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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

Alexis Vivar posing next to a robotic arm

EECS student Alexis Vivar explored Brazil and Machine Learning in factory automation solutions

“The experience in Brazil made me think about my potential career paths”. Alexis traveled to Santa Catarina state during

Medtronic's MIT-Brazil interns (clockwise, from upper left): Ricardo De Armas, Diana Rosales, Kenneth Vieira, Erica Santana

MIT-Brazil and Medtronic: Engineering Medicine and Innovation

The MIT-Brazil program works with students from all disciplines to coordinate tailored internships, short-term research

Melanie Chhuan posing with co-workers in front of the HP building

Recent MechE graduate Melanie Chhuan designs processes to optimize part quality in 3D printers at HP, Inc. in Barcelona, Spain

In search of adventure and life experience, Melanie threw herself into the unfamiliar and beautiful city of Barcelona to

Nathan Munet sitting near a mural with a high vantage point, showing many buildings from the city all the way to the horizon.

BCS student Nathan Munet assists with neurobiology research at the Cajal Institute in Madrid

After years of studying Spanish, Nathan finally fulfilled his dream of living and working in a Spanish-speaking country

Peter Crocker posing on a balcony with beautiful rolling hills in the background

Peter Crocker studies Boundary Layer Turbulence and the inverse Magnus Effect in Malaga, Spain

Peter never could have guessed the dimples in a golf ball double the driving distance, but after studying boundary

Rahul Ramakrishnan happily working in a lab.

Rahul Ramakrishnan uncovers new ways to improve carbon nanotube fibers in Madrid, Spain

While working on mechanics problem sets in his dorm room overlooking the Charles, little did Rahul know that in a few