Throwing lifelines to job seekers after incarceration
Through her startup, MBA student Brooke Wages seeks to prepare people for high-skilled trade jobs after they’ve served time.
Why did my classifier just mistake a turtle for a rifle?
Two longtime friends explore how computer vision systems go awry.
Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust
MIT researchers are developing a battery that could both capture carbon dioxide in power plant exhaust and convert it to a solid ready for safe disposal.
E14 Fund helps Media Lab community deploy startups
“First and foremost we’re a community-builder,” says Habib Haddad, a managing partner of the venture fund.
A vision of nuclear energy buoyed by molten salt
NSE graduate student Kieran Dolan tackles a critical technical challenge to fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature nuclear reactors.
When religion meets secularism in urban planning
“I’m interested in the peaceful coexistence of communities,” says PhD student Babak Manouchehrifar, who left his home country of Iran to study at MIT.
Portraits of mentoring excellence
Committed to Caring honors professors Modiano, Kelly, and Li, and calls for nominations.
MIT and Fashion Institute of Technology join forces to create innovative textiles
Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with AFFOA and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for biodegradable footwear, active textiles.
Caring for her community
PhD candidate and co-founder of Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering Lisa Volpatti works to support her fellow graduate students.
Making wireless communication more energy efficient
Along with studying theory, "it's also important to me that the work we are doing will help to solve real-world problems,” says LIDS student Omer Tanovic.
Smart workout apparel, “Vegetable Assassins,” and inspiration from medieval music
In a popular EECS class, student teams design, program, build, and demonstrate their own cloud-connected, handheld, or wearable embedded systems.
Want to learn how to train an artificial intelligence model? Ask a friend.
MIT Machine Intelligence Community introduces students to nuts and bolts of machine learning.
Projects advance naval ship design and capabilities
At the annual MIT Ship Design and Technology Symposium, naval construction and engineering students presented their work on real-life naval design projects.
A data scientist dedicated to social change
MBAn student Mason Grimshaw seeks to bring business solutions to overlooked communities.