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With some relief, I am looking ahead to the days when I can be on campus talking to students, seeing faces in person, not on screen. Though there were myriad challenges because of the pandemic, there were some bright spots too: a collaboration with a high school in Italy, the  Hyperloop team was a finalist in The Boring Company's competition, and our high-speed images were featured in the Infinite magazine. In other news, I'm saying goodbye to my long-time communications officer, Camilla Metal Brinkman. One of the ways you would know her is as the author of our e-news for the past eight years. I'm grateful to her for helping me tell the Edgerton Center's story. I hope you stay tuned for more news.     

  

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

Students in Roiti High School at work

Physics in Italian

A collaboration with the Roiti High School in Italy is letting kids take their physics education outside of the classroom. Read more on MIT News...

tunnel image

The digging dozen

The MIT Hyperloop team was one of 12 finalists (in a field of 400) selected for The Boring Company's tunnel-digging competition. Read more at The Boston Globe...

Rose with bullet

Spray roses

Amir Cohen '19, Eric Luu '19, and Garrett Souza '19 shattered (and shot x2) a rose frozen with liquid nitrogen in 6.163, Strobe Project Laboratory. That image and more are featured in the current issue of MIT Infinite Magazine (pp. 20-23). 

Castillo and Ying of MIT Driverless Credit David Sella

Driving into the future 

MIT Driverless prepares for real-world racing scenarios in the upcoming Indy Autonomous ChallengeRead more on MIT News...   

A taste for making 

Continuing in the tradition of providing maker projects for communities, a DIY electronics project from the Edgerton Center was included in a box sent to MIT's admitted students. See more projects... 

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