 7
Crossing the Charles Competition to commemorate 100 years since the opening of MIT's Cambridge campus.
Love for Times Square
MIT professor, PhD candidate design Valentine’s Day pavilion for New York City.
A mechanical engineering rite of passage at MIT
Since the 1970s, Department of Mechanical Engineering course 2.007 has introduced undergraduate students to hands-on designing and building.
Reducing waste and inefficiency, while increasing access and profits, propels MIT Energy Hackathon
Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results.
Students unveil “magical” product designs
Final presentations in mechanical engineering class show devices for climbers, patients, and others.
United Nations and MIT collaborate on climate change resilience
The MIT Climate CoLab, in collaboration with the UN secretary-general, will launch a series of online contests seeking solutions for climate-vulnerable communities.
Podcast by Shante Stowell '15 wins American Society for Engineering Education diversity contest
Recent graduate honored for her unique audio piece, crafted at MIT, encouraging self-reflection on race.
Sleeping under the stars in Australia
Solar Electric Vehicle Team completes the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
MIT’s J-PAL North America launches State and Local Innovation Initiative
New program out of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT aims to help state and local governments find solutions to key public policy issues.
Students challenged to drive change with new MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
J-WAFS receives a gift from Rabobank in support of a new student innovation competition, to be run by the MIT Food and Agriculture Club.
Interplanetary architecture
Faculty and students grapple with 3-D printing a habitable structure on Mars.
Climate change contest selects grand prize winner
Solar panel system wins $10,000 prize for technology that makes energy and water more accessible in the developing world.
Biomimetic non-reflective coating for solar cells wins MADMEC
Team wins $10,000 at annual competition for invention inspired by butterfly wings.
MIT Climate CoLab announces 32 winning climate strategies
Winning ideas for solutions to climate change were crowdsourced by more than 50,000 members of the public.