Liberty Ladd: Going above and beyond
For the political science and mechanical engineering student, who is also an Air Force ROTC member, systematic change starts with personal actions.
For the political science and mechanical engineering student, who is also an Air Force ROTC member, systematic change starts with personal actions.
Passionate about materials science “from the atom to the system,” Elsa Olivetti brings a holistic approach to sustainability to her teaching, research, and coalition-building.
Professor Li-Huei Tsai studies how brain waves can be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
A pivotal talk led postdoc Kristina Monakhova to develop smart, computational cameras and microscopes for intelligent systems.
Senior Joshua Kuffour has set a goal of taking classes in as many departments as he can before he graduates. “It's taught me about valuing different ways of thinking,” he says.
Professor Lerna Ekmekcioglu investigates marginalized women and potential empowerment.
Associate Professor Megan Black’s research digs into mining, power, and environmental politics in the US.
High schooler Dustin Liang estimated his blood cell counts by applying knowledge from an MITx course and talking to doctors.
As an engineer and an EMT, senior Abigail Schipper works to make medicine more accessible to all.
Rama Ramakrishnan helps companies explore the promises and perils of large language models and other transformative AI technologies.
Graduate student Adi Mehrotra ’22 is developing sustainable solutions in vehicle design.
Desirée Plata is on a lifelong mission to make sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.
Maria Jesus Saenz of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is dedicated to advancing future leaders, and to supporting women, in supply chain management.
When it comes to shaping political beliefs, MIT postdoc Chloe Wittenberg PhD ’23 finds video captivates, but might not beat text.
The MIT professor reflects on five decades of impactful work in aerospace engineering and education, at the Institute and beyond.