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Helen along with other MIT students in Japan

Helen Ho, MEng, EECS, '19

"Through the internship, I think I learned a lot about the work and the fields that I am interested/not interested in

Tanya Smith posing with a group of co-workers outside of a restaurant

Tanya Smith, EECS, '20

"I would only recommend an internship at JAXA for people who are comfortable being extremely self-directed. The

Kenneth Koh standing on a path in a forest

Kenneth Koh, MS, Transportation Eng '17

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is an enormous engineering company with multiple factories both within and outside of

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