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Olin’s campus is a dynamic hub for discovery, exploration, and learning in every dimension—and at every opportunity. We transcend disciplines, break down silos, blend art and science, and push the boundaries of research toward real discovery.

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STORY: Students Leverage Real Operations Data to Make Sustainability Impact at Olin

A new course at ��߹ۿ�� has students using real data from the campus’s building automation and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to lower energy usage and increase efficiency today and into the future.

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STORY: ��߹ۿ��’s Undergraduate Research and Hands-on Learning on Display at 2025 AAAS Annual Meeting

A delegation of Olin students and two faculty presented their research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, held in Boston from February 13-15, 2025.

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STORY: Olin Welcomes Spring 2025 Exchange Students

This spring, Olin welcomes exchange students from our partner institutions for a semester-long experience to take part in our project-based learning environment, helping to grow and amplify the positive impact an Olin engineering education makes in the world.

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Dyllan Nguyen is shown standing in the Olin Wood Shop.

STORY: Sculpting the Future: Dyllan Nguyen’s Journey as an Artist and Educator

Read all about Fabrication Specialist and Instructor, Dyllan Nguyen's journey as an artist and educator, and learn how they're sculpting the future at Olin.

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STORY: Oliners Create Sustainable and Fully Bespoke Aerodynamic Package for Formula Car

During the Fall 2024 semester, a team of five ��߹ۿ�� of Engineering students undertook an innovative and extracurricular passion project to design, optimize, and fabricate a fully bespoke aerodynamic package for an Olin Formula SAE car.

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Sparsh Gupta ’26 pictured studying abroad in Cambridge, UK.

STORY: Exploring Cambridge: Sparsh Gupta ’26 on Studying Abroad and the Gilman Scholarship

For Sparsh Gupta ’26, studying abroad at the University of Cambridge in Fall 2024 was about stepping into an entirely different academic and cultural experience.

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STORY: Cultivating Whole Engineers through Partnerships with Local Farms

This summer, two Olin students spent their time engaged equally in agricultural research and hands-on farmwork at certified-organic Powisset Farm.

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NEWS: Olin Wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Farm Robotics Challenge

A design team from ��߹ۿ�� of Engineering and their robot, the “PhoenixBot,” have won the $10,000 grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. The award was announced on Oct. 24 during a ceremony at the FIRA USA robotics conference in Woodland, Calif.

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STORY: Olin Students Create Rare, Fully Functional Electromechanical Turing Machine

A team of five ��߹ۿ�� of Engineering undergraduate students have created their own electromechanical Turing Machine for a project in their Fall 2023 Principles in Engineering (PIE) class. And at a low-cost of under $250, it might be one of only three physical machines in existence.

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STORY: Olin Baja Car Pushed to the Limits at Rugged SAE Competition

On September 12-15, eighteen members of the Olin Baja project team took their off-road car to Holly, Michigan, to attend the annual Baja SAE competition for engineering students. After three days of competition, tests, and working day and night on-site to get it ready, their car was pushed to the limits. Would it endure the notorious four-hour endurance race??

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NEWS: Olin Wins 2024 WorkWell Massachusetts Award

Olin is a 2024 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Awards Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion.

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A group of college students pose for a joyful photo in front of a large rock with the words "SCOTLAND' across it in white lettering.

STORY: Oliners Experience Unique Mix of Coursework & Culture While Studying in Scotland

In the fall of 2023, sixteen ��߹ۿ�� students embarked on a one-of-a-kind academic opportunity in Scotland, with a unique, faculty-led study abroad trip that blended Olin coursework and an integration into the Scottish academic environment.

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STORY: Olin Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2024

Meet the new members of Olin's faculty, including two alumni, joining us for Fall 2024! In this article, you'll find three profile stories of the new longterm faculty, as they share a little more about themselves and what they are looking forward to most at Olin.

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