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Rohit Karnik named director of J-WAFS

February 28, 2025 | MIT News

Professor Rohit Karnik, NEET faculty director and mechanical engineering professor, will lead MIT’s only program specifically focused on water and food for human need.

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MIT class takes students on a grand tour of the interdisciplinary world of biotech

February 18, 2025 | MIT News

In NEET course 20.051 | Introduction to NEET: Living Machines, students explore and apply concepts from different disciplines, providing them with broad knowledge and hands-on practice for real-world application.

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When MIT’s interdisciplinary NEET program is a perfect fit

December 17, 2024 | MIT News

Junior Katie Spivakovsky, NEET Living Machines scholar, describes her path through New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) to biomedical research and beyond.

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Multiscale Porosity Microfluidics to Study Bacterial Transport in Heterogeneous Chemical Landscapes

May 28, 2024 | Wiley Online Library

Research co-authored by NEET Living Machines Lead Instructor Dr. Mehdi Salek was featured on the front cover of Advanced Science Volume 11, Issue 20.

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Paying it forward

January 31, 2023 | MIT News

Biology and computer science major Sherry Nyeo '23, NEET Living Machines scholar, conducts research on RNA and spends her free time helping other undergraduates take advantage of MIT’s many diverse course and program offerings.

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Uphill battles: Across the country in 75 days

August 22, 2024 | MIT News

NEET Living Machines scholar Amulya Aluru ’23, MEng ’24 and the MIT Spokes have spent the summer spreading science, over 3,000 miles on two wheels. Spokes is an MIT-based nonprofit that each year sends students on a transcontinental bike ride. Aluru worked for months with seven fellow MIT students on logistics and planning.

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Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration

October 17, 2023 | MIT News

MIT professor Edward Crawley, NEET co-founder and senior advisor, reflects on five decades of impactful work in aerospace engineering and education, at the Institute and beyond.

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Arina Khotimsky ’23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship

June 12, 2023 | MIT News

Arina Khotimsky '23, NEET Climate and Sustainability Systems scholar, was selected for the 2023 Michel David-Weill scholarship for exemplifying excellence, leadership, multiculturalism, and high achievement.

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