Build prototypes, learn new skills, explore madcap ideas, and get advice and encouragement—the Edgerton Center is the place where mind and hand come together.
Student Programs
Providing training and support for MIT students via machine and fabrication shops, classes, clubs, and teams.
Engineering the Motorsports race car
K-12 Education
Hands-on Maker, science and engineering programs to inspire K-12 students, and training for educators to bring lessons into their own classrooms.
Building a Lego race car
High-speed Imaging
Carrying on the legacy of Doc Edgerton by providing MIT and other professionals with expertise in high-speed and scientific imaging.
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MIT Arcturus
First annual Edgerton Center team showcase dazzled audience of all ages
Visitors to MIT on April 13 caught a glimpse of innovation in action with students carrying an 8-foot rocket and a solar-powered car driving down Mass Ave, all headed to Lobby 13. Described by MIT Rocket Team Caption Cruz Soto ’24 as a “vibrant melting pot for anything and everything engineering,” the showcase featured Arcturus, MIT Motorsports, Robo Team, Rocket Team, Design Build Fly, Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT), and SPOKES.
Introducing MIT Arcturus: The Edgerton Center’s new RoboBoat team
The 27-member team will represent MIT at the international RoboBoat competition this June
At MIT, women students take the lead
Undergraduate women students strengthen MIT Edgerton Center teams with diverse perspectives
Students Create a Maker Community at the Edgerton Center Over IAP
Amidst bouncy dance music and shiny streamers, students raced to complete their IAP projects for the pinball showcase on Friday, January 28th, at the Edgerton Center. The pressure was on, but all in good fun.
How a Vision for a Solar Car Sparked a Career―and MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle …

The origins for MIT Edgerton’s student-run Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) started in an unusual place—on the deck of a ship. Suffering from seasickness during one of MIT professor Doc Egerton’s nautical archaeology voyages, James Worden ’89 shared his idea for creating solar cars. Two weeks later, he had lab space in Building 20 and competed in Switzerland’s Tour de Sol the next semester. Read the full article on Slice of MIT.