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MIT NEET students install solar-powered charging station on campus, resurrecting an MIT tradition
Students enrolled in MIT’s New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program recently collaborated across academic disciplines to design and construct a solar-powered charging station. Positioned in a quiet campus courtyard,…
MIT students develop spray-on coating to protect power lines from ice
A spray-on coating to keep power lines standing through an ice storm may not be the obvious fix for winter outages—but it’s exactly the kind of innovation that…
The brain power behind sustainable AI
How can you use science to build a better gingerbread house?That was something Miranda Schwacke spent a lot of time thinking about. The MIT graduate student in the…
DMSE senior turns fish scales into biodegradable plastic
Sometimes the answers to seemingly intractable environmental problems are found in nature itself. Take the growing challenge of plastic waste. Jacqueline Prawira, a senior in the Department of Materials…
Jenna Houle ’25 receives Henry Ford II Scholar Award
Jenna Houle ‘25, a recent graduate from the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, received the 2025 Henry Ford II Scholar Award.During her time at…
Four from MIT named 2025 Goldwater Scholars
Four MIT rising seniors have been selected to receive a 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, including Avani Ahuja and Jacqueline Prawira in the School of Engineering and Julianna Lian…
DMSE’s Jacqueline Prawira wins Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Jacqueline Prawira, a senior in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for the 2025-2026 school year. She is one…
DMSE honors Class of 2025’s creativity, service, and achievement
From optical memory devices to sustainable materials and archaeometallurgy, Class of 2025 graduates showcased the intellectual range and creativity so valued by MIT’s Department of Materials Science and…
A magnetic pull toward materials
Growing up in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with engineer parents who worked in the state’s silver mining industry, MIT senior Maria Aguiar developed an early interest in materials. The…
Breakerspace image contest showcases creativity, perseverance
The Breakerspace transformed into an art gallery on March 12, with six easels arranged in an arc to showcase arresting images—black-and-white scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of crumpled…