Stories & Experiences

Kinan Martin selfie from the top of Cerro San Cristobal, overlooking the city of Santiago, Chile

Learning NLP abroad

Kinan Martin ‘24 is a recipient of this year’s MISTI Excellence Award. By summer’s end, Kinan will have completed five

Collage of Manuel in front of the Basilica Lady of Guadalupe and Marwa with both hands up with her supervisor Ken, in front of Tokyo Big Sight in 2018

MISTI, a launchpad into MIT students’ careers while helping them become global citizens

“My plan is to become a university professor, and potentially have my own lab. I want to continue exploring the world

Alex Lam with the Autonomous Transport Group that he worked with in Yokohama

Alex Lam, Aero/Astro '21

" MISTI Japan gave me the opportunity to obtain real-life work experience while working on my Japanese in and out of the

Mina Blume with her co-workers from the Materials Research Department at IHI

Mina Blume, Materials Science & Engineering, '17

I was working in the Materials Research Department of IHI. Because IHI makes a lot of heavy machinery and products, it

Lisa '19, with some of her coworkers at IHI after giving a presentation

Lisa Zahray, EECS, '19

IHI – Heavy Industry: Energy, Infrastructure, Industrial Systems, and Aero/Space/Defense Project: Automatic Design

George in his IHI work uniform

George Liu-Krason, Chem, '18

The department I worked for was called the Advanced Applied Science Department. It is a research and development

De Xin at his work desk

De Xin Chen, Materials Science, '18

IHI has six different factories in Japan, each with a different specialization. As a heavy industry oriented company

Corinne Drysdale, MSE, '18

"While working at IHI, I noticed a very collaborative community. It seemed that everyone was well aware of what everyone

Robert and other interns with the Mitsubishi HR representatives

Robert Reed, AeroAstro, '18

Working in the resin department, my goal was to produce a resin with a very low viscosity and a relatively high glass