Research and Innovation Through Project-Based Learning

Beaver Works is a research area, a classroom, and a prototype shop open to all MIT students, faculty, and collaborators for innovating and hands-on development.

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Beaver Works café area with wood seating, yellow accent walls, pendant lights, and glass-walled labs in the background.

What We Do

  • Outreach  Conduct research and educational programs
  • Calendar  Facilitate work through use of collaborative spaces
  • Projects  Assist design efforts with maker spaces and prototyping facilities
  • Classes  Offer space for capstone research projects with MIT Departments
  • Collaboration  Provide a nexus for innovation, collaboration, and hands-on development
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Facilities

Student flying a small drone through an obstacle at the Beaver Works facility.

BWSI

Two people collaborating at a laptop during a Beaver Works computer lab session.

Internships