Meet the MIT MAD 2024 Design Fellows

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design announces the
2024 cohort of Design Fellows for the upcoming academic year. The highly competitive program
received applications from talented designers across the Institute (‪@mit‬), leading to a rigorous selection
process.
Ten fellowships providing full tuition support, a stipend, and health insurance, were
awarded to current Master’s or PhD candidates from seven MIT departments (Civil and
Environmental Engineering ‪@mitcivilandenvironmentalen4379‬, Mechanical Engineering ‪@MITMechE‬, Architecture ‪@MITArchitectureDept‬, Urban Studies and Planning ‪@duspmit2995‬,
Management ‪@MITSloan‬, Media Arts and Sciences ‪@MITMediaLab‬, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ‪@MIT_EECS‬).
Congratulations to:
* Sofia Chiappero, DUSP and ‪@mitdesignx5458‬, who works to improve the livelihoods of people living in informal settlements.
* Clemence Couteau, Sloan, who s creating a therapy chatbot to support mothers with post-partum depression.
* Mateo Fernandez, Architecture, who transforms the building industry through biomaterials and 3D-printing for construction.
* Charlotte Folinus, MechE, who develops soft robots adapting to uncertainty.
* Alexander Htet Kyaw, Architecture & EECS, who challenges conventional manufacturing and fabrication processes through robotic assembly and Gen AI.
* Dení López, DUSP, who uses design for disaster resilience to support Zapotec communities in Mexico.
* Caitlin Morris, Media Arts & Sciences, who explores the role of multisensory influences on cognition and learning.
* Maxine Perroni-Scharf, EECS, who develops metamaterials with extreme properties.
* Lyle Regenwetter, MechE, who trains Gen AI to incorporate design requirements such as safety and performance.
* Zane Schemmer, CEE, who works on reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment by designing with local materials.
Thank you to Conor McArdle from ‪@MITProjectManus‬ for the filming and editing collaboration! 💥