NI donates design tools to MIT

National Instruments (NI) is donating design tools to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to help expand the use of NI software and hardware in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering via 10 mechatronics, robotics, manufacturing, control and design courses over the next five years.

"We are very appreciative of the support from National Instruments. Use of state-of-the-art NI tools enhances the classroom experience and reinforces student learning at multiple points in the curriculum. The NI tools also help accelerate the department's research into new areas, such as agile biomimetic robotics, high-speed imaging at the nanoscale and precision motion control." said, Professor Mary Cunningham Boyce, head of the MIT Department, Mechanical Engineering.

"I am very excited about the NI gift, which will likely have a positive impact on teaching and research. In my mechatronics and controls courses, we are adopting solutions based on NI hardware and the LabVIEW Real Time Module." said, Professor Trumper.