People of MITERS

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Current Students

Nigel Barnett('25)

Vehicles, rocket science, and other miscellaneous projects. Jack of most trades master of none, but better than one!

MITERS Alumni

(Dr.)Ciaran O'Neill ('23)

Ciaran got his PhD in mechanical engineering from Harvard and worked as a Post-doc designing novel tools.

Andrew Kyoungwan Woo('25)

Hi! I'm a soon-to-be MIT alum/grad student. I have a wide range of interests from music to mech-e and computer science. This includes projects like building my own hardware synths, electronic music arrangements, 83mph death scooters, software, and machine learning.

MIT Staff

Dane Kouttron

Robots and automation, batteries and battery management, power electronics, embedded development. Dane worked at A123 systems for several years and is our go-to guy for lithium battery management and safety.

Robert Reeve

Conventional/manual machine operation, metrology, traditional manufacturing, mechanical design especially gear design and gear manufacturing, precision grinding, electric discharge machining, heavy equipment moving/rigging/hauling, machinery salvage and restoration. Has a machine shop in Waltham specializing in gear manufacturing.

Andrew Birkel

Experimental physics, vintage machine refurbishment, gear shaping & hobbing. A good person to randomly dispense advice or stories… he’s old!