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# Frequently Asked Questions

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**Q: Why is my name not showing up in the list?**

# FAQ & Search Tips
- Leave out any periods, commas, or apostrophes.
- Try refining your search by typing in both the first and last name.
- Use full names instead of nicknames, e.g. "William" instead of "Bill."
- If a person has changed their name since graduation, try searching by the name they are known by now. Sometimes name spellings change as well, e.g., "Joerg" instead of "Jorg."

**Search tips:**
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- **Leave out any periods, commas, or apostrophes.**
- **Why is my name not showing up in the list?**
Try refining your search by typing in both the first and last name. Use full names instead of nicknames, e.g. "William" instead of "Bill."
- **Can't find an alum by the name they went by as a student?**
If a person has changed their name since graduation, try searching by the name they are known by now. Sometimes name spellings change as well, e.g., "Joerg" instead of "Jorg."
- **Why is nothing showing up as I zoom in?**
Names are loaded as vector tiles at higher zoom levels, but it might take a few moments.

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**Q: Which categories of the MIT community are included on the wafers and can be found by searching the site?**

- Most living and deceased degreed and non-degreed alumni
- Most currently matriculated students (as of September 2023 for the most recent design)
- Most postdoctoral associates and fellows (as of September 2023 for the most recent design)
- Faculty (as of September 2023 for the most recent design)
- Staff (as of September 2023 for the most recent design)
- Most currently matriculated students (as of September 2023)
- Most postdoctoral associates and fellows (as of September 2023)
- Faculty (as of September 2023)
- Staff (as of September 2023)

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**Q: Which categories of the MIT community may not be included?**

- Spouses of alumni
- Cross-registered, visiting, or special students
- Spouses and parent of current or former students
- Certificate program participants
- Affiliates
- Certificate program participants (executive education, professional education programs)
- Cross-registered, visiting or special students
- Non-alumni parents of current and/or former students

**Q: What order are the names in?**
The names are in pseudo-random order. Read more about why <a href="./design-process">here.</a>
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**Q: Why is the number of names increasing each time?**

**Q: Why is the number of names increasing each time?**
Every year MIT welcomes new students, staff, and faculty to join the community! We also take the opportunity with each new design to fix errors and add names previously missed - often discovered with the help of visitors like you.

**Q: Who designed One.MIT?**
MIT Professor W. Craig Carter leads the artistic vision and intricate mathematical designs for every version of One.MIT. Learn more about his design process <a href="./design-process">here</a>.
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**Q: How is the wafer made?**
Each wafer is fabricated right in MIT.nano cleanrooms on campus, led by Jorg Scholvin with assistance from MIT undergrad students! Learn more about the wafer fabrication <a href="./wafer-fabrication">here</a>.
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**Q: Why is nothing showing up as I zoom in?**

**Q: How is the website made?**
George Varnavides wrote the code for the website. The 2018 version uses precomputed images at different magnifications. The 2020 and 2024 versions use vector tiles to implement a navigation-like interface. Learn more about the name search implementation <a href="./name-search">here</a>.
Names are loaded as vector tiles at higher zoom levels, but it might take a few moments.
Read more about how [here]("./name-search").

**Q: Will you be adding new students/faculty/staff and recent graduate names?**
We have not settled on a definite plan for adding in recent graduates and new faculty/staff, but we're planning to generate a new version every couple years.
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**Q: What order are the names in?**

The names are in pseudo-random order.
Read more about why [here]("./design-process").

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:::card

**Q: Who designed One.MIT?**

MIT Professor W. Craig Carter leads the artistic vision and intricate mathematical designs for every version of One.MIT.
Learn more about the design process [here]("./design-process").

Have another question, comment, or suggestion? Please <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Inquiry about One.MIT">contact us</a>!
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:::card

**Q: How is the wafer made?**

Each wafer is fabricated right in MIT.nano cleanrooms on campus, led by Jorg Scholvin with assistance from MIT undergrad students!
Learn more about the wafer fabrication [here]("./wafer-fabrication").

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:::card

**Q: How is the website made?**

MIT alum Georgios Varnavides implemented the name-search functionality.
The 2018 version uses precomputed images at different magnifications.
The 2020 and 2024 versions use vector tiles to implement a navigation-like interface.
Learn more about the name search implementation [here]("./name-search").

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:::card

**Q: Will you be adding new students/faculty/staff and recent graduate names?**

We have not settled on a definite plan for adding in recent graduates and new faculty/staff, but we're planning to generate a new version every couple years.

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Have another question, comment, or suggestion?
Please <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Inquiry about One.MIT">contact us</a>!

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