This past semester, students in
2.002 (Mechanics and Materials II) held a competition to design nanoscale materials, using cutting-edge instruments at
MIT.nano. “I was able to do very graduate-level research and use very high-level facilities,” says senior Peter Williams. Adds senior Allison King: “People were literally pushing the bounds of engineering right in front of me, right now; it was kind of like an … out-of-body experience.”