Press / Awards
M-Lab has received several group and individual awards related to the various projects. Click on a year for more information. Press inquiries can be directed to mlab-web (at) mit (dot) edu. For more press, see Amos Winter's website.
2010
LFC on CNN - A smoother wheelchair ride
LFC on The Boston Globe - MIT's levered wheelchair extends freedom to Third World (featured on the front page)
Amos Winter - Fulbright Fellowship to continue LFC work in India
Mario Bollini - NDSEG Fellowship for graduate studies
2009
LFC - $50k from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
LFC - 1st place, ASME IDETC conference graduate student mechanism design competition
LFC - Finalist, RESNA annual conference student design competition
Tish Scolnik - Truman Scholarship
Tish Scolnik - Glamour Top 10 College Women
Tish Scolnik - Priscilla King Grey Public Service Award
Mario Bollini - de Florez Design Competition, MIT Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Amos Winter - Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fellowship
Danielle DeLatte, Harry O'Hanley- MIT Public Service Center Fellowships
LFC - Clinton Global Initiative Outstanding Commitment
2008
Mario Bollini - Winner, RESNA Student Design Competition
LFC - Winner, MIT IDEAS Competition
Amos Winter - Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fellowship
Tish Scolnik, Xuefeng Chen, Levi Schmidt, Forrest Funnel - PSC Fellowships
2007
NCIIA grant for Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries
Amos Winter - Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fellowship
Tish Scolnik, Mario Bollini, Wenxian Hong - PSC Fellowships
2006
MIT Alumni Funds Grant for Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries
Amos Winter - PSC Fellowship
2005
Amos Winter - MIT Public Service Center Fellowship