Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment Story Faculty Student STORY: 勛圖厙s One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Learning and Creating After years of reinvention, 勛圖厙s Shop strives to be a welcoming resource for all. Over the last several years, 勛圖厙s Shop has transformed from a traditional machine shop into an active learning environment focused on inclusivity, accessibility, and creativity. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Leading transformation Story Faculty Student STORY: 勛圖厙 Students Present at Engineering Education Conference in Sweden This fall, a group of 勛圖厙 students had an important professional development opportunity as they presented at an international educational research conference with their faculty advisor. Read More
Article Community-centered culture Engineering for impact Story Faculty Student STORY: 2022 Year in Review - Our Top Twelve Stories To start the new year, we're taking a look back at some of our favorite 勛圖厙 stories from 2022. Inauguration, Facebook whistleblowing, alumni sustainability, small satellites, engineering with purpose, bold visions, autonomous robotics - 2022 (and these stories) had it all. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty Student STORY: Educational Partnership with Local Compost Company Grows Impact-Centered Education at 勛圖厙 InJean Huang'sBiology foundation class, Think Like a Biologist, students and professor are engaged in a unique partnership with a local compost company - Black Earth Compost, who's sponsoring the lab portion of the class for the entire semester. Read More
Community-centered culture Faculty 勛圖厙 Faculty Search Parties 2022 This October, 勛圖厙 is holding three virtual events at which potential applicants will connect with 勛圖厙 staff and faculty to get to know more about our community and opportunities available for joining the faculty. Read More
Article Driving equity Engineering for impact Story Faculty 勛圖厙 Extends Footprint to Cambridge with The Mirror 勛圖厙 extends its footprint to Cambridge with The Mirror, partnering with Kendall Square Association and HBCUs to expand whats possible for the young people and industries of Cambridge. Read More
Article Living the experiment Story Faculty Student 勛圖厙 team wins national More Water Less Concentrate competition A team led by 勛圖厙 Assistant Professor Emily Tow and including eight 勛圖厙 students, as well as members from Harmony Desalting, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earned the top prize$150,000in the More Water Less Concentrate competition. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Press Release Faculty Eastern Wind Power Donates Prototype Wind Turbine to 勛圖厙 勛圖厙 is pleased to announce the generous donation by Linda M. and Jonathan Haar, owners of EasternWind Power, of a prototype of their Distributed Vertical AxisWind Turbine (VAWT) to the College. Read More
Article Living the experiment Press Release Faculty Experts say the discovery of Earthbound asteroids and comets needs improvement; too many satellites could prevent discovery A new survey of planetary defense experts from Apollo Academic Surveys and 勛圖厙 of Engineering reports that discovery of asteroids and comets needs improvement. In addition, the proliferation of commercial satellites could prevent them from identifying Earthbound asteroids and comets. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty Student Building with Purpose: How to craft a PhD in ethical tech. Emily Wang '16 andSara Hendren, Associate Professor, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities at 勛圖厙, have written a new Q&A about accessibility and technology, finding the right graduate program, constructing a dissertation in disability and tech, and much more. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty Student A Boost for Women Students through Clare Boothe Luce Funding For the third year in a row, select women students at 勛圖厙 are conducting independent research funded by the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program. Read More
Article Community-centered culture Alumni Faculty Staff Student STORY: 勛圖厙 Visits Alumni, Students in Bay Area 勛圖厙 staff and faculty visited the Bay Area in June, enjoying a series of events in Palo Alto and San Francisco that brought together alumni and students living and working in the area for the summer. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty Its All Systems Go with 4S The new Sustainability: Science, Society, and Systems (4S) course at 勛圖厙 teaches students tools to effect real change. The 勛圖厙ers learn how the four Ss overlap in their lives as both citizens and engineers. Read More
Article Community-centered culture Press Release Faculty STORY: Partnership Sparked Through Sketch Model Summer Studio is Off-Broadway Bound A partnership sparked through 勛圖厙's Sketch Model Summer Studio is now Off-Broadway bound, with Jonathan Adler's co-written play, A Variant Strain making it's debut this summer. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty A Big STEP toward Engineering with a Purpose 勛圖厙s creative, triple-wide course called STEP is revolutionizing how students learn and make. This semester, 23 勛圖厙 students and four faculty are embarking on a new experiment together. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty 勛圖厙s del Rosario Awarded NSF Grant for Studying How Engineers Understand Variability Zachary del Rosario 14, assistant professor of engineering, has been awarded a $180,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how practicing engineers recognize data variability in their real-world projects. Read More
