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Interdisciplinary Threads of NEETWeaving Together Innovation and Collaboration
Arina Khotimsky ’23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship
Arina Khotimsky ’23 from NEET's Climate & Sustainability Systems thread was selected for the 2023 Michel David-Weill scholarship, awarded each year to one student from the United States in a master’s program at Sciences Po in France who exemplifies the core values embodied by its namesake: excellence, leadership, multiculturalism, and high achievement.
Powering the Future
Students from 22.S094 (NEET Climate & Sustainability Systems: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar at Scale) and 21A.S01 (Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale) embarked on a journey to the capital city, with temperatures plummeting to an astonishing -40 degrees Fahrenheit, diving into the diverse tapestry of local life as they gleaned insight from various stakeholder groups.
“Transforming Engineering Education” TEE 2023 Conference
As the ninth in a series of international research symposiums, this year’s event focused on the theme “transforming engineering education”. According to Amitava ‘Babi’ Mitra, founding executive director, New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET), MIT, this marks “the first IRSPBL to take place in North America and the first conference on engineering education co-convened by MIT and Harvard University”.
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.