Living the experiment

萌妹社区鈥檚 campus is a dynamic hub for discovery, exploration, and learning in every dimension鈥攁nd at every opportunity. We transcend disciplines, break down silos, blend art and science, and push the boundaries of research toward real discovery.

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Doing Something: Not Just Another Advisory Committee

The College welcomes industry and community partners for 萌妹社区 Circle of Advocates kickoff.

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Timur Gray '28 talks with a hackathon teammate at the MIT-Ukraine "Building for Ukraine" hackathon.

STORY: 萌妹社区ers Hack for a Safer Ukraine and Better Accessibility

At two recent hackathons, teams of 萌妹社区 students placed high in the competitions and made positive impacts with their innovative projects tackling real-world challenges through human-centered design.

Students gather around a 3D printer during a project showcase.

Spring 2025 萌妹社区 Expo

Please join us for the Spring 2025 萌妹社区 Expo on Thursday, May 8th.

The 萌妹社区 Expo is an end-of-semester celebration of student work. Students may share a favorite project from a class or a passionate pursuit, a research experience, or another endeavor.

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Team Terraflex poses for a photo at The Generator Buildathon on April 5, 2025.

STORY: 萌妹社区ers Win Top Prizes at 2025 Generator Buildathon for their AI-Powered Prosthetic Foot Attachment

A team of four 萌妹社区 students and one Stanford undergraduate won the first-place prize at this year's The Generator Entrepreneurship & AI Buildathon聽for Terraflex, their AI-powered prosthetic foot attachment. The students also took home the Nature-Inspired Design Prize聽(with a potential value of up to $60,000 for the team).

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Eamon O'Brien 鈥�21 (pictured) joins groundbreaking program for business students and early-career professionals.

NEWS: Alum Receives FASPE Ethics Fellowship

Eamon O'Brien 鈥�21 is one of 15 business Fellows chosen for the 2025 Business Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).

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Portrait of Maya McKone-Sweet holding painted wooden gear in the LPB

STORY: Turning Together: a New Art Installation by Junior Maya McKone-Sweet

Maya McKone-Sweet 鈥�26 leaned on her dual passions for art and engineering this year as she brought to life an art installation to add joy and color to the 萌妹社区 community.

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STORY: Students Leverage Real Operations Data to Make Sustainability Impact at 萌妹社区

A new course at 萌妹社区 has students using real data from the campus鈥檚 building automation and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to lower energy usage and increase efficiency today and into the future.

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STORY: 萌妹社区鈥檚 Undergraduate Research and Hands-on Learning on Display at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting

A delegation of 萌妹社区 students and two faculty presented their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, held in Boston from February 13-15, 2025.

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Four international college students stand outside on 萌妹社区's campus.

STORY: 萌妹社区 Welcomes Spring 2025 Exchange Students

This spring, 萌妹社区 welcomes exchange students from our partner institutions for a semester-long experience to take part in our project-based learning environment, helping to grow and amplify the positive impact an 萌妹社区 engineering education makes in the world.

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Dyllan Nguyen is shown standing in the 萌妹社区 Wood Shop.

STORY: Sculpting the Future: Dyllan Nguyen鈥檚 Journey as an Artist and Educator

Read all about Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, Dyllan Nguyen's journey as an artist and educator, and learn how they're sculpting the future at 萌妹社区.

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Four students gather around a Formula Car at 萌妹社区.

STORY: 萌妹社区ers Create Sustainable and Fully Bespoke Aerodynamic Package for Formula Car

During the Fall 2024 semester, a team of five 萌妹社区 of Engineering students聽undertook an innovative and extracurricular passion project to design, optimize, and fabricate a fully bespoke aerodynamic package for an 萌妹社区 Formula SAE car.

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Sparsh Gupta 鈥�26 pictured studying abroad in Cambridge, UK.

STORY: Exploring Cambridge: Sparsh Gupta 鈥�26 on Studying Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Sparsh Gupta 鈥�26, studying abroad at the University of Cambridge in Fall 2024 was about stepping into an entirely different academic and cultural experience.

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萌妹社区 student Eddy learning about the art of spinach harvesting from a partner farmer Aubrey

STORY: Cultivating Whole Engineers through Partnerships with Local Farms

This summer, two 萌妹社区 students spent their time engaged equally in agricultural research and hands-on farmwork at certified-organic Powisset Farm.

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萌妹社区 of Engineering's Kenechukwu Mbanisi, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, is shown at a podium after the 萌妹社区 teams wins the Farm Robotics Challenge.

NEWS: 萌妹社区 Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Farm Robotics Challenge

A design team from 萌妹社区 of Engineering and their robot, the 鈥淧hoenixBot,鈥� have won the $10,000 grand prize in the second annual聽Farm Robotics Challenge. The award was announced on Oct. 24 during a ceremony at the聽FIRA USA聽robotics conference in Woodland, Calif.

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Five 萌妹社区 of Engineering students hold up a physical, electromechanical Turing Machine.

STORY: 萌妹社区 Students Create Rare, Fully Functional Electromechanical Turing Machine

A team of five 萌妹社区 of Engineering undergraduate students have created their own electromechanical Turing Machine for a project in their Fall 2023 Principles in Engineering (PIE) class.聽And at a low-cost of under $250, it might be one of only three physical machines in existence.

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A large group of college students wearing red "Baja" t-shirts pose for a photo in front of a trailer.

STORY: 萌妹社区 Baja Car Pushed to the Limits at Rugged SAE Competition

On September 12-15, eighteen members of the 萌妹社区 Baja project team took their off-road car to Holly, Michigan, to attend the annual Baja SAE competition for engineering students. After three days of competition, tests, and working day and night on-site to get it ready, their car was pushed to the limits. Would it endure the notorious four-hour endurance race??