Student projects in D-Lab classes are defined by community partners and social ventures around the world - we don't always know what is needed, but our community partners do, and our students have technical knowledge and skills to contribute to that work.
Each semester, through a selection of full-semester classes, our students form into teams to work on projects framed by community partners – NGOs, local nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. At the end of each semester, students present their work to their peers, partners, and guests.
D-Lab Spring 2024 Final Student Projects
D-Lab: Design
Instructors: Ankita Singh, Eliza Squibb
- Nepal: Solar Cookers
- South Africa: South African Street Surfers
- US/Global: SurgiBox Mini
D-Lab: Climate Change and Planetary Health
Instructors: Susan Murcott, Julie Simpson
- MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Building Decarbonization Pilot Project: Test Fit Study
D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
Instructors: Libby Hsu, Susan Murcott
- Colombia: Slow Sand Filtration for Biological Wastewater Treatment System
- India/Global: HydroSmart.AI
- Peru: Pucará Project - Qocha and fog collector
- US/Global: Solar Cap
Design for Complex Environmental Issues
Instructors: Ari Epstein, Joel Grimm, Libby Hsu
Introduction to Energy in Global Development
Instructor: Dan Sweeney, Ahmad Zakka
- Cameroon: Off-Grid Brooder for Cameroonian Poultry Farmers, Spring 2024
- Ghana: Invasive Aquatic Weed Briquette Making in the Lower Volta Region of Ghana
Leadership in Design
Instructors: Ankita Singh, Eliza Squibb
- Africa/Global: CliMIT Smart Greenhouses
- Dominican Republic: Bird Box
- Mexico: Green Tread
- South Africa: Highveld Stretcher
Mobiles for Development
Instructors: Heewon Lee, Adi Mehrotra
- Tanzania: E-Bike Project
- Tanzania: ThreshTrack: Innovating Thresher Usage Monitoring in Tanzania
- Tanzania: Digital/Tech Education Curriculum
