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MIT D-Lab participates in National Design Week, accepts National Design Award

Attending the National Design Awards Gala on October 17 in support of D-Lab's win wereEmily Young '18, co-founder, Okoa Project; Senior Associate Dean and Director, Office of Experiential Learning Kate Trimble; Kristin Kagetsu '12, co-founder Saathi Pads; D-Lab Faculty Director for Academics Maria Yang; Raj Tahil '81; D-Lab Founding Director Amy Smith; D-Lab Academic Program Manager Libby Hsu; Debbie Lin Teodorescu, founder SurgiBox; D-Lab Associate Director for Research Kendra Leith.

News | Oct 21, 2019 | Nancy Adams

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MIT D-Lab participates in National Design Week, accepts National Design Award

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award

In conjunction with defining design criteria for a novel water filter technology using plant xylem tissue under development by Mechanical Engineering Professor Rohit Karnik, a D-Lab research team investigated user needs and preferences through surveys, interviews, and through water filter prototyping sessions with local women in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, India.  Photo: Megha Hegde/MIT D-Lab

News | Jun 18, 2019 | Nancy Adams

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award

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