D-Lab: Design
Instructors: Sorin Grama, Eliza Squibb
Presentations: Thursday, May 11, 3-5 pm. In person at MIT Building N51-310 or join by Zoom!
- Botswana, Kenya: Brain Health Educational Game
- South Africa: Creating a Mobile Stretcher to Navigate Patients to Healthcare Workers through Alexandra Township
- South Africa: The Chill Wagon
- Colombia: The Great Açent! Exploring methods of assisted Açai Harvesting in Colombia
D-Lab: Water, Climate Change, and Health
Instructors: Susan Murcott, Julie Simpson
Presentations: Thursday, May 4, 12:30 – 3 PM. In person at MIT Building N51-310 or join by Zoom!
- Global: Scientifically Rigorous Carbon Offsets for Potential MIT "Test Bed" and Investment
- Ukraine, Turkey, Ohio: Drinking Water Maps
- US: Decarbonizing MIT’s Campus Buildings
- US: Mapping Environmental and Climate Justice in MIT’s STEM Courses
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
Instructors: Libby Hsu, Susan Murcott
Presentations: Tuesday, May 16, 12:05-2:55 PM. In person in N51-310 or on Zoom.
- Colombia: Data Collection and Monitoring for Vermifilter Toilets in Colombia
- India: A Blueprint for Resource Recovery from Fecal Sludge
- Mali: Groundwater Scarcity Remediation
- Nepal: Dignifying Menstruation in Nepal: A Bathroom Pilot
- Ukraine: Postwar Decentralized Water Supply Design
Design for Complex Environmental Issues
Instructors: Ari Epstein, Joel Grimm, Libby Hsu
Presentations: Wednesday, May 3, 7-9 PM. In person at MIT Lobby 13 (behind 105 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge). There will be two presentations of 30 minutes each to a panel of experts from 7:30-8:30, with mingling and snacks the rest of the time!
- Navajo Nation: Assisting Elders in Agriculture
Entrepreneurship for the Idealist
Instructor: Manish Bhardwaj
Presentations 1: Wednesday, May 3, 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM. In person only in N51-310.
Presentations 2: Wednesday, May 10, 10:05 AM-12:25 PM. In person only in N51-310.
- Nicaragua/Central America: Visual Index of Spatial (In)Justice
- Kenya: Bridging Access to Agri-preneurship to Kenyan Youth
- US: Exploring and Mitigating the Impact of Increasingly Algorithmic Social Media Recommender Systems on US Political Polarization
- Brazil: Arari: Decarbonizing meat-production through insect farming
- US: Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates for Low-Income Engineering Students
Introduction to Energy in Global Development
Instructor: Dan Sweeney
Presentations: Friday, May 5, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Presentations recording.
- Cameroon: Chicken Brooder
- India, Nepal: Himalayan Water Heater Using Chimney Heat
Leadership in Design
Instructors: Sorin Grama, Eliza Squibb
Presentations: Friday, May 12, 11:00-12:30. In person at MIT Building N51-310 or join by Zoom!
- India, Mexico: Solar Dryer