Sophia Mittman Archives

ONE-MA3: Day X: When in Rome…Our Minds Are Blown!

June 26, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 If I gave a thorough synopsis of Day X, I don’t think this blog post would have an end, so I’ll do my best to summarize everything as concisely as I can! […]

ONE-MA3 – Day VIII: Sunday Mass, 3D modeling and Compression Testing

June 24, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Happy Sunday! Some of us woke up to Sunday Mass at the medieval cathedral of Sermoneta just a five-minute walk away. It was fascinating to arrive at the church early to receive […]

ONE-MA3 – Day VII: Creating our own frescoes!

June 23, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Mixing the mortar for our frescoes Today we woke up to our first rainy day in Italy, although the clouds cleared up by the time we set up tables outside to try […]

ONE-MA3 – Day V: Frescoes and owls and drones, oh my!

June 21, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Students examining the ruins at the Gardens of Ninfa First of all, sorry for the cheesy title. Second of all (and more importantly), I never imagined that one day I’d be walking […]

ONE-MA3 – Day IV: Learning about Mosaics, piece by piece!

June 21, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today was our first official visit to an archeological site that is relatively new and currently undergoing restoration. Only two-minute walk from the beach in Sabaudia, the site consisted of two large […]

ONE-MA3 – Day III: What’s around the river bend? …Bedtime stories with Vetruvius!

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today we launched into our mission of learning about one of the most important materials used in Roman engineering: lime. Not the fruit. And not just limestone. I will explain the basics […]

ONE-MA3 – Day II: Yoga, “Italian time”, and Chaotic Volleyball

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ’22 After a much-needed night of sleep to catch up from jet lag, some of us woke up to a relaxing class of yoga in the castle courtyard. We sampled our first classic […]

ONE-MA3 – Day I: Benevenuti in Italia!

June 19, 2019 | ONE-MA3 | ceemit

By Sophia Mittman ‘22 We made it! Today was the first day of our ONE-MA3 adventure in Italy where about fifteen of us budding MIT engineers will learn from the masterful and ancient techniques of Roman […]