![Tatiana Vassiliev in a navy blue winter jacket with a furry hood up out in a forest covered with snow in Armenia](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2024-05/tatiana-v_gtl-armenia2023.jpeg?h=379ceb6d&itok=CU7Rceox)
Teaching robotics abroad to SpaceX internship
Rising junior Tatiana Vassiliev '26, a double major in electrical engineering and computer science major and finance
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Studying abroad and interning in New Zealand
Derek Allmond spent six months in New Zealand back in 2023—it was his very first time traveling out of the US! He took
![Kinan Martin selfie from the top of Cerro San Cristobal, overlooking the city of Santiago, Chile](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2022-11/99cff27bca73-300642199_3312493189036022_9034345304268875524_n.jpg?h=201e2d68&itok=LzATyd5a)
Learning NLP abroad
Kinan Martin ‘24 is a recipient of this year’s MISTI Excellence Award. By summer’s end, Kinan will have completed five
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Shruthi Ravichandran Summer 2023
This summer, Shruthi Ravichandran (EECS and Art & Design '25) is interning at the National Innovation Center in Nepal
![Charles Janson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2023-08/699bb0c0-68f5-4a95-8ac8-049dc209028c.jpg?h=a610a299&itok=fUbb-0mV)
Charles Janson Summer 2023
This summer, Charles Janson (MArch '25) conducted an independent research project, Material Ecologies: A Study of Earth
![Sahil Mohan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2023-08/screen-shot-2023-08-25-at-1.28.34-pm.png?h=ff7e3c76&itok=kG_3uZ2x)
Sahil Mohan Summer 2023
This summer, Sahil Mohan (MArch '23) conducted an independent research project on Architecture; Water, Spiritual
![Anna Haddad](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2023-08/img_2386.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=b7ru2zQL)
Anna Haddad Summer 2023
This summer, Anna Haddad (Mechanical Engineering '23) is interning at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) Nepal in
![Maria Castillo Castillo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2023-08/mc_experience.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=tqG9tddy)
Maria Daniela Castillo Summer 2023
This summer, Maria Daniela Castillo (MCP '23) is interning at Sensing Local in Bangalore, India! Read the below
![Megan Lim](https://cdn.statically.io/img/misti.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_card_image_style/public/2023-08/b543adc2-3ed0-45db-bda6-728696c596a1_720.jpg?h=8b87939f&itok=658iFkbc)
Megan Lim Summer 2023
This summer, Megan Lim (Business Management '24) is interning at The/Nudge Institute in Bangalore, India! Read the below