A Field Trip

A Field Trip After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of what there is to know about MIT. But I don’t think I even come close. Every day, I discover something new about MIT; I’m so amazed by everything that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been working with MIT’s Edgerton Center, which supports teams such as the Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Formula SAE, Marine Robotics Team, and more all of which place a big emphasis on hands-on work and building. I’ve corresponded back and forth with a number of the student leaders in these groups, but it wasn’t until about two weeks ago that I actually visited their workshop in Building N51 and saw for myself everything that they do. Check these pictures out: Can you believe students built all these things?? All of these groups spend a significant number of hours each week in the workshop, working away into the night. While they receive some funding from the Edgerton Center, they do quite a bit of fundraising on their own. As a pre-med student at MIT and predominantly a life sciences type of person, I was impressed by everything these groups had built in their workshop. I think I’ll get a chance to go back next week and explore a little more but in the mean time, just thought I’d share these pictures :) Spring break kicks off tomorrow! I’m heading down south to Texas for some hot weather, special times with family, a road trip with friends, and a conference for Camp Kesem. More updates on the flip side of Spring Break! p.s. If youd like to learn more about the Edgerton Center, heres the link to their page.