News From the Center

Maker spaces and making are all the rage in the country these days. The Edgerton Center has been doing exactly this for 25 years giving MIT students space, tools, and support. Some great stories below. I appreciated the video from the MIT Rocket team as well as the spontaneous dancing that erupted during our summer high school engineering program. Enjoy, Kim

Prof. J. Kim Vandiver
Forbes Director of the Edgerton Center

MIT Motorsports takes second in electric competition

At the SAE Collegiate Design Series event in Lincoln, Nebraska, the team earned a Second Place Overall Spirit of Excellence Award.

“This has been one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, and I couldn’t be happier with the results,” team captain Luis Mora said

MIT Rocket Team soars 10,555' to 2nd place

Project Raziel won 2nd place in the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s first annual Spaceport America Cup. Read more or watch the launch.

Giving students a say in their own education

Sometimes the most important question to ask in an engineering workshop for high school students is: Who can use it and why should the student care about it? Read more...

MIT Makers

Renovations are complete in the Student Project Lab (4-409). The lab and Area 51 comprise two of the 12 MakerLodges on campus, an initiative of Prof. Marty Culpepper that provides students with the tools and training for making.

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