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36 results
2024
National crop type maps of India using deep learning and street view imagery
Sherrie Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Data, Systems, and Society
Protecting drinking water from widespread organic contaminants using engineered soil bacteria
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
Kate Brown, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
2023
Advancing technology development to improve microbiome processes for controlling harmful bacteria blooms in aquaculture algae feed production
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Otto X. Cordero, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert Vincent, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant
Automated counting of migrating salmon for conservation and fisheries management in the Pacific Northwest
Sara Beery, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of AI and Decision Making, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
2022
Sustainable hydrogel microparticles for the removal of micropollutants from water
Patrick Doyle, Department of Chemical Engineering
Safe off-grid brooder for Cameroonian poultry farmers
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Daniel Sweeney, MIT D-Lab
Cloud-based data applications for streamlining natural resource management
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021
On-site analysis of foodborne pathogens using density-shift immunomagnetic separation and culture
Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pratik Shah, MIT Media Lab
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
2019
Evaporative cooling technologies for fruit and vegetable preservation in Kenya
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Designing supply chain platforms for smallholders in Indonesia
Joann de Zegher, Sloan School of Management
Piloting evaporative cooling technologies to improve vegetable shelf-life and farmer income in Western India
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Anish Paul Antony, MIT D-Lab
QuantiSoil: Commercialization of an on-site soil analysis system for smallholding farmers
John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chintan Vaishnav, Sloan School of Management
Supporting the resilience of the citrus industry
Olivier de Weck, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2018
Purifying water from boron contamination with highly selective metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes
Zachary Smith, Department of Chemical Engineering
Supermolecular nanostructure gels for chelation of arsenic from drinking water
Julia Ortony, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Printed silk-based colorimetric sensors for food spoilage prevention and supply chain authentication
John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Decentralized torrefaction for producing high-yield, irrigation-saving fertilizer
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing and marketing E. coli test kits to promote safely managed drinking water and improved public health in Nepal
Susan Murcott, MIT D-Lab
Jeffrey S. Ravel, Department of History
Scaling a decentralized biomass torrefaction reactor for localized fertilizer production that improves farmers’ yields and reduces irrigation needs
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Alex Slocum, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017
Reducing runoff and environmental impact of agricultural sprays
Kripa Varanasi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Electrochemical nitrogen fixation for distributed fertilizer production
Karthish Manthiram, Department of Chemical Engineering
High-efficiency chemical-free backwash strategy for reverse osmosis membrane antifouling
Xuanhe Zhao, Department of Mechanical Engineering
John H. Lienhard V
In-situ particle characterization in emulsions for field-scale quality assurance in the dairy industry
Sanjay Sarma, Office of the Provost, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Distributed water harvesting from air in water-stressed and remote areas using metal-organic frameworks
Mircea Dincă, Department of Chemistry
Evelyn Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Developing intelligent selective electrodialysis for 21st century agriculture
John H. Lienhard V
Kishor Nayar, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2016
Detection of pathogens using dynamically reconfigurable liquid colloid particles
Timothy Swager, Department of Chemistry
Alexander M. Klibanov, Department of Chemistry
Development of low-cost water filter using sapwood xylem
Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Active materials for heavy metal extraction from water
Timothy Swager, Department of Chemistry
Electrochemically-mediated adsorptive processes for water-remediation
T. Alan Hatton, Department of Chemical Engineering
Floating, heat localizing solar receivers for distributed desalination
Gang Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2015
Fouling-resistant nanoporous membranes
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
A bioassay-based approach to food safety in China
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Stacy Springs, Center for Biomedical Innovation
Electrochemically-modulated separation processes for the treatment of contaminated water sources
T. Alan Hatton, Department of Chemical Engineering
A multiplex, nanosensor platform for the real time monitoring of food and water-borne contaminants
Michael S. Strano, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology