MIT D-Lab: Students Engineering for Global Impact, One Problem at a Time
For more than 20 years, MIT D-Lab has been emblematic of MIT’s motto: Mind and Hand. In this panel discussion with leaders of the D-Lab, learn how the first two decades of D-Lab will inform what’s in store for the next 20 years and discover how the program is helping students solve problems in partnership with local communities in Latin America, Africa, the United States, Asia, and beyond.
FEATURING
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Amy Smith ’84, ENG ’95, SM ’95
Founding Director, MIT D-Lab; Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
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Ana Pantelic
Executive Director, MIT D-Lab
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Maria Yang ’91
Associate Dean of Engineering; Gail E. Kendall (1978) Professor; Associate Director, Morningside Academy for Design; Faculty Director for Academics, MIT D-Lab
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Daniel Sweeney
Lecturer; MIT D-Lab Research Scientist; Biomass Fuels and Cookstoves Group Lead
Related Content and Programming
- Listen to Ana Pantelic discuss designing for a more equitable world.
- Learn how a D-Lab spinout is helping develop sustainable solutions in vehicle design.
- Watch the Daniel Sweeney presentation, "Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World."
- Explore the special role that D-Lab plays in students' lives, how it shapes their futures, and the unique value it brings to MIT.
- Watch MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and MIT D-Lab help a start-up in Uganda manufacture charcoal briquettes that produce a cleaner burn.
- Read how D-Lab has empowered communities for more than 20 years, and how its academic program puts tools of design into action around the world.
Support MIT D-Lab
And if you would like to help support D-Lab’s 20 years of Mind, Hand, and Heart, you can give to the D-Lab Annual Fund.