Funded Researchers
Amos Winter
- Ratan N. Tata Career Development Professor
- Professor
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Amos Winter is a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. His research focuses on machine and product design for developing and emerging markets. Prof. Winter earned a BS from Tufts University (2003) and an MS (2005) and PhD (2011) from MIT, all in mechanical engineering. He received the 2010 Tufts University Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2012 ASME/Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35) for 2013, and received the MIT Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award and an NSF CAREER award in 2017.
J-WAFS-funded projects
- A sliding vane energy recovery device for photovoltaic-powered brackish water reverse osmosis desalination
- Initial exploration of a root suction irrigation system
News
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- World Water Day 2022 Research Highlight: Improving groundwater desalination devices