MIT Student Making Story: “Making space in my schedule to go to the maker space”
A student perspective on the first year maker training program at MIT from one of our founding member universities. Written by Waly N. ’24 (MIT).
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Omni Hotels & Resorts Covid-19 Design And Innovation Challenge Winners
Congratulations to all the winners this morning in the Omni Hotels and Resorts Covid-19 Design Challenge! Well done to all of our 14 finalists for excellent presentations.
Current Challenge: The Omni Hotels & Resorts COVID-19 Design and Innovation Challenge
The Make Impact Consortium is currently hosting the Omni Hotels & Resorts COVID-19 Design and Innovation Challenge to engage its students in making, innovation and entrepreneurship through community building and social awareness. Student teams will design, model and CAD solutions around the theme of reopening hotels safely during COVID-19. Students will receive from this exciting international team Challenge: Access…
MIC Joins Instagram!
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MathWorks® COVID-19 Design Challenge
The Make Impact Consortium is hosting a collaborative MathWorks® COVID-19 Design Challenge to engage its students in entrepreneurship through community building and social awareness. Student teams will design, model and CAD solutions around the theme of reopening during COVID-19. Find out more
Make Impact Consortium partner Bill Aulet featured on Forbes.com: “Some Entrepreneurs Are Adapting To A COVID-19 World. Others, Not So Much.”
View Article By Elizabeth MacBride, Apr 29, 2020 We celebrate, and possibly romanticize, entrepreneurs who stay steady in a crisis, who stick to a strategy and vision through thick and thin. But in a slow-rolling disaster like COVID-19, the qualities rising to the fore are different. Entrepreneurs need to be able to quickly shift strategies, and to recognize if…
1st annual TIME (Technology, Innovation, Making and Entrepreneurship) Meeting
Recap The first annual TIME (Technology, Innovation, Making and Entrepreneurship) meeting was held at MIT on 27-28 October 2019. We had great discussions that brought up really interesting ways for us to make an impact on our campuses. Thank you to all the participants! Agenda Plaques for Founding Members
MIC Hosts Bootcamp at Derby University
Students, faculty, shop managers and administrators from around the world gathered at the University of Derby in the UK for an exciting Make Impact Consortium Bootcamp on June 3-7, 2019. Participants from Derby University (UK), University of Fontys (the Netherlands), Applied Sciences University (Jordan), AL-Ahliyya Amman University (Jordan), and Station Houston Incubator (USA) had fun learning how to navigate…
MIC visits Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Professor Marty Culpepper and Saana McDaniel, on behalf of the Make Impact Consortium, recently visited Fontys University of Applied Sciences and Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven, The Netherlands for a series of lectures and tours. They also hosted a workshop with Makerspace managers at Fontys. Fontys has joined the Make Impact Consortium as a Founding Member. An article…
MIC Announces Founding Members
As of March, 2019, The Make Impact Consortium is led by MIT with six other Founding Members: Fontys University (The Netherlands), Indiana University, Texas A&M University, University of Derby (UK), University of Michigan, and University of New South Wales. Our members work together to define, and practice, better ways to Make Impact. The Make Impact Consortium is for universities,…
Join the Make Impact Consortium today!
The Make Impact Consortium is a global organization delivering Design, Innovation, Makerspace and Entrepreneurial programs. Organized by MIT, Consortium member universities partner with businesses and public sector organizations to create opportunities that help students Make Impact.