Collaborations

Lincoln Laboratory's status as a large multidisciplinary research and development center makes it a strong resource for collaborative research initiatives.
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Collaboration with MIT Beaver Works introduces exposure to entrepreneurial culture, greater access to MIT technological expertise, and the opportunity to advance system and technology development. MIT Beaver Works collaborates in a variety of ways:

  • Sharing research insights
  • Starting joint technology projects
  • Providing funded research opportunities
  • Enhancing MIT undergraduate research projects
  • Mentoring student projects
  • Facilitating project-based learning
  • Accommodating space for courses, workshops, and events for MIT departments, Lincoln Laboratory, and other organizations
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Beaver Works’ MIT Partners

As part of MIT, Beaver Works is uniquely positioned to cooperate with campus departments. Our many partners include:

Interested in collaborating with us? Contact the Beaver Works Facility Manager

Beaver Works' Capstone collaboration

The main Beaver Works collaboration is the capstone course, an MIT engineer­ing class which features a project to develop technology that solves a real-world problem. During two semesters, the students design a system that addresses a need and then fabricate a prototype system. MIT faculty and Lincoln Laboratory researchers serve as advisors for these capstones and provide expertise in engineering design as students build and test a working proof-of-concept model.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Systems Center

The Lincoln Beaver Works UAV Systems Center is a research and teaching center dedicated to advancing multiple aspects of small UAV technologies. Within the center, Lincoln Laboratory staff, MIT faculty, and students collaborate side by side on challenging, multidisciplinary projects on the cutting edge of unmanned system development. Technical areas of focus include vehicle design, system fabrication and integration, detailed analysis and simulation, communication link architectures, command and control, flight testing and certification, and advanced payload development. The teaching and research professionals at the UAV Systems Center are committed to the development of students who are enthusiastic about unmanned systems and seek to make a difference on the national landscape.

Beaver Works collaborators are conducting innovative research and development in small UAVs with new platforms and configurations, novel power sources, advanced human-machine interfaces, and miniaturized sensors.  This work will culminate in yearly demonstrations of small UAV technologies in each of several promising mission areas.

Beaver Works’ Partnership with Lincoln Laboratory

The relationship between Lincoln Laboratory and Beaver Works affords enhanced participation in national security challenges, access to full-featured prototyping and research facilities, strong coupling to national expertise in systems and missions, and exposure to Lincoln Laboratory career opportunities. The benefits of this relationship include:

  • Innovation, collaboration, and hands-on development
  • Exceptional research and education through project-based learning
  • Support of initiatives aligned with Lincoln Laboratory missions
  • Large-scale collaboration projects leveraging synergies between MIT campus research and Lincoln Laboratory technology development

Examples of Activities at Beaver Works

Courses

  • Capstone courses
  • USMA Cadet lectures
  • Software training for MIT SMT Solvers
  • Training for Accessing Resources at MIT
  • Advanced Database Techniques course
  • MIT Mechanical Engineering Optics classes
  • Lincoln Laboratory Systems Engineering course
  • MIT Digital Plus programs
  • MIT Professional Education courses
  • IAP courses
    • Build a Small Radar System
    • Free-Space Laser Communications
    • Hands-on Computational Imaging
    • Hands-on Holography
    • Mathematics of Big Data
    • Software-defined Radio
    • Microfluidics
    • RACECAR Autonomous Robot

Workshops

  • Disaster Relief Humanitarian Assistance Workshop
  • Disaster Response Workshop
  • Mini Cyber Capture the Flag Workshop
  • Cyber Capture the Flag workshop
  • Deshpande Center Corporate Work
  • Beaver Works Humanitarian Workshop

Events

  • Lincoln Laboratory seminars
  • Imaging Café
  • Cyber Design Challenge
  • IEEE Boston Embedded System Hackathon
  • STEM Outreach programs
  • Community Outreach programs
  • Sponsor meetings for Lincoln Laboratory programs
  • Lincoln Laboratory Offsite meetings
  • General meetings
    • MIT Kavli Institute
    • IEEE Meetings
    • MIT Portugal Program meeting
    • Exchange Place Advisor meetings
    • MIT Admissions meeting
    • MIT Activities Council meeting
    • Ceremonies for Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers