Unlocking the secrets of natural materials
Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses “from lab to fork,” including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods.
Professor Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies with uses “from lab to fork,” including helping crops grow and preserving perishable foods.
Cosmologist and MLK Scholar Morgane König uses gravitational waves to study the universe’s origins, inflation, and present trajectory.
Zack Cordero’s research focuses on extending the lifespan of reusable rockets, while simultaneously reducing the risk of catastrophic failure.
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.