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Faculty and Researchers Phil Budden Faculty Director, MIT-UK Program Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Affiliates and Visitors Daryl Press Affiliate, SSP Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Fellows Polina Beliakova Russian Foreign & National Security Policy Fellow, SSP Paul (1969) and Melonie Brophy Fellow
Andrew Motz's story Mechanical Engineering Andrew Motz, an MEng graduate student, worked in the Great Barrier Reef with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to focus on reef monitoring and restoration.
Tamara's story Aeronautics and Astronautics '24 During the summer of 2024, Tamara Hinderman worked at the Technical University of Clausthal in Lower Saxony near the Harz mountains in Germany. She shared that this internship was vital to her future decision to work in Germany and changed her entire career path—for the better.
Roger's story Ph.D Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering '19 Rodger interned for a semester in the Lubrication Department at Shell (Shanghai) Technology Ltd. and taught for a summer in three different regions of China with the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI).
Shruti's story Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Art and Design '25 Shruthi Ravichandran, worked on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain).
Michael's story Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '23 Michael interned with ULVAC, a global supplier of vacuum pumps and components, production systems and instrumentation that are used in semiconductors and flat panel displays. Michael was also able to practice Judo near his workplace at an Olympic medalist’s dojo (training hall).