Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The Spiritual Curation of American Modernism 

      Saha, Indrani (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      Where do the spiritual go? In this study of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century seekers, they join seances in Vermont farmhouses, attend Theosophical lectures on Karma, get lost in copies of Jnana-Y oga, journey ...

    • Programmable Mud: 3D Printing earth to achieve low-carbon, low-cost construction automation 

      Curth, Alexander (Sandy) McCormick (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      Large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) with locally sourced materials, such as earth, presents a promising approach to addressing the urgent challenges of rapid urbanization and construction-related carbon emissions. ...

    • The Limits of Longevity 

      Rodriguez, Christopher W. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      Do all animals age? Although aging seems to be a widespread phenomenon, some demographic studies have failed to find evidence of aging in certain species, including some highly regenerative species of planarians and Hydra ...