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24th Annual Wolfram Summer Research Institute

Bentley University, Waltham, MA June 28–July 18, 2026

Alumni

Douw Marx

Science and Technology

Class of 2020

Bio

Douw Marx is a mechanical engineer who, at the time of the Wolfram Summer School, is conducting research in the field of condition-based maintenance at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Douw is an advocate for a computational approach to problem solving and considers his programming ability to be a key tool for finding innovative solutions to engineering problems. Douw likes to consider alternative solutions to the problems that are considered to be optimally solved. He has developed a novel planar mechanism that is being patented by the University of Pretoria. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, making music and woodworking.

Project: Towards Universal Robotics