Student projects in D-Lab classes are defined by community partners and social ventures around the world - we don't always know what is needed, but our community partners do, and our students have technical knowledge and skills to contribute to that work.
Each semester, through a selection of full-semester classes, our students form into teams to work on projects framed by community partners – NGOs, local nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. At the end of each semester, students present their work to their peers, partners, and guests.
D-Lab Fall 2025 Student Projects
Applications of Energy in Global Development
Instructors Joshua Paul Maldonado
D-Lab: Development
Instructors: Libby Hsu, Bish Sanyal
- Dominican Republic: Conserving Ridgway’s Hawks in the Dominican Republic: Humans and the Environment
- Ghana: Be Ghana Weeds!
- India: Zero Waste in the Himalayas
- Madagascar: Designing closed-loop microagriculture systems for drought-stricken regions
- Mexico: Wizard of Voz
- South Africa: Cascaded Co-creation with Urban Youth in Langa
Design for Scale
Instructors: Macauley Kenney, Heewon Lee, Maria Yang
- Tanzania: A rotisserie-style jig frame mount for Green Africa's Zelo e-bike
- Egypt, Kenya, Saudi Arabia: Rology Bridge Hardware Casing
- Uganda: Smart Nuti Bike Alarm
Gender & Development
Instructors: Sally Haslanger, Libby McDonald
- India: Waste Management and Gender Equity in the Indian Himalaya Region
- Kenya: Creative Capacity Building for Teen Moms
- Peru: Aguaje
- Rwanda: Mapping Entrepreneurship Factors for Low-Income Women
