Contests and academic competitions

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gives remarks at the In Good Company Optimal Aging Challenge reception at MIT.

MIT AgeLab hosts Governor Baker, winners of In Good Company Challenge

Entrepreneurial ventures are developing technologies, community resources, and solutions to address social isolation and loneliness among older adults in Massachusetts.

December 26, 2018

Team Solaris won the EnergyHack's first prize for their development on an innovative approach to green and energy efficient buildings.

Hacking away and solving global energy problems

Students from around the world put themselves to the test at this year’s MIT EnergyHack, tackling sustainability issues facing the global energy industry.

December 12, 2018

At the conclusion of Monday’s final presentations for the mechanical design class 2.009, teaching assistants for the class showered the capacity crowd at Kresge Auditorium with confetti, celebrating successful demonstrations of their inventions by eight teams of students.

Student teams design in the face of danger

With water-rescue devices, injury-preventing knives, and more, students launch products that make the world a little safer.

December 11, 2018

Elizabeth Bianchini ’18 (center) accepts gold in the Undergraduate Category at the Collegiate Inventors Competition last month for Rhino, a product first developed in 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). Bianchini was joined on stage by Tony Scardino (left), chief financial officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Drew Hirshfeld, commissioner for patents for the U.S. Patent and Tra...

Alumni team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition

Mechanical engineering alumni of 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) win with Rhino, a product that makes brick repointing faster, safer, and more accurate.

December 7, 2018

Mirar Bristol EMBA '17, co-founder of The Freedom Lab

Hacking to fight trafficking

A nonprofit founded by two Executive MBA graduates aims to drive innovation and counter human trafficking through hackathons and other platforms.

December 4, 2018

The Fiat Flux team earned the $10,000 first-place prize for its prototype of a self-cleaning water filtration system. Team members pose with Michael Tarkanian (right), a senior lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) who runs MADMEC. Team members pictured are: (from left to right) Gabriel Loke, Alvin Tan and Zheng Jie Tan.

MADMEC finals spotlight promising materials science prototypes

Prizes went to solutions for improving water filtration systems, metal fatigue resistance, and boron production.

October 11, 2018

Five students were challenged to live and work in a glass cube on MIT's North Court for four days as part of InCube, a global startup competition.

Student entrepreneurs think inside the box

Living and working in a glass cube, an interdisciplinary team of students reimagined the ambulance of the future as part of a global startup competition.

October 5, 2018

The Math Prize for Girls, held annually at MIT, features 20 multistage problems in geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.

Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics

MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.

September 27, 2018

MIT SEVT solar vehicle placed 5th at the American Solar Challenge.

Sun-powered car shines in American Solar Challenge

MIT Solar Electrical Vehicle Team takes 5th place in nine-day challenge, which traversed the Oregon Trail from Omaha, Nebraska to Bend, Oregon.

August 27, 2018

Pitchfest will give six contestants the opportunity to present their best science or technology book idea before a panel of judges and a live audience at the Boston Book Festival in October.

"Shark Tank" meets book publishing

The MIT Press will host a Pitchfest competition at this year's Boston Book Festival.

August 17, 2018

Journal of Design and Science winning essays cover a range of disciplines and perspectives, from design and tech, to health and gender, to AI and morality.

Reveling in a complex, unknowable future

MIT Media Lab and MIT Press announce winners of the Journal of Design and Science essay competition.

July 23, 2018

AGNES, the Age Gain Now Empathy System developed at MIT AgeLab, a suit built to better understand the physical challenges associated with aging.

Challenge seeks innovations to improve wellbeing in aging populations

MIT AgeLab launches In Good Company global challenge in partnership with GE, Benchmark Senior Living, and the Massachusetts Council to Address Aging.

July 17, 2018

“I’ve always been interested in technology and in the different ways in which you can make people’s lives better through [technological] tools,” Rodríguez says.

William Rodríguez: Helping others broaden their horizons

MIT senior and Model UN leader William Rodríguez works to encourage the global exchange of ideas.

May 20, 2018

In January, Flux and the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team went on a road-testing trip in Georgia.

Powered by the sun

Flux, built by the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team, was recently unveiled at Johnson Rink in preparation for its participation in the American Solar Challenge.

May 16, 2018

The grand prize winner at this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition was Infinite Cooling, which is developing a system that captures and recycles vaporized water from thermoelectric power plants. Pictured here are the four Infinite Cooling team members, holding the big check (from left): Maher Damak, Karim Khalil, Kripa Varanasi, and Derek Warnick.

Device that recycles vaporized water from power plants wins MIT $100K

Eight teams pitched business ideas, and three took home cash prizes, at the annual entrepreneurship competition.