A smart water grid for the Indus Basin
Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource. By Susan Saccoccia, School of Architecture and Planning The historic gardens of the...
View ArticleKarnik wins J-WAFS Solutions grant to commercialize low-cost water filter
His Tata Center-developed technology uses plant xylem to remove contaminants. Access to clean drinking water is a problem for more than a billion people worldwide. To find a solution, Professor Rohit...
View ArticleRamesh Raskar receives $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Using technology to transform cameras and the ways in which we see the world. Ramesh Raskar, founder of the Camera Culture research group at the MIT Media Lab and associate professor of Media Arts and...
View ArticleGregory Stephanopoulos receives Samson Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels
Metabolic engineering pioneer recognized for his work in the engineering of microbes for biofuels production. Gregory Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and...
View ArticleAhmed Ghoniem is honored by the American Physical Society
Mechanical Engineering professor elected as an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow for his contributions to computational fluid dynamics. Tata Center faculty member Ahmed Ghoniem from MIT Mechanical...
View ArticleSpecial Seminar: Energy system innovation in developing countries
On December 21st, Tata Center director Rob Stoner talks about opportunities for small-scale technologies to have a big impact. Roughly a fifth of the world’s population, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa...
View ArticleTata Center faculty and MIT alum create social enterprise to produce...
The team hopes to manufacture a billion masks with the help of women self-help groups. Shivangi Misra | May 7, 2020 A team of MIT alum and collaborators, led by Tata Center Academic Director and Senior...
View ArticleTata-funded research published in ScienceDirect
Slocum and Val’s research published in ScienceDirect shows that hurricane debris and water hyacinth can be profitable and carbon-negative bioenergy feedstocks. Shivangi Misra | September 25, 2020...
View ArticleSystem can sterilize medical tools using solar heat Device could provide...
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | November 18, 2020 Autoclaves, the devices used to sterilize medical tools in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ and dentists’ offices, require a steady supply of...
View ArticleEncouraging solar energy adoption in rural India: An investigation into...
Nancy W. Stauffer · November 25, 2020 · MITEI NEWS In brief An MIT study in rural India suggests that ongoing efforts supporting the adoption of “off-grid” energy sources such as...
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