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Designing the built environment through a service lens

MIT senior Carene Umubyeyi hopes to use the knowledge she has gained during her time at MIT to expand and educate on sustainable structural design and building methods in her home country of Rwanda and elsewhere in Africa. Credits: Photo: Kathleen Briana

News | Feb 23, 2022 | Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Designing the built environment through a service lens

Community engagement and evaporative cooling technologies in East Africa

Evaporative cooling team at farming cooperative center in Masii, Kenya. From left: Trang Luu, Eric Verploegen, Carene Umubyeyi, research partners from the University of Nairobi El-Yakhim Mwachoni and Benson Maina.

Blog | Dec 10, 2019 | Carene Umubyeyi, MIT '22

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Community engagement and evaporative cooling technologies in East Africa

Evaporative Cooling for Improved Vegetable and Fruit Storage in Rwanda and Burkina Faso

Publication | May 29, 2019 | Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab; Rashmi Ekka & Gurbinda Gill, Agribusiness Associates

Evaporative Cooling for Improved Vegetable and Fruit Storage in Rwanda and Burkina Faso

Combining artificial intelligence with their passions

MIT graduate student Subby Olubeko.

News | Mar 07, 2019 | Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence

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Combining artificial intelligence with their passions

D-Lab Rwanda: technology demonstrations and community mapping

D-Lab Rwanda team demonstrating the use of charcoal press to members of one of the cooperatives we visited.

Blog | Jan 18, 2011 | Victor Grau Serrat

D-Lab Rwanda: technology demonstrations and community mapping

List of favorite things from D-Lab Rwanda

Blog | Jan 16, 2011 | Victor Grau Serrat

List of favorite things from D-Lab Rwanda

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