On August 29, 2005, the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed just east of New Orleans. Approximately two thousand residents died, eighty percent of the city flooded, and the storm caused billions of dollars in damage. So, can we fix New Orleans?

This was the question posed to us on the first day of Mission 2010. Mission 2010, or Solving Complex Problems (12.000), is a course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that allows students to work as a team to develop a solution to a pressing issue. This website is the product of the three months we have spent researching and planning for the long-term future of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The highest priorities of our integrated plan for New Orleans are the safety and security of the people of New Orleans and the sustainability of the city for the next hundred years.

At the beginning of the semester, we were split up into 8 smaller teams to focus on specific issues within the larger problem. Later we came together as one group to integrate our solutions into one cohesive, feasible plan. Although this plan is the product of the students' work and imagination, we received guidance along the way from our undergraduate teaching fellows, faculty, alumni mentors, and other resources.

Final Presentation:
Now that the final presentation is over, you can download the final PowerPoint presentation. The first part is dominantly text and thus provides an outline, whereas the 18 Mb second part contains all of the photographs, graphs, and diagrams.