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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2023
● Paying it forward | MIT News● Arina Khotimsky '23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship | MIT News● From Industry to Academia: Aurora Employees Support MIT’s NEET Experiential Learning Program | Aurora Flight Sciences● Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration | MIT News● Powering the future in Mongolia | MIT News● 3 Questions: Bridging anthropology and engineering for clean energy in Mongolia | MIT News
2022
2021
● Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021 | | MIT News● NEET Scholar Amy Jin named 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholar | MIT News● NEET Faculty Leads Elsa Olivetti and Michael Short Among 2021 MacVicar Faculty Fellows | MIT News● NEET LM Faculty Lead Linda Griffith among five MIT faculty members elected to AAS for 2021 | MIT News● "Up for a Challenge": MIT News Profiles NEET Living Machines senior Jose Aceves-Salvador | MIT News● NEET LM Faculty Lead Linda Griffith featured in NYT Profile for her work on endometriosis | The New York Times● Recent NEET graduates tackle air pollution with autonomous drones | MIT School of Engineering● NEET Steering Committee member Maria Yang appointed Associate Dean of MIT's School of Engineering | MIT News● NEET Founding Thread Lead Professor Elsa Olivetti wins 2021 MIT Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching | MIT News● NEET Faculty Lead Mike Short Featured in MIT School of Engineering Video "Wizard Professor" | MIT SoE YouTube Channel
2020
● NEET Junior Lilly Papalia's Team Wins GM/MIT Blacktop Build in IAP 2020 | MIT School of Engineering● Saurabh Amin, Professor of Civil Engineering: Striving to make our infrastructure safer | MIT News● Mark Bathe, NEET Faculty Co-Director: Bioeconomy Distinguished Lecture Series | NSF● Universities as Engines of Economic Development: Making Knowledge Exchange Work | MIT News● NEET presented at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 125th, 126th and 127th Annual Conferences | ASEE● Class of 2020: 1st Annual NEET Conferment Ceremony Celebration | MIT NEET● Testing the waters | MIT News
2018
● A Recipe for Health | MIT News● MIT alumnus and GM engineer returns to campus to inspire student innovation | MIT News● A NEET New Approach to Engineering Education | Following the Thread | MIT Spectrum● NEET will offer two new threads this fall | The Tech● Reimagining and rethinking engineering education | MIT News● NEET at the MIT Festival of Learning: Expo 2018 | MIT Admissions
2017
● Putting projects at the forefront | MIT News● School of engineering to pilot interdisciplinary course roads | The Tech