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Interested in Teaching?
We will hire 3 graduate student Instructors, 5-6 Tutors (current undergraduates majoring in MechE or related fields, including seniors), and 1 Residential Assistant (current first-year student who ideally attended WTP)
Update Feb, 2025: Instructors and the RA have been hired for 2025. Please apply to be a Tutor!
Program Description:
Slide Deck describing history, course design, and outcomes
Applications for Summer WTP-ME Positions:
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If you are a current MIT student with a strong background in ME, consider teaching in WTP-ME this summer. To apply, see details below. Women and other genders historically underrepresented in STEM are preferred.
WTP really makes a difference: a majority of alums cite the WTP high school summer as the beginning of their current college majors in engineering and computer science.
We will hire 5-6 MIT undergraduates or recent graduates as Tutors. Please read the detailed job description: WTP-ME Tutor Job Description and email wtp-me@mit.edu with any questions
CHANGE OF DATES: Tutor position will be for 9 weeks, June 9 - Aug 8, 2025, with housing provided in the MIT dorms June 9 - 11 AM Aug 9, 2025. The job description lists 10 weeks, which is not possible since we will not be allowed to house you in the MIT dorms after Aug 8.
If you are interested in the position, please complete the WTP-ME Residential Tutor Application, and then email your WEBSIS Grade Report (no need for a formal transcript) and Resume to:wtp-me@mit.edu as soon as posisble. Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received.
Tutors will work with students during daily classes, and also help with homework and lead social activities evenings and weekends. This is a full-time summer commitment, please read the job description for further details.Students who will be graduating in June are encouraged to apply; you do not have to be a continuing MIT student the summer you work for WTP.
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Residential Assistant
WTP Program Coordinator
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Julia Sharpe is a former mechanical engineering professional enjoying an early retirement to focus on passion projects, including passing on her love of engineering to future Engineers. Julia was an alum of WTP-EECS in 2004, and it is the reason she fell in love with Engineering. Julia earned a Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from MIT (2009/2011). She focused her career mostly on design of life science products, including a handheld blood diagnostic device, a droplet-based DNA sequencer, automation for large laboratories (a superhighway for test tubes), and a rapid viral diagnostic platform. From 2018-2023, Julia was an engineering consultant for EPAM (formerly Continuum Innovations), a global design consulting firm. In her free time, Julia is a competitive gymnast, cycles long distances with her family, and enjoys sewing wacky clothes. |
WTP Director
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Dr. Barbara Hughey is a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department and lead instructor for the junior-level 2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation Course. She is a graduate of Princeton University (BSE 1981 in Engineering Physics) and MIT (PhD 1989 in Physics). After receiving her Ph.D she worked in the Boston area developing accelerator-based instruments, primarily for medical applications. She is a dedicated violinist, having served as concertmaster of both the Princeton and MIT Orchestras, as well as having been an active participant in the MIT Chamber Music Society. She is a member of the Council for the Arts at MIT and is on the board of and performs with the Lexington Symphony. She has two children and one grandchild. When she has free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, photography, and reading science fiction wtp-me@mit.edu (PC: harazimphotography.com) |