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Making buildings from industrial waste
Making buildings from industrial waste

Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.

Using online, game-based simulations to train photonic technicians and engineers
Using online, game-based simulations to train photonic technicians and engineers

MIT wins $5 million grant to develop a virtual lab that will prepare students for jobs in industry and government.

Collaborating for irrigation access solutions: Where policy and engineering meet
Collaborating for irrigation access solutions: Where policy and engineering meet

A J-WAFS connection brings together two MIT research teams helping to advance irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa.

2.009 lights up the stage
2.009 lights up the stage

Student projects presented at the annual MIT event range from beekeeping safety to custom cosmetics.

This object-recognition dataset stumped the world’s best computer vision models
This object-recognition dataset stumped the world’s best computer vision models

Objects are posed in varied positions and shot at odd angles to spur new AI techniques.

Fostering forward momentum
Fostering forward momentum

Thomas Kochan, Julie Shah, and Evelyn Wang honored by graduate students as "Committed to Caring."

Intelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research
Intelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research

A novel experimental facility integrates automation and active learning, illuminating a path to accelerated scientific discovery.

Two MIT seniors named 2020 Marshall Scholars
Two MIT seniors named 2020 Marshall Scholars

Talya Klinger and Steven Truong will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.

Schools of Science and Engineering join hands to transform learning
Schools of Science and Engineering join hands to transform learning

In 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), students explore the practical application of electromagnetic concepts.

Planning for death, as a way to improve life
Planning for death, as a way to improve life

Startup co-founded by alumna Suelin Chen helps people share their end-of-life wishes with loved ones.

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