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Dr. Greg Long, Lead Instructor for Autonomous Machines has been chosen as a recipient of a 2023 MIT Excellence Award. The award will be presented at an MIT-wide ceremony at the Kresge Auditorium on Thursday June 8th, 2023, from 3-4 pm.
The 2023 Excellence Awards + Collier Medal are a celebration of the exceptional work of MIT staff. We are excited to announce that this year, Dr. Gregory Long, Lead Instructor for NEET's Autonomous Machines thread has been chosen as a recipient of a 2023 MIT Excellence Award in the Outstanding Contributor category. The MIT Excellence Awards are the highest honors presented to MIT staff in recognition of their work. The MIT community will now have the chance to learn about how Greg has made a difference to the NEET Autonomous Machines students and the positive impact he has had on the NEET community.
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Paying it forward
Biology and computer science major Sherry Nyeo conducts research on RNA and spends her free time helping other undergraduates take advantage of MIT’s many diverse course and program offerings. When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.
Looking beyond “technology for technology’s sake”
“Learning about the social implications of the technology you’re working on is really important,” says senior Austen Roberson. Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field.
About the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program
The New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program was launched in 2017 to reimagine engineering education at MIT. A cross-departmental academic program with a focus on collaborative, project-centric learning, NEET cultivates the essential skills and qualities needed for students to address 21st-century societal challenges with interdisciplinary approaches.
Design Thinking, Prototyping and Education
The three-year NEET program, offered through the School of Engineering, provides new hands-on learning experiences for MIT undergraduate students, integrating design thinking and prototyping within a cross-departmental community. Students join as sophomores and learn how to address complex societal challenges through one of the four interdisciplinary ‘threads’: Autonomous Machines, Climate & Sustainability Systems, Digital Cities, or Living Machines. The School of Architecture and Planning offers the Digital Cities thread, in collaboration with the School of Engineering. In NEET’s first-year discovery class, SP.248 NEET Ways of Thinking, student teams engage in interdisciplinary challenges taken from NEET threads.
NEET Threads
NEET offerings, known as threads, give students unprecedented opportunities to immerse themselves in projects that cross disciplinary boundaries while earning a degree in their chosen major.
Why join NEET?
Built entirely around the new machines, materials, and systems driving modern industry, NEET offers a carefully designed curricular structure that empowers MIT students.