Growing up in the Boston suburbs, MIT senior Daisy Wang spent her spare time upside down…
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Programming functional fabrics
Encouraged by her family, Lavender Tessmer explored various creative pursuits from a young age, particularly textiles,…
Pushing material boundaries for better electronics
Undergrads, take note: The lessons you learn in those intro classes could be the key to…
Moving past the Iron Age
MIT graduate student Sydney Rose Johnson has never seen the steel mills in central India. She’s…
Nourishing the mind, hand, and stomach
As early as middle school, Branden Spitzer loved to watch cooking shows and experiment with recipes…
A passion for innovation and education
Imagine you were planning a trek across Death Valley. Would you be better off setting out…
Navy officer deepens her engineering and leadership skills at MIT
Trained to be a leader even as a child, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Asia Allison is acquiring…
A computer scientist pushes the boundaries of geometry
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid, known to many as the father of…
Unlocking the secrets of natural materials
Growing up in Milan, Benedetto Marelli liked figuring out how things worked. He repaired broken devices…