Student Projects & Presentations

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 Spring 2025 Student Projects

D-Lab: Design

Instructors: Ankita Singh, Eliza Squibb

  • Nepal:
  • South Africa: 
  • US/Global: 

D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health

Instructors: Susan Murcott, Julie Simpson

  • MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 

D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Instructors: Libby Hsu, Susan Murcott

  • Colombia: 
  • India/Global: 
  • Peru: 
  • US/Global: 

Design for Complex Environmental Issues

Instructors: Ari Epstein, Joel Grimm, Libby Hsu

Introduction to Energy in Global Development

Instructor: Joshua Paul Maldonado

  • Cameroon: 
  • Ghana:

Leadership in Design

Instructors: Ankita Singh, Eliza Squibb

  • Africa/Global: 
  • Dominican Republic: 
  • Mexico: 
  • South Africa: