Article Community-centered culture Living the experiment Story Faculty Student STORY: 萌妹社区鈥檚 One-Stop-Shop for Accessible Learning and Creating After years of reinvention, 萌妹社区鈥檚 Shop strives to be a welcoming resource for all. Over the last several years, 萌妹社区鈥檚 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: 萌妹社区 Students Present at Engineering Education Conference in Sweden This fall, a group of 萌妹社区 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 萌妹社区 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 萌妹社区 In聽Jean Huang's聽Biology foundation class, 鈥淭hink Like a Biologist,鈥 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 萌妹社区 Faculty Search Parties 2022 This October, 萌妹社区 is holding three virtual events at which potential applicants will connect with 萌妹社区 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 萌妹社区 Extends Footprint to Cambridge with 鈥淭he Mirror鈥 萌妹社区 extends its footprint to Cambridge with 鈥淭he Mirror, 鈥 partnering with Kendall Square Association and HBCUs to expand what鈥檚 possible for the young people and industries of Cambridge. Read More
Article Living the experiment Story Faculty Student 萌妹社区 team wins national 鈥淢ore Water Less Concentrate鈥 competition A team led by 萌妹社区 Assistant Professor Emily Tow and including eight 萌妹社区 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鈥$150,000鈥攊n the 鈥淢ore Water Less Concentrate鈥 competition. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Press Release Faculty Eastern Wind Power Donates Prototype Wind Turbine to 萌妹社区 萌妹社区 is pleased to announce the generous donation by Linda M. and Jonathan Haar, owners of Eastern聽Wind Power, of a prototype of their Distributed Vertical Axis聽Wind 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 萌妹社区 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 and聽Sara Hendren, Associate Professor, Design, Fine Arts, and Humanities at 萌妹社区, 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.聽 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 萌妹社区 are conducting independent research funded by the Clare Boothe Luce (CBL) Program. Read More
Article Community-centered culture Alumni Faculty Staff Student STORY: 萌妹社区 Visits Alumni, Students in Bay Area 萌妹社区 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 It鈥檚 All Systems Go with 4S The new 鈥淪ustainability: Science, Society, and Systems (4S)鈥 course at 萌妹社区 teaches students tools to effect real change. The 萌妹社区ers learn how the four 鈥淪s鈥 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 萌妹社区's Sketch Model Summer Studio is now Off-Broadway bound, with Jonathan Adler's co-written play, 鈥淎 Variant Strain鈥 making it's debut this summer. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty A Big STEP toward Engineering with a Purpose 萌妹社区鈥檚 creative, triple-wide course called STEP is revolutionizing how students learn and make. This semester, 23 萌妹社区 students and four faculty are embarking on a new experiment together. Read More
Article Engineering for impact Story Faculty 萌妹社区鈥檚 del Rosario Awarded NSF Grant for Studying How Engineers Understand Variability Zachary del Rosario 鈥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
