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89 results
2022
Safe off-grid brooder for Cameroonian poultry farmers
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Daniel Sweeney, MIT D-Lab
In silico discovery of metal-organic frameworks for selective ion separation
Heather J. Kulik, Department of Chemical Engineering
Converging trends in climate change, mining, and agriculture: Analysis of hydrosocial relations over desalination and glaciers in Chile
John E. Fernández, Department of Architecture
Scott D. Odell, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
High-resolution plant water stress monitoring
César Terrer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cloud-based data applications for streamlining natural resource management
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Liquid-infused membranes to separate emulsified oils from water
Gregory C. Rutledge, Department of Chemical Engineering
Enzymatic biomaterials for PFAS degradation
Ariel Furst, Department of Chemical Engineering
Solar photomolecular desalination
Gang Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021
Impact of near-term climate change on water availability and food productivity in Africa
Elfatih Eltahir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Engineered microbial cocultures to detect and degrade organophosphates
Ariel Furst, Department of Chemical Engineering
A new approach to enhance genetic diversity to improve crop breeding
Mary Gehring, Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute
On-site analysis of foodborne pathogens using density-shift immunomagnetic separation and culture
Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pratik Shah, MIT Media Lab
Precise fish vaccine injection using silk-based biomaterials
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Improving smallholder farmers’ welfare with AI-driven technologies
Y. Karen Zheng, Sloan School of Management
A sliding vane energy recovery device for photovoltaic-powered brackish water reverse osmosis desalination
Amos Winter, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hybrid evaporative and radiative cooling as a passive low-cost high-performance solution for food shelf-life extension
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Evelyn Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Converting dairy industry waste into food and feed ingredients
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Mobile evaporative cooling rooms for vegetable preservation
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Off-grid portable ion concentration polarization desalination unit
Jongyoon Han, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Accurate optical sensing for efficient fertilizer use and increased yield in small farms
Rajeev Ram, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rajesh Kumar, Biomedical Engineering- IIT Ropar
Systems analytics for small farms animal waste resource recovery
Olivier de Weck, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Afreen Siddiqi, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2020
Using siderophore-conjugated microcins to combat foodborne pathogens
Elizabeth M. Nolan, Department of Chemistry
Multi-criteria diet formulation for sustainable swine production
Jasmina Burek, MIT Materials Systems Laboratory
Smart porous hydrogels for atmospheric water harvesting
Xuanhe Zhao, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Gang Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering