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    "Being able to see myself create and build really increased my confidence and belief in myself as an engineer."

    Austen Roberson, Class of 2023 | MIT NEET, Autonomous Machines

SP.248 | The NEET Experience

First-Year Discovery Class | REGISTER NOW!

In SP.248, first-year students immerse themselves in each of the NEET threads by engaging in team-based challenges taken from each of the thread domains. Students in this course will exercise their algorithmic, creative, and systems thinking while learning about the invaluable opportunities, resources, mentorship, and communities NEET offers to its scholars.

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Interested in previewing a previous version of this course? Check out NEET Ways of Thinking on MIT OpenCourseWare to preview some of the challenges assigned in SP.248: The NEET Experience!

NEET Ways of Thinking

MIT OpenCourseWare

This subject gives first-year students a unique opportunity to explore the New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program while acquiring valuable problem-solving skills. It introduces students to the NEET Ways of Thinking, which are cognitive approaches for tackling complex challenges, valued by industry and for thriving in an uncertain and rapidly changing world. Student teams will engage in challenge-based learning in interdisciplinary engineering education via the NEET program threads. Student teams will learn how to apply various Ways of Thinking for solving these challenges, including practical methods and tools which they can later use at MIT and beyond.

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NEET Offerings: Keys to Success

Built entirely around the new machines, materials, and systems driving modern industry, NEET offers a carefully designed curricular structure that empowers MIT students.

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    Exclusive Access: Gain access to numerous NEET-affiliated research labs, faculty, mentors, industry contacts, community spaces, and registration priority to many project-based classes.

    Cutting-Edge Technology: Work on cutting-edge interdisciplinary projects at MIT labs.

    Machines of the Future: Design, build and deploy machines of the future from autonomous drones to human organs-on-chip.

    Intellectual Community: Join a community of hundreds of students from over 10+ majors across the schools of Engineering and Science.

    Transferable Skills: Gain valuable technical, lab and interpersonal skills that are in high demand by industry, graduate and medical schools.

    NEET Certificate: Earn a NEET certificate from the MIT School of Engineering in your desired thread.

NEET Threads: Choose Your Path

NEET Threads weave together innovation and collaboration. NEET scholars earn a degree in the major of their choice and a NEET Certificate in one of four high-impact cross-departmental threads:

Autonomous Machines

Design, build, and deploy mechanical systems, software, and autonomy algorithms for real-world autonomous machines and robots.

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Climate & Sustainability Systems

Work on groundbreaking research projects with real-world impact with a diverse group of climate-conscious students.

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Living Machines

Discover, build and engineer living systems for broad applications in biotechnology and medical devices.

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Digital Cities

Build the cities of the future by immersing scholars in the emerging intersections of computer science and urban planning.

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Read about the NEET community's activities and accomplishments.

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Powering the future in Mongolia

June 12, 2023

MIT students from classes 22.S094 (Climate and Sustainability Systems: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar at Scale) and 21A.S01 (Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale) visited Mongolia to conduct on-site surveys, diving into the diverse tapestry of local life as they gleaned insight from various stakeholder groups.

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Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration

October 17, 2023

MIT professor Edward Crawley, NEET Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, reflects on five decades of impactful work in aerospace engineering and education, at the Institute and beyond.

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From Industry to Academia: Aurora Employees Support MIT’s NEET Experiential Learning Program

April 13, 2023

Aurora Flight Sciences helps MIT NEET students gain real-world insights and develop skills that will help them succeed in their future careers.

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Arina Khotimsky '23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship

June 12, 2023

Arina Khotimsky '23, NEET Climate & Sustainability Systems scholar, was selected for the 2023 Michel David-Weill scholarship for exemplifying excellence, leadership, multiculturalism, and high achievement.

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Paying it forward

January 31, 2023

Biology and computer science major Sherry Nyeo '23, NEET Living Machines scholar, conducts research on RNA and spends her free time helping other undergraduates take advantage of MIT’s many diverse course and program offerings. When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.

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