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**CBA News & Notes**

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May 31, 2023

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- We're sorry to report that our friend, colleague, and mentor Mel King has passed away:\
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  <https://news.mit.edu/2023/mel-king-community-fellowship-program-legacy-0407>

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  Stay tuned for project plans honoring his legacy.\
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  - We're pleased to report that CBA's director Neil Gershenfeld was elected to the National Academy of Engineering:\
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    <https://www.nae.edu/289843/NAENewClass2023>

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    Neil also received the Irwin Sizer Award for the most significant improvement to MIT education:\
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    <https://awards.mit.edu/awards/irwin-sizer-award-most-significant-improvement-mit-education>

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    for leading *How To Make (almost) Anything*:\
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    <https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MAS.863>

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    He spoke at TEDxMIT on "ready-fire-aim":\
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    <https://www.ted.com/talks/neil_gershenfeld_ready_fire_aim_may_2023>

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    and will be doing a keynote at CDFAM in New York City in June:\
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    [https://cdfam.com/](https://cdfam.com)

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    Here's a conversation with Lex Fridman:\
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    [https://lexfridman.com/neil-gershenfeld/](https://lexfridman.com/neil-gershenfeld)

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    and an interview with him about plans in Greece and around the world:\
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    <https://www.kathimerini.gr/opinion/geyma-me-thn-k/562285726/nil-gkersenfelnt-mporoyme-na-ftiaxoyme-ta-panta/>

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    - CBA teams contributed to papers on laser micromachining diamond to make 10 million RPM rotors for molecular structural studies:\
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      <https://news.mit.edu/2023/tiny-diamond-rotor-could-improve-protein-studies-0524>

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      on efficient cellular swimming robots:\
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      <https://news.mit.edu/2023/engineers-devise-modular-system-efficient-scalable-aquabots-0206>

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      on teaching synthetic biology:\
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      <https://news.mit.edu/2023/global-lab-teaching-practicing-synthetic-biology-0118>

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      on modular physical computing systems:\
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      <https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2023/program/content/98824>

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      and to an art installation of folded metal structures:\
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      <https://cba.mit.edu/l/RnKOLEKTIVE>

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      - The program is posted and registration is open for FAB23, the annual gathering of the fab lab network that CBA is co-hosting in Bhutan in July:\
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        [https://fab23.fabevent.org/](https://fab23.fabevent.org)

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