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Kevin Leonardo, MechE, '17

The Robotics Lab is part of the Graduate School of Information Science at NAIST. Its groups specialize in manipulation

A person with their hand on the steering wheel of a car

Andres Badel, ChemE, '17

"Through working abroad with MISTI, I gained a more comfortable familiarity with Japanese that I wouldn’t have gained at

Brian Mills posing for a moment while at work

Brian Mills, Physics 2019, travels to Chigasaki, Kanagawa, to work with ULVAC

ULVAC specializes in the design and manufacture of vacuum technologies and a wide range of technologies that require

Kyla Truman busy as work with a microscope

At Instituto Cajal, recent Brain and Cognitive Sciences grad conducts 3D neuronal reconstruction

Kyla Truman created an image atlas of brain slices for an Alzheimer's Disease brain originally thought to be

Kiera posing in front of a digital screen displaying work documents

MechE student Kiera Gavin creates electrical engineering software to measure and control a new solar cell design in Madrid, Spain

In the lead lab in a project with 6 other universities throughout Europe, Kiera was able to design a software to test

Juan Carlos smiling for the camera while sitting down

Researching autonomous drone machine learning algorithms in Madrid

When Juan Carlos got to MIT he did not know he would be able to spend his days working with drones and nights on the

Rachel Price sitting on a grassy lawn in Moscow in 2017.

Aeronautics major interned for Russia’s private space company

“My job began with assembling existing information on the platform’s development into a single design report,” she says

Angelov, Li, and Machover in the O+C offices in Paris

From Morocco to Paris, Architecture students explore a new world of design

Thanks to an unexpected opportunity in spring 2017, three Architecture students found themselves interning for a unique

Attia posing for the camera at a fabric workstation

IDM student Attia Qureshi supports artisan economy in Manteigas, Portugal

Adapting to new culture Attia worked with artisans and laborers every day to develop unique blankets made out of