D-Lab

Membrane structures in plant xylem from different species are being investigated for use in water filtration.

J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants

Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.

August 12, 2016

Professor Dan Frey of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is the new faculty director of D-Lab.

Dan Frey named D-Lab faculty director

Professor of mechanical engineering brings a long association with D-Lab and a commitment to design for the developing world.

July 27, 2016

2016 MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups fellow Heather Beem (second from right) co-founded the Practical Education Network (PEN) while pursuing her PhD in mechanical engineering at MIT. PEN is currently based in Ghana.

D-Lab Scale-Ups awards four fellowships totaling $80,000 to social entrepreneurs

Fellows work on low-cost microgrids, prosthetics made from cane, hands-on STEM education in Ghana, and a rechargeable headlamp for rural Indian farmers.

July 25, 2016

MIT participates in the White House's National Week of Making

Members of the MIT community host maker events on campus and give talks about making in Washington.

June 22, 2016

Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel ’78 earns MIT Alumni Association’s highest honor

MIT Corporation life member and global entrepreneur honored for his history of service and philanthropy at MIT.

June 9, 2016

As an undergraduate at MIT, Ned Burnell began thinking about the entire process of making products, and all of the decisions that lead to designing products in a particular way. This is what motivated him to pursue mechanical engineering.

Using engineering savvy to improve product designs

From windmills to software, graduate student Ned Burnell creates better tools.

June 8, 2016

Susan Murcott, a researcher in MIT's Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation and instructor in the MIT D-Lab, presents her work at TechCon 2014 at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2016, TechCon will be hosted at MIT.

USAID and MIT to co-host conference on innovative approaches to international development

TechCon 2016 will take place at MIT Nov. 10-12.

May 19, 2016

Tata Center announces new projects for 2016-2017

April 13, 2016

“Most people in my family who go abroad just go for graduate school; no one goes as a 17-year-old,” Amna Magzoub says. “I had to convince a lot of people that it was really worth it.”

In search of a major she loves

Senior Amna Magzoub finds her niche in mechanical engineering, plans to bring skills home to Sudan.

March 30, 2016

MIT Scaling Development Ventures keynote speaker Hannes van Rensburg (left), founder of Fundamo; and special guest speaker Ann Mei Chang, chief innovation officer and the executive director of the U.S. Global Development Lab.

MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference set for April 1

More than 40 speakers from MIT and around the world will be featured in plenary and breakout sessions in this fourth-annual conference on innovation in poverty alleviation.

March 28, 2016