Past Seed Fund Winners

Dominican Republic Caves and Climate Collaboration

A collaboration between​:   

• William McGee, Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Nick Scroxton, Visiting Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Renato Rímoli, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo

Fingers and Fractures: Morphologies of Failure Modes in Shear-Jamming Suspension

A collaboration between​:   

• Irmgard Bischofberger, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Ivo Peters, University of Southampton

Infrastructure, Public Space, and Housing Prototype Studies: Alternative Concepts for Low Income Neighborhoods in Georgetown, Guyana

A collaboration between​:   

• Adele Santos, Professor, Architecture
• Barbara Reynolds, University of Guyana

Investigating the Existence of Partially Differentiated Asteroids

A collaboration between​:   

• Benjamin P Weiss, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• James Bryson, University of Cambridge

Measuring the Impact of Zika Virus Infection in Columbia

A collaboration between​:   

• Lee Gehrke, Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
• Irene Bosch, Research Scientist, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
• Carlos Narváez, South Colombian University

Migrating The City

A collaboration between​:   

• Rafi Segal, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Dunya Bouchi, The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory

MISTI-Italy

A collaboration between​:   

• Christopher Cummins, Professor, Chemistry
• Alexander Radosevich, Associate Professor, Chemistry
• Alberto Modelli, University of Bologna

New Zealand Conservation

A collaboration between​:   

• Kevin Esvelt, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Neil Gemmell, University of Otago

NPLIN (Non-photochemical laser induced nucleation)

A collaboration between​:   

• Allan Myerson, Professor, Chemical Engineerin
• Huseyin Burak Eral, Delft University of Technology
• Herman Kramer, Delft University of Technology
• Johan Padding, Delft University of Technology
• Antoine van der Heijden, Delft University of Technology

NUI Galway - MIT MISTI

A collaboration between​:   

• Ellen Roche, Assistant Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
• Claire Conway, National University of Ireland Galway

Patagonia - Antarctica Fungi Biomaterials PUC - MIT

A collaboration between​:   

• Christine Ortiz, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Skylar Tibbits, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Takehiko Nagakura, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Paloma Gonzalez, Research Assistant - PhD, Architecture
• Emilio De la Cerda Errazuriz, Catholic University of Chile
• Francisco Chateaux, Catholic University of Chile
• Anibal Fuentes, Catholic University of Chile

Quexistentials

A collaboration between​:   

• Sabine Iatridou, Professor, Linguistics and Philosophy
• Floris Roelofsen, University of Amsterdam
• Pieter Cornelis (Kees) Hengeveld, University of Amsterdam

Scintillating Detectors: The Quest for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

A collaboration between​:   

• Lindley Winslow, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Gioacchino Ranucci, University of Milan

African Politicians Project Workshop

A collaboration between:

• Evan Lieberman, Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa, Political Science 
• David Everatt, Head of School, University of Witwatersrand

Characterizing Molecular Mechanisms of Cutis Laxa through Multiscale Simulation and Experiment of Elastin

A collaboration between:

• Markus Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Anthony S. Weiss, Dr., University of Sydney

Enabling New Water Planning Regions with Data Analytics, Visualization, and DSS Tools

A collaboration between:

• James Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor, Architecture
• Abubakr Muhammad, Associate Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences

Interrogating Isolated Active Sites in Lewis Acid Zeolites with NMR

A collaboration between:

• Yuriy Roman, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering  
• Irina Ivanova, Professor, Moscow State University

Measuring the Stored Energy Fingerprints of Radiation Damage

A collaboration between:

• Michael Short, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering 
• Oleg Maksimkin, Professor, Institute of Nuclear Physics at Almaty

Novel Neuropathological Imaging in the Development of a Treatment for Stroke

A collaboration between:

• Myron Spector, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Biomaterials), Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology  
• Adriano Aguzzi, Director, University Hospital of Zurich

Promoting Urban Sustainability in the Russian Arctic

A collaboration between:

• Brent Ryan, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning  
• Ksenia Mokrushina, Director, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Resource-effective Materials Management: Developing Global Material Flows and Demand-Supply Forecasting

A collaboration between:

• Elsa Olivetti, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering 
• Daniel Müller, Professor of Material Flow Analysis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Search for Records of the Ancient Geodynamo from Zircons

A collaboration between:

• Benjamin Weiss, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences  
• Richard Harrison, Reader, University of Cambridge

General Fund Single Cell RNA-Sequencing of Peripheral Blood from Tuberculosis Patients in South Africa: Large-Scale Efforts to Discover Novel Immune Correlates of Disease and Diagnostic Biomarkers of Latent Infection

A collaboration between:

• Alex Shalek, Assistant Professor, Chemistry  
• Alasdair Leslie, Principal Investigator, KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB-HIV

Automatic Transfer of 2D Materials to Flexible Substrates and Benchmarking as Chemical Sensors

A collaboration between:

• Tomas Palacios, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Akira Uedono, Professor, Tsukuba University
• Fernando Calle, Professor, Polytechnic University of Madrid

Dynamic Probing of Strain Dependent Electronic and Ionic Transport Properties in Oxides for Energy and Information Technologies

A collaboration between:

• Bilge Yildiz, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Necmi Biyikli, Assistant Professor Dr., Bilkent University
• Mehmet Yilmaz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bilkent University

Induced Pluripotent Stems Cells, Proteomics, and the Collagen Misfolding-Related Diseases

A collaboration between:

• Matthew Shoulders, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• John Bateman, Professor, Theme Director for Cell Biology, Group Leader for Skeletal Biology and Disease, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital

Microbial Diversity of Antarctic Lake Microbial Mats

A collaboration between:

• Roger Summons, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Ian Hawes, Professor, University of Canterbury,  NZ
• Anne Jungblut, The Natural History Museum

On the Hydrodynamics of Colloidal Gelation

A collaboration between:

• James Swan, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Jan Vermant, Professor, ETH - Zurich

Quantum Optoelectronics with 2D Materials

A collaboration between:

• Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Professor, Physics
• Dirk Englund, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Frank Koppens, Assistant Professor, Institut de Ciències Fotòniques

Resonator Jordan

A collaboration between:

• Azra Aksamija, Assistant Professor, Architecture
• Dave Levin, Chief of Network Services, KIPP FOundation

Using Live Cell Infection Dynamics and Single Cell RNA-Seq to Understand M. Tuberculosis Latency and Reactivation

A collaboration between:

• Alex Shalek, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Alexander Sigal, Assistant Investigator, Kwazulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV; Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

Using Mobile Technology for Viral Crop Disease Identification & Analysis

A collaboration between:

• Lalana Kagal, Principal Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Ernest Mwebaze, Lecturer of Computer Science, Makerere University
• John Quinn, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University

Valuing Sustainability in the Artic: Analysis of Discourse and Practice in Iceland

A collaboration between:

• Janelle Knox-Hayes, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Silja Bara Omarsdottir, Faculty Member, University of Iceland
• Pia Hansson, Director, University of Iceland

Cosmic Rays and the Heliosphere

A collaboration between:

• John Richardson, Principal Research Scientist, Physics
• John Belcher, Professor, Physics
• Marius Potgeiter, Professor, North-West University
• Stefan Ferreira, Professor, North-West University
• Roelf du Toit Strauss, North-West University

Demonstration of GaN Vertical Super Junction Device for Power Electronics

A collaboration between:

• Tomas Palacios, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Yuhao Zhang, PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Nicolas Grandjean, Full professor, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Insights into Past Southeast Asian Monsoon Variability from Vietnamese Stalagmites

A collaboration between:

• David McGee, Assistant Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Hieu Nguyen, Professor, Vietnam National University - University of Science
• Nguyet Vu Thi Minh, Director, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

Mixing, Spreading and Reaction in Porous Media: Application to Managed Aquifer Recharge in Korea

A collaboration between:

• Ruben Juanes, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Seunghak Lee, Senior Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Precision Jet Physics for Higgs Boson Production

A collaboration between:

• Iain Stewart, Professor, Physics
• Frank Tackmann, Research Scientist, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg
• Wouter Waalewijn, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam

Resiliency Research in Metro Manila

A collaboration between:

• Mary Anne Ocampo, Lecturer, Urban Studies and Planning
• Stephen Gray, Lecturer, Urban Studies and Planning
• Christopher Capozzola, Associate Professor, History
• Mary Ann Espina, Dean, University of the Philippines
• Mario Delos Reyes, Dean, University of the Philippines
• Yan Zhang, Senior Urban Economist, World Bank

Swapping Virus Across the Pond – Investigating the Pandemic Potential of Influenzas Shared Between Marine Mammals and Seabirds in Greenland and the East Atlantic

A collaboration between:

• Wendy Puryear, Research Scientist, Biological Engineering
• Jonathan Runstadler, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering
• Rune Dietz, Professor, Aarhus University
• Christian Sonne, Research Professor MSO, Aarhus University

The Call of the Wild

A collaboration between:

• Harriet Ritvo, Professor, History
• Sally Shuttleworth, Professor, University of Oxford

Uncovering the Connectivity of Coral Reefs

A collaboration between:

• Thomas Peacock, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Ryan Lowe, Professor, University of Western Australia
• Greg Ivey, Professor, University of Western Australia

Uncovering the Phenotypic and Functional Heterogeneity in the Human TB Granuloma

A collaboration between:

• Alex Shalek, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Alasdair Leslie, Principle Investigator and Assistant Professor, KwaZulu Natal Research Institute for TB and HIV (K-RITH)

Critical Data Workshop 2014

A collaboration between:

• Roger Mark, Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Leo Celi, Senior Research Scientist, Health Sciences and Technology
• Thomas Brennan, Research Scientist, Health Sciences and Technology
• Djillali Annane, Professor in Medicine, University of Paris Versaille
• Mervyn Singer, Senior Lecturer, University College London

Elucidating How Adenoviral Evolution is Enabled By the Host Cell's Protein Folding Machinery

A collaboration between:

• Matthew Shoulders, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Rob Hoeben, Professor and Head of the Virus and Stem Cell Biology Lab, University of Leiden

Field Collaboration between MIT Terrascope Program and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

A collaboration between:

• Samuel Bowring, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Maarten de Wit, DirectorAEON (Africa Earth Observatory Network), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
• David Bell, Professor DST/NRF Research Chair in Earth Systems Science., NMMU

Governing physical principles for synthesis of composite hydrogels

A collaboration between:

• Patrick Doyle, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Huseyin Burak Eral, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering
• Paolo Oresta, Assistant Professor, INSTITUTION Polytechnic of Bari
• Francesco Fornarelli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Salento

Loading Jammed Architectural Structures

A collaboration between:

• Skylar Tibbits, Architecture
• Matthias Kohler, Professor, ETH Zurich
• Fabio Gramazio, Professor, ETH Zurich

Mobile Diagnostic Tools for Early Detection and Monitoring of COPD in Rural India

A collaboration between:

• Richard Fletcher, Senior Research Scientist, N/A
• Rahul Kodgule, Chief Researcher, Clinical Staff, Chest Research Foundation

Mongolia and East Asia: Media Socialization in Blended Learning Groups

A collaboration between:

• Manduhai Buyandelger, Assistant Professor, Management
• Susan Silbey, Professor, Anthropology
• Munkh-Erdene Lkhamsuren, Professor, National University of Mongolia
• Bumochir Dulam, Professor, Department Chair, National University of Mongolia
• Enkhmunkh Zurgaanzhin, Principal, Sant Provate School

Monitoring Soil Moisture and Vegetation Health from Space

A collaboration between:

• Dara Entekhabi, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Kaighin McColl, Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Alexandra Konings, Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Mercè Vall-llossera, Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Maria Piles, Research Scientist, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Miriam Pablos, Ph.D. student, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• David Chaparro, Ph.D. student, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Paleoenvironmentary and Paleodietary Reconstruction of Early Hominin Sites

A collaboration between:

• Roger Summons, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Carolina Mallol Duque, Assistant Professor, Universidad de La Laguna
• Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, Professor, Universidad Complutense

Advanced Neuromonitoring: Data, Algorithms, and Clinical Inference

A collaboration between:

• Thomas Heldt, Principal Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• George Verghese, Professor
• Nicola Toschi, Assistant Professor, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Biogeochemical Cycling and Metabolic Transformation of Sulfur in Extreme Environmental Conditions of Africa

A collaboration between:

• Shuhei Ono, Assistant Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Harry Oduro, Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Joseph Fening, Professor (PhD), University of Science Technology
• Asfawossen Asrat, Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University

Changes in Global Air Quality Over the Last Quarter-Century: Analysis of Archived Aerosol Samples from Cape Grim, Australia

A collaboration between:

• Jesse Kroll, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Melita Keywood, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
• Paul Selleck, Analytical chemist, CSIRO

Direct and In-Situ Characterization of Surface Plasmons on Novel Complex Metal Nanostructures (DIPMeN)

A collaboration between:

• Silvija Gradecak, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Jordi Arbiol, ICREA Research Professor, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

Inhibition of Nucleation Through Surface Modification

A collaboration between:

• Allan Myerson, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Efrem Curcio, Assistant Professor, University of Calabria (UNICAL)
• Gianluca Di Profio, Researcher, Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (ITM-CNR)

Integrated Care for Mental Health in Israel

A collaboration between:

• John Carroll, Professor, Management
• Wiljeana Glover
• Eitan Naveh, Associate Professor, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
• Margalit Goldfracht, Director of Quality Improvement, Clalit Health Services

Mitigating the Effects of Parkinson's Disease using a Smart Walker

A collaboration between:

• Steven Dubowsky, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Vered Aharonson, Senior Lecturer and Director of Afeka ACLP Laboratory, Afeka Academic College of Engineering
• Amos Korczyn, Professor of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Mobilizing for Adequate, Accessible, and Affordable (A3) Water and Sanitation Services

A collaboration between:

• Gabriella Carolini, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Anselmo Cani, Architect and Planning Lecturer, University of Eduardo Mondlane
• Filipe Zaqueu Manguele, Coordinator, Associacao dos Jovens Unidos da KaTembe

Precise Control of Drug Delivery Using a Lorentz-Force Actuated Needle-Free Jet Injector

A collaboration between:

• Ian Hunter, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• N. Catherine Hogan, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Andrew Taberner, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland

Role of wild birds in the spread and maintenance of avian influenza virus in Egypt

A collaboration between:

• Islam Hussein, Senior Research Scientist, Biological Engineering
• Jonathan Runstadler, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering
• Basma Sheta, PhD student and teaching assistant, Damietta University
• Lotfy Habbak, Assistant professor, Damietta University

Atomic Level View toward the Surfaces of Cathodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

A collaboration between:

• Bilge Yildiz, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• John Kilner, B.C.H.Steele Professor of Energy Materials, Imperial College, United Kingdom

Graphene Plasmonics and Quantum Optoelectronics

A collaboration between:

• Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Frank Koppens, Assistant Professor, Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain

MIT-ITQ Valencia Collaboration on High-Throughput Methodology for the Synthesis of Catalytic Porous Materials

A collaboration between:

• Mircea Dinca, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Yuriy Roman, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Avelino Corma, Professor, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica de Valencia, Spain

Nanoengineered Surfaces and Coatings for Enhanced Water Recovery

A collaboration between:

• Kripa Varanasi, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Daniel Beysens, CEA and ESPCI-ParisTech, France
• Anne Mongruel, Universite Pierre Marie Curie (Paris 6), France

Probing a New Energy Frontier with Jets at the Large Hadron Collider

A collaboration between:

• Iain Stewart, Associate Professor, Physics
• Jesse Thaler, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Gavin Salam, Staff Scientist & Associate Researcher, CERN, Switzerland & LPTHE-CNRS, France
• Andre Hoang, Professor, University of Vienna, Austria

Scroll Expander Optimization for Solar Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems

A collaboration between:

• Harold Hemond, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Vincent Lemort, Professor, University of Liege, Belgium, Lesotho
• Kopano Tsenoli, Chief Engineer, Government of Lesotho, Lesotho

Searching for the Origin of Lunar Magnetism

A collaboration between:

• Benjamin Weiss, Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Mark Wieczorek, Directeur de Recherche, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

Structured Control Law Design for Spacecraft Formation Flying: Application to SPHERES

A collaboration between:

• Alvar Saenz Otero, Research Scientist, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Kerri Cahoy, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Daniel Alazard, Professor, ISAE, France
• Caroline Bérard, Professor, ISAE, France

TIsHom: Tissue Homeostasis via Synthetic Biology

A collaboration between:

• Ron Weiss, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Gregory Batt, Assistant Professor, National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France

Prototypical Sustainable Residential Communities for Israel 2025

A collaboration between:

• Eran Ben-Joseph, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
• Tali Hatuka, Head Laboratory for Contemporary Urban Design, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Eran Neuman Chair, School of Architecture Tel Aviv University, Faculty of the Arts, Israel

Design of a Satellite Research Platform for Pollution Monitoring in Mexican Cities: Quetzal 1st Stage

A collaboration between:

• Paulo Lozano, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Saul Daniel Santillan-Gutierrez, Head of CAT, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Creative Capacity Building in Uganda

A collaboration between:

• Amy Smith, Senior Lecturer, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• John Bosco Aludi, Executive Director, Caritas Internationalis, Uganda
• Sharad Sapra, Country Director, UNICEF, Uganda

Graphene-Based Bioelectronics

A collaboration between:

• Tomas Palacios, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Jose Antonio Garrido, Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Dielectrophoretic Selection of Microorganisms for Bioelectrochemical Systems

A collaboration between:

• Cullen Buie, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Korneel Rabaey, Senior Research Fellow, University of Queensland, Australia

Developing a New Post-Extiction Model for the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Event

A collaboration between:

• Rogers Summons, Professor, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Scienes
• Julio Sepulveda, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Scienes
• Laia Alegret, Professor, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

ODAS: Opinion Formation and Decision Making in Multi-Agent Social Networks

A collaboration between:

• John Tsitsiklis, Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Cesar Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Media Arts and Sciences
• Julien Hendrickx, Assistant Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Vincent Blondel, Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Co-Innovation: Bringing Rural Africa into the MIT Class, Taking the MIT Class to Rural Africa

• Clapperton Mavhunga, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Science, Technology, and Society

Seeds of Reform: Analysis of Recent North Korean Civilian Economic Activity and its Implications for North Korean Integration into the Global Community

A collaboration between:

• Annette Kim, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
• Myoungkyu Park, Director and Professor Seoul National University, North Korea
• Byung-Yeon Kim, Head of Division of Unification Studies and Professor Seoul National University, North Korea

Fundamental Growth Studies of Carbon Nanotubes from Revolutionary Non-Metallic Catalysts

A collaboration between:

• Brian Wardle, Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Stephan Hofmann, Professor, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mechanobiology of Blood Vessel Cells after Stent Implantation by Using Microparticles

A collaboration between:

• Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Biological Engineering
• José A. Bea-Cascarosa, Associate Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain

Empower the Teachers

A collaboration between:

• Charles Sodini, Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Bertram Shi Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• Victor Li, Associate Dean of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

From the Lab to the Ocean: Assessing the Impact of Continental Shelves on Internal Tides

A collaboration between:

• Thomas Peacock, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Greg Ivey Winthrop, Professor University of Western Australia, Australia

Users as Designers: Rapid Prototyping of Alternative Prostheses in Jaipur, India

A collaboration between:

• Amy Smith, Lecturer, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Neil Gershenfeld, Professor, MIT Department of Media Arts and Sciences
• Pooja Sandeepan, Jaipur Foot Organization, India

Biophysical Analyses of Fibronectin Isoforms Relevant to Vascular Development

A collaboration between:

• Richard Hynes, Professor, MIT Department of Biology
• Kaan Certel, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
• Viola Vogel, Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Domenick Grasso, Postdoctoral Associate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Regional, Economic, and Environmental Implications of Dual Ethanol Technologies in Brazil

A collaboration between:

• Karen Polenske, Professor of Regional Political Economy and Planning, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
• Joaquim Guilhoto, Head, Department of Economics, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Spring School on Methods and Tools for Computational Engineering (March 2009)

A collaboration between:

• Markus J. Buehler, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Marek Behr, Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

University of Queensland MIT STEM Instrumentation Project

A collaboration between:

• Steven Lerman, Vice Chancellor and Dean for Graduate Education, Prof. CEE, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Jesus del Alamo, Donner Professor, Mac Vicar Faculty Fellow, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Phillip Long, Professor of Innovation and Technology, University of Queensland, Australia

Nanotechnological Studies of Stem-Cell Based Engineered Tissues for Intervertebral Disc Regeneration

A collaboration between:

• Christine Ortiz, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Alan Grodzinsky, Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Dan Gazit, Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem- Haddassah Medical Center, Israel

Sports Innovation Collaboration with Longborough University

A collaboration between:

• J. Kim Vandiver, Professor, Dean for Undergraduate Research, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Kim Blair, Director Sports Innovation @ MIT, MIT Edgerton Center; MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Michael Caine, Professor, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Origin and Evolutionary Dynamics of H3N2 Influenza Virus A/Fujian/411/02

A collaboration between:

• Jianzhu Chen, Professor, MIT Department of Biology
• Taijiao Jiang, Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Origin of Conical Stromatolites: Experiments, Theory, Observations

A collaboration between:

• Tanja Bosak, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Daniel Rothman, Professor of Geophysics, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Andrey Maslov, Doctor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Instantons and Holomorphic bundles

A collaboration between:

• Katrin Wehrheim, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Mathematics
• Marcos Jardim, Professor Associado, UNICAMP - IMECC, Brazil

From Regulation to Performance: Improving Industrial Pollution Regulations in India

A collaboration between:

• Esther Duflo, Professor, MIT Department of Economics
• Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics, MIT Department of Economics
• Thomas Bossuroy, Head, Institute for Financial Management and Research, India

Performing (Fan) Cultures: MIT Dance Theater Ensemble in Tokyo

A collaboration between:

• Thomas DeFrantz, Professor, MIT Department of Music and Theater Arts/Women's and Gender Studies
• Ian Condry, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
• Sachio Ichimura, Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

Chinese Science in Context: A Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of the Social Organization of Scientists and their Laboratories

A collaboration between:

• Fiona Murray, Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Yasheng Huang, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

ULTRASOUND INTEGRATED MICROREACTORS FOR PTOCESS INTENSIFICATION  

A collaboration between​:

• Klavs Jensen, Professor, Chemical Engineering     
• Simon Kuhn, KU Leuven

EXPANSION MICROSCOPY TO RESOLVE GENE SPECIFIC CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY     

A collaboration between​:   

• Edward Boyden, Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences    
• Paul Reginato, Research Staff       
• Johan Hofkens, KU Leuven          
• Kris Janssen, KU Leuven
• Aline Acke, KU Leuven   
• Marisa Vanheusden, KU Leuven                                                                   

ORTHOCHIRP: A NEW HIGH‐FIDELITY APPROACH FOR CHARACTERIZING SOFT MATTER

A collaboration between​: 

• Gareth McKinley, Professor, Mechanical Engineering        
• Christian Clasen, KU Leuven                                                                                   

AKDC MIT LIBRARIES‐KU‐LEUVEN COLLABORATION    

A collaboration between​:     

• Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT            
• James Yamada, Tool Developer, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT
• Michael Toler, Interim Program Head/Archnet Content Manager, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT   
• Ece Turnator, Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT
• Koenraad Brosens, KU Leuven    
• Frederik Truyen, KU Leuven        
• Katrien Verbert, KU Leuven
• Houda Lamqaddam, KU Leuven

A 3D Multi‐Resolution Immersed Interface Vortex Particles‐Mesh Method 

A collaboration between​:

• Wim van Rees, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Philippe Chatelain, UC Louvain

LUI

A collaboration between​:

• Michael Bove, Principal Research Scientist, Media Arts and Sciences
• Jean Vanderdonckt, UC Louvain                 

EARLY DETECTION OF PLANT WATER STRESS USING REMOTE SENSING

• Dara Entekhabi, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Andrew Feldman, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Francois Jonard, Catholic University of Louvain
• Marnik Vanclooster, Catholic University of Louvain
• Thomas Meyer, Catholic University of Louvain

Drone Based Construction of Timber Space Structures

A collaboration between:

• Caitlin Mueller, Assistant Professor, Architecture 
• Pierre Latteur, Professor, UCL

Superconducting Magnet Topology Optimization

A collaboration between:

• Joseph Minervini, Assistant Director, Plasma Science & Fusion Center
• Bruno Dehez, Associate Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Technological Fluency through Creative Learning: Addressing Inequities in Belgian Children's Educational Trajectories

A collaboration between:

• Natalie Rusk, Research Scientist & Scratch Learning Lead, Media Arts and Sciences 
• Neda Bebiroglu, Research Scientist, University College London

Microfluidic Platforms for Multifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts Engineering

A collaboration between:

• Klavs Jensen, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Alain Jonas, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain
• Antony Fernandes, Université catholique de Louvain

Mixed Redox Centers in MOFs: towards High Performance Energy Storage Systems

A collaboration between:

• Mircea Dinca, Associate Professor, Chemistry
• Alexandru Vlad, Associate Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Optimization and Control Techniques Applied to New Computational Challenges

A collaboration between:

• Pablo Parrilo, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Raphaël Jungers, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain

Drone-Based Additive Manufacturing of Architectural Structures

A collaboration between:

• Caitlin Mueller, Assistant Professor, Architecture
• Pierre Latteur, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain

First-Order Methods in Convex Optimization, with Applications to Big Data Issues

A collaboration between:

• Robert Freund, Professor, Management
• Yurii Nesterov, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain

Convex Relaxation and Wave-Based Imaging

A collaboration between:

• Laurent Demanet, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
• Laurent Jacques, Professor and F.R.S.-FNRS Research Associate, UCL
• Benoit Macq, Professor, prorecteur, UCL

Energy Efficient Artificial Leg

A collaboration between:

• Hugh Herr, Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Renaud Ronsse, Associate Professor, Universite catholique de Louvain
• Bruno Dehez, Associate Professor, Universite catholique de Louvain

Vibrational Spectroscopy: a Combined Theoretical and Experimental Approach

A collaboration between:

• Gerbrand Ceder, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Mildred Dresselhaus, Professor, Physics
• Gian-Marco Rignanese, Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain
• Jean-Christophe Charlier, Professeur ordinaire, Universite Catholique de Louvain
• Xavier Gonze, Professeur ordinaire, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Beyond the Standard Model at the LHC

A collaboration between:

• Jesse Thaler, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Fabio Maltoni, Professeur, Université catholique de Louvain

Property Rights From Below: Rethinking Property Rights Over Natural Resources

A collaboration between:

• Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Olivier De Schutter, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain
• An Ansoms, Lecturer, Université catholique de Louvain

Understanding Social Mobilization Through Timing

A collaboration between:

• Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Julien Hendrickx, Assistant Professor, Université catholique de Louvain

Development of Co-Crystal Applications: Co-Crystallization as a Purification Tool

A collaboration between:

• Allan Myerson, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Bernhardt L. Trout, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Tom Leyssens, Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium

Nonnegative, Positive Semidefinite and Cone Ranks: Algebraic, Geometric, and Complexity Aspects

A collaboration between:

• Pablo Parrilo, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• François Glineur, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium

Properties of High-Technology Materials at the Nanoscale

A collaboration between:

• Gerbrand Ceder, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Mildred Dresselhaus, Professor, Physics
• Xavier Gonze, Professeur ordinaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Jean-Christophe Charlier, Professeur ordinaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Role of Planar Polarity Protein Celsr1 in Adult Neural Stem Cells

A collaboration between:

• Li-Huei Tsai, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Andre Goffinet, Professor, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
• Fadel Tissir, Chercheur Qualifié FNRS, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Seed Fund

Facilitating the Use of Advanced Optimization Tools in Chile, PUC, USM

• Juan Pablo Vielma, Associate Professor, Management
• Gustavo Angulo, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Vi­ctor Albornoz, Federico Santa María Technical University

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV)-based Hybrid System for Energy Conversion, Waste Heat Recovery, and Water Purification

• Evelyn Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Bikram Bhatia, Posdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
• Arny Leroy, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering
• Colin Kelsall, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering
• Amador Guzman, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Pablo Araya, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Francisco Ramirez, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
• Paulina Escobar, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Seed Fund

Facilitating The Use Of Advanced Optimization Tools in Chile and UAI

• Juan Pablo Vielma, Associate Professor, Management
• Marcos Goycoolea, Adolfo Ibáñez University
• Diego Moran, Adolfo Ibáñez University
• Rodolfo Carvajal, Adolfo Ibáñez University

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Seed Fund

Participatory Design for Sustainable Public Transportation Planning: Applications in Different Socio-cultural Contexts

A collaboration between:     

• Chris Zegras, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Patricia Galilea, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica

Studying MOOC-based Hybrid Learning Initiatives: Analyzing Curriculum Alignment and Institutional Implications

A collaboration between:     

• David Pritchard,  Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, Physics
• María del Mar Perez-Sanagustin, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica

Wave Scattering in Complex Media: Application to Source Identification in Copper Mines

A collaboration between:     

• Laurent Demanet, Associate Professor, Mathematics
• Carlos Jerez-Hanckes, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Seed Fund

Design Without a Discipline   

 A collaboration between:     

• George Stiny, Professor, Architecture         
• Alexandros Tsamis, Professor, Director Post Professional Studies, Adolfo Ibanez University

Igneous Tectonics  

 A collaboration between:     

• Cristina Parreno, Lecturer, Architecture         
• Sergio Araya, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Seed Fund

Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid during Amphibian Nervous System Regeneration

A collaboration between:

• Hazel Sive, Professor, Biology
• Juan Larrain, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Experimental and Numerical Analysis on Sheet Formability in Deep Drawing Processes

A collaboration between:

• Tomasz Wierzbicki, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Diego Celentano, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

High-Resolution Analysis for Last-Mile Operations

A collaboration between:

• Edgar Blanco, Principal Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
• Ricardo Giesen, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

High-Throughput In Vivo Zebrafish Screening Platform

A collaboration between:

• M. Fatih Yanik, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Julio Amigo, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Improving Copper Electrowinning Eficiency at High Altitudes

A collaboration between:

• Donald Sadoway, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Alvaro Videla, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Technology and Sustainability of the Chilean Manufacturing Industry Related to Mining Equipment

A collaboration between:

• Timothy Gutowski, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Jorge Ramos, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Seed Fund

Biomimetic Design Inspired on Chitons Structural Articulated Armor

A collaboration between:

• Christine Ortiz, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Ekaterina Zolotovsky, Research Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering
• Sergio Araya, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Cedric Little, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

Research on Biomaterials in Architecture

A collaboration between:

• John Fernandez, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Sergio Araya, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

Synthetic Biology Platform

A collaboration between:

• Ron Weiss, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Jonathan Babb, Research Associate, Biological Engineering
• Deepak Mishra, Graduate Fellow, Biological Engineering
• Cedric Little, Professor, Director, Bioengineering Innovation Center, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Sergio Araya, Professor, Director Design Lab School of Design, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Ana Zuniga, Post Doctorando, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

MIT-Chile - Universidad Diego Portales Seed Fund

School Choice Reform in Chile

A collaboration between:

• Nikhil Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Economics
• Parag Pathak, Professor, Economics
• Alonso Bucarey, Graduate Student, Economics
• Gregory Elacqua, Director, Universidad Diego Portales

MIT-Chile - Unviersidad Técnica Federico Santa María Seed Fund

Magnetic Relaxation Phenomena in Ferromagnetic Thin Films with Tilted Anisotropy

A collaboration between:

• Caroline Ross, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Carlos Garcia, Associate Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Pedro Landeros, Assistant Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Rodolfo Gallardo, PostDoc, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Numerical Modeling and Other Engineering Tools for the Ambulatory Assessment of Vocal Function

A collaboration between:

• John V. Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Robert E. Hillman, Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Matías Zañartu, Associate Professor (AI), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Juan Yuz, Associate Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

MIT-Chile Seed Fund

Assistive Technologies for Healthcare - Phase II

A collaboration between:

• John Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Dorothy Curtis, Research Scientist
• Esteban Pino, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Concepcion
• Pablo Aqueveque, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Concepcion

Developing Affordable Strategies for Crowdsourced Sensing for Disease and Environmental Monitoring

A collaboration between:

• Lee Gehrke, Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Jose Gomez Marquez, Instructor
• Anna Young, Instructor
• Jose Manuel Robles, Dean, Universidad del Desarrollo
• Camilo Rodriguez Beltran, Head of Innovation and Associate Professor, Universidad del Desarrollo

Effects of Analgesia in Electroencephalographic Indicators of Pain Perception

A collaboration between:

• Emery Brown, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Jose Egana, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Chile

Measuring Em-Préndete: Developing Alternative Metrics for Economic and Social Outcomes in Southern Chile

A collaboration between:

• J. Phillip Thompson, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Ester Fecci, Professor; Director of the Centro de Emprendizaje, Universidad Austral de Chile
• Guy Boisier, Professor, Universidad Austral de Chile

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Seed Fund

Cholesterol is Bad for Eggs as Much as Eggs are Bad for Cholesterol

A collaboration between:

• Monty Krieger, Professor, Biology
• Dolores Busso, Professor, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Attilio Rigotti, Professor, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Phase-Two: Development, Characterization and Optimization of Hybrid Solar Energy Conversion Systems: Phase 2

A collaboration between:

• Evelyn Wang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Amador Guzman, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Rodrigo Escobar, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Sergio Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Andres Diaz, Assistant Professor, Universidad Diego Portales

Smoke-Free Legislation and Heart Attack Incidence in Chile

A collaboration between:

• Jeffrey Harris, Professor, Economics
• Ramón Corbalán, Profesor Titular, Pontificia Universidad Catolica
• Carolina Nazzal, Profesor Asistente, Universidad de Chile

Solar Integration in the Chilean Energy System

A collaboration between:

• Robert Armstrong, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Visiting Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Hugh Rudnick, Emeritus Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• David Watts, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Matias Negrete-Pincetic, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Urban Public Transport Operations Planning and Control

A collaboration between:

• Nigel Wilson, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Juan Carlos Muñoz-Abogabir, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibanez Seed Fund

From Natural Exoskeleton to Design

A collaboration between:

• Christine Ortiz, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Sergio Araya, Professor, Director Design Lab School of Design, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

Synthetic Biology Platform

A collaboration between:

• Ron Weiss, Associate Professor, Biological Engineering
• Jonathan Babb, Research Associate, Biological Engineering
• Deepak Mishra, Graduate Fellow, Biological Engineering
• Cedric Little, Profesor Asistente, Director Centro de Innovacion en Bioingenieria, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Sergio Araya, Professor, Director Design Lab School of Design, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Ana Zuniga, Post Doctorando, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

MIT-Chile - Universidad Diego Portales Seed Fund

Mobile Content Centric Networks

A collaboration between:

• Hari Balakrishnan, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Diego Dujovne, Professor, Universidad Diego Portales

MIT-Chile - Unviersidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Voice Health Monitoring: Developing Measures of Ambulatory Voice Quality and Dysphonia

A collaboration between:

• John V. Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Robert E. Hillman, Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Matías Zañartu, Academic Research Associate, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
• Agustín González, Assistant Professor, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

MIT-Chile Seed Fund

A New Fundamental Insight on Noble Metal Electrodeposition

A collaboration between:

• Antoine Allanore, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Tomas Vargas, Associate Professor, University of Chile
• Melanie Colet, Instructor Professor, University of Chile

A New In vitro Migration Assay for Functional Isolation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Subpopulation (MSCs) and Therapeutic Quality Control

A collaboration between:

• Ali Khademhosseini, Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Juan Pablo Acevedo Cox, Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes
• Mauron Khoury, Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Analysis of Copiapo's Water Metabolism with the Aim to Propose Water Deficit Mitigation Strategies

A collaboration between:

• John Lienhard, Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• John Fernandez, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Maria Christina Fragkou, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Chile
• Barbara Rodriguez, Adjunct Professor, Universidad de Chile

Collaborative Decision-Making in the Realm of Hydropower Projects in Southern Chile - Phase II

A collaboration between:

• Lawrence Susskind, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Teodoro Kausel, Professor, Universidad Austral de Chile

Effects of Built Environment and Land Use Factors on Child Pedestrian Crashes in Santiago, Chile

A collaboration between:

• Christopher Zegras, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Carola Blazquez, Associate Professor, Universidad Andres Bello

Long Term Components of an Integrated, Microsimulation and Agent-Based Model of Urban Systems and Land Use

A collaboration between:

• Moshe Ben-Akiva, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Joseph Ferreira, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• C. Angelo Guevara, Research Professor, Universidad de los Andes
• Francisco Martínez, Professor, Universidad de Chile

Megacity Logistics Lab - Profiling Santiago de Chile

A collaboration between:

• Chris Caplice, Principal Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
• Edgar Blanco, Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
• Julio Villalobos, Director, Universidad Andrés Bello

MIT-Chile Collaboration for Medical Text Summarization for Patient Literacy

A collaboration between:

• John Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Dorothy Curtis, Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• John Atkinson, Professor, Universidad de Concepcion
• Javier Vidal, Associate Professor, Universidad de Concepcion

Multiferroic Materials and Their Applications: Experiments and Theoretical Simulations

A collaboration between:

• Caroline Ross, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Patricio Vargas Cantin, Doctor Physical Science, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
• Juan Manuel Florez Uribe, Doctor Physical Science, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Structural Analysis of Knowledge Complexity

A collaboration between:

• César A. Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Marcelo Mendoza, PhD, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Seed Fund

Assessing the Impact of Labor Flexibility in Shift Scheduling

A collaboration between:

• David Simchi-Levi, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Juan-Carlos Ferrer, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Juan-Carlos Muñoz, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Designing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridors

A collaboration between:

• Jan Wampler, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Christopher Zegras, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Rosanna Forray Claps, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Rocio Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Development, Characterization and Optimization of Hybrid Solar Energy Conversion Systems

A collaboration between:

• Evelyn Wang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Rishi Raj,  Mechanical Engineering
• Amador Guzman, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Rodrigo Escobar, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Modeling and Simulation of Wire Forming Processes

A collaboration between:

• Raúl Radovitzky, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Diego Celentano,Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Daniel Hurtado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Mining Project Risk Management (MPRM)

A collaboration between:

• Roy Welsch, Professor, Management
• Alexander Samarov, Research Scientist, Management
• Jose Botin, Professor and Chair, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
• Ronald Guzman, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)

New Color Centers for Metrology and Quantum Information Applications

A collaboration between:

• Paola Cappellaro, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Jeronimo Maze, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Reconstructing Climate Change in Chile Over the Last 11,000 Years

A collaboration between:

• David McGee, Assistant Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Roger Summons, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Claudio Latorre, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Blas Valero Garces, Research Professor, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia (Pyrenean Institute of Ecology)

The Fog Harvesting Challenge

A collaboration between:

• Gareth McKinley, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Robert Cohen, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Juan de Dios Rivera, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Pilar Cereceda, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Theoretical and Practical Issues in Convex Optimization

A collaboration between:

• Robert Freund, Professor, Management
• Jorge Vera, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Fernando Ordóñez, Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile
• Enzo Sauma, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

What can Twitter Teach Us About Social Protests?: Discovering the Global Connections of the Chilean Student Movement through Network Analysis

A collaboration between:

• Cesar Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Peter Gloor, Research Scientist, Management
• Cristobal Garcia, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Marisa von Bülow, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Seed Fund

Advanced Decomposition Techniques for Non-Linear Optimization

A collaboration between:

• Juan Pablo Vielma, Assistant Professor, Management
• Marcos Goycoolea, Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
• Eduardo Moreno, Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Introduction to Synthetic Biology Course at UAI-CHILE

A collaboration between:

• Ron Weiss, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Jonathan Babb, Biological Engineering
• Sergio Araya, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Cedric Little, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

Real-Time Metropolitan Atlas of Chile: Defining Urban Structure Through Digital Social Networks

A collaboration between:

• Marta Gonzalez, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Dennis Frenchman, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Luis Valenzuela, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Ricardo Trufello, Geographer, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

Understanding the Social Impact of Exogenous Shocks to the Urban Environment

A collaboration between:

• César A. Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Dennis Frenchman, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Luis Valenzuela, DDes, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez
• Sergio Araya, PhD, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

MIT-Chile Seed Fund

Collaborative Decision-making in the Realm of Hydropower Projects in Southern Chile

A collaboration between:

• Lawrence Susskind, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Teodoro Kausel, Auxiliar Professor, Economics and Administration Faculty Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
• Jose Aylwin, Adjunct Professor of Indigenous Law, Faculty of Juridical and Social Studies Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

Information Technologies for Supporting Disaster Relief Operations in Chile

A collaboration between:

• Jarrod Goentzel, Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
• Yossi Sheffi, Professor, Engineering Systems Division
• Raquel Jimenez, Master of Science, Andres Bello University, Chile
• Nicolas Bronfman,  Andres Bello University, Chile

MIT-Chile Collaboration for Assistive Technologies in HealthCare

A collaboration between:

• John Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Dorothy Curtis
• Esteban Pino, Assistant Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile
• Pablo Aqueveque, Assistant Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile

Phasing the Atacama Large Telescope Array for Observing a Black Hole Event Horizon

A collaboration between:

• Sheperd Doeleman, Principal Research Scientist, Physics
• Neil Nagar, Professor, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

Relating the Structure and Acoustical Properties of Solid-State Interfaces

A collaboration between:

• Michael Demkowicz, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Fernando Lund, Professor, Universidad de Chile, Chile
• Nicolas Mujica, Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Roadmap to Internationalize and Orient Engineering Education towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Collaboration

A collaboration between:

• Dava J. Newman, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Juan Carlos de la Llera, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Andrea Detmer, Deputy Director for Innovation, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Pedro Bouchon, Associate Professor and Director for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

The Biogeochemistry of the Oxygen Minimum Zone of Northern Chile in a Warming World: Present and Past Evolution Using Novel Lipid Biomarkers

A collaboration between:

• Roger Summons, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Julio Sepulveda, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Carina Lange, Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile
• Silvio Pantoja, Professor, University of Concepcion, Chile

The Development of Ambulatory Biofeedback Approaches to More Effectively Treat Common Voice Disorders

A collaboration between:

• John V. Guttag, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Robert E. Hillman, Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Matias Zanartu, Academic Research Associate, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile
• Agustin Gonzalez, Professor, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile

Urban Metabolism of the Talca Region of Chile

A collaboration between:

• John Fernandez, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Eduardo Aguirre, Professor, Universidad de Talca, Chile

MIT-Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Seed Fund

Damage to Chilean High-rise Buildings During Large Thrust Earthquakes

A collaboration between:

• Eduardo Kausel, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Juan Carlos de la Llera, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Rosita Junemann, Ph.D. Candidate, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Enhancing Sustainability of Concrete by Using High-Volume Fly Ash as SCM in Cement Paste and for Low Cost Production LWA

A collaboration between:

• Franz-Josef Ulm, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Mauricio Lopez, Assistant Professor, PhD, MSc, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
• Carlos Videla Javier Castro, Assistant Professor,Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile

Environmentally-Adaptive Vision-Based Navigation

A collaboration between:

• Nicholas Roy, Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Alvaro Soto, Profesor Asociado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Implementing Bus Rapid Transit: Institutional Dimensions

A collaboration between:

• P. Christopher Zegras, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Manuel Tironi, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Information on Vocational Education in Chile

A collaboration between:

• Esther Duflo, Professor, Economics
• David Autor, Professor, Economics
• Francisco Gallego, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Nitrogen Fixation in the Polar Ocean and its Contribution to Global Nitrogen Budgets

A collaboration between:

• Martin Polz, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Beatriz Eugenia Diez Moreno, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Role of the Good Cholesterol HDL in Female Fertility

A collaboration between:

• Monty Krieger, Professor, Biology
• Ayce Yesilaltay, Research Scientist, Biology
• Attilio Rigotti, Pontificia Universidad Católica, School of Medicine, Chile
• Dolores Busso, Pontificia Universidad Católica, School of Medicine, Chile

Sparse Reconstruction for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Cardiovascular Applications

A collaboration between:

• Elfar Adalsteinsson, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Pablo Irarrazaval, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
• Cristian Tejos, Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

The Fog Harvesting Challenge

A collaboration between:

• Gareth McKinley, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Robert Cohen, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Juan de Dios Rivera, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Pilar Cereceda, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Urban Public Transport Operations Control

A collaboration between:

• Nigel Wilson, Faculty, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Juan-Carlos Muñoz, Associate professor, Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

MIT-Chile - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Seed Fund

Compose_It House. Robotic Fabrication for Architectural Applications.

A collaboration between:

• Mark Goulthorpe, Associate Professor, Architecture
• Alexandros Tsamis, Associate professor, Adolfo Ibanez University, Chile

Synthetic Biology Design Project

A collaboration between:

• Ron Weiss, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Sergio Araya, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile
• Manuel Gidekel, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

One-dimensional Perovskite-based Nanostructured Materials for Efficient Solar Fuel Production

A collaboration between:

• Yang Shao-Horn, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Nageh Allam, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo

Safe and Sound : A Collaborative Exploration of Urban Displacement in Egypt

A collaboration between:

• Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Miloon Kothari, MIT MLK Scholar at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing with the UN Human Rights Council, Urban Studies and Planning
• Heba-Allah Essam E Khalil, Associate Professor of Architecture, Cairo University
• Asmaa Abdel Aty M. Ibrahim, Associate Professor of Architecture, Cairo University

Characterization of Molecular Markers Contributing to Virulence and Transmission of H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus among Poultry Population in Egypt

A collaboration between:

• Jonathan Runstadler, Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering
• Islam Hussein, Senior Research Scientist, Biological Engineering
• Hussein Ahmed, Professor, Cairo University
• Mohamed Gadalla, Assistant Lecturer, Cairo University

Comparative Assessment of Different Regional Climate Models for Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Projections over the Eastern Nile Basin

A collaboration between:

• Elfatih Eltahir, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Mohammed Abouelhaggag, Assistant Professor, Cairo University

Functionalized Nanostructured Photoanodes for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

A collaboration between:

• Vladimir Bulovic, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Nageh Allam, Assistant Professor, The American University in Cairo

MIT-Germany - University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

Global Water Cycle and Environmental Monitoring using Active and Passive Satellite-based Microwave Instruments

• Dara Entekhabi, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Ruzbeh Akbar, Post-Doc, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Andrew Feldman, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Thomas Jagdhuber, German Aerospace Center
• Moritz Link, European Space Agency
• Martin Baur, University of Bayreuth
• Ismail Baris, Friedrich-Schiller-University

Optimal and secure control of large-scale networked cyber-physical systems

• Munther Dahleh, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Frank Allgöwer, University of Stuttgart

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Mechanics of Cell Matrix Interface in 3D

A collaboration between:

• Ming Guo, d’Arbeloff Career Development Chair Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
• Chase Broedersz, Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

MIT-Germany - University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

Electro-Chromic Stimuli-Responsive Photonic Fibers

A collaboration between:

• Mathias Kolle, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
• Sabine Ludwigs, Professor, University of Stuttgart

Gate-Stack Engineering for High-Quality MOS Transistor Control Gates for Ge-based Tunneling Field-Effect Transistors

A collaboration between:

• Jesus del Alamo, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Jörg Schulze, Professor, Dr. habil, Institute of Semiconductor Engineering

System-Theoretic Analysis of Dependable Systems in the Automotive Domain

A collaboration between:

• Nancy Leveson, Aeronautics and Astronautics  
• Stefan Wagner, Professor, University of Stuttgart

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

A New View of Stromatolites through Laser-based, Spatially Resolved Analysis of Lipid Biomarkers

A collaboration between:

• Roger Summons, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
• Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Professor of Organic Geochemistry, University of Bremen
• Lars Wörmer, Senior Postdoctoral Investigator, University of Bremen
• Florence Schubotz; Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bremen

Any Angled Docking Using Gecko Adhesives and Spheres^2

A collaboration between:

• Alvar Saenz-Otero, Principal Research Scientist, Director, Space Systems Lab, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Enrico Stoll, Professor, Braunschweig University of Technology

Experimental Charge Density of Novel Inorganic Aromatic Ions and Related Compounds

A collaboration between:

• Christopher Cummins, Professor, Chemistry
• Peter Mueller, Principal Research Scientist, Chemistry
• Dietmar Stalke, Professor, Universität Göttingen

Interfacial Proton Coupled Electron Transfer

A collaboration between:

• Yogesh Surendranath, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Wolfgang Schmickler, Professor, Ulm University

Spatial Order and Collective Cell Behavior in Bacterial Biofilms

A collaboration between:

• Jorn Dunkel, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
• Knut Drescher, Independent Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

MIT-Germany - University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

Collaboration in On-Chip Ge Lasers

A collaboration between:

• Jurgen Michel, Senior Research Scientist,
• Joerg Schulze, Professor, Universität Stuttgart

Quantum Processors in Diamond

A collaboration between:

• Paola Cappellaro, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Dirk Englund, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Joerg Wrachtrup, Professor, Universität Stuttgart

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Cell Parameter Variability in Lithium-Ion Batteries

A collaboration between:

• Richard Braatz, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Rolf Findeisen, Chair for Systems Theory and Automatic Control, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• Ulrike Krewer, Professor and Head of the Institute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Effects of Electromagnetic Fluctuations in Nonequilibrium Situations

A collaboration between:

• Robert Jaffe, Professor, Physics
• Mehran Kardar, Professor, Physics
• Matthias Kruger, Max Planck Institute Stuttgart

Multi-Scale Interactions of Atmospheric Gravity Waves

A collaboration between:

• Triantaphyllos Akylas, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Ulrich Achatz, Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt

Probing Multiferroic Materials Using Novel Neutron Imaging Methods

A collaboration between:

• Boris Khaykovich, Research Scientist,
• David Moncton, Professor, Physics
• Wolfgang Treimer, Professor and Department Head, Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy

Reduced-order Geometrical Modeling of the Dynamics of Power Grids for Efficient Detection and Optimal Suppression of Critical Events

A collaboration between:

• Themistoklis Sapsis, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Sertac Karaman, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Franz-Erich Wolter, Professor, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Small Laser Communications Terminal for Satellites in Low Earth Orbit

A collaboration between:

• Kerri Cahoy, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Kathleen Riesing, Graduate Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Ryan Kingsbury, Graduate Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Tam Nguyen, Graduate Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Christopher Schmidt,  Diplom-Ingenieur, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Collaborative Improvement of Photoelectrochemical Cells: Experiments and Modeling of Inexpensive Hematite Photoanode Nanostructures

A collaboration between:

• Craig Carter, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Christina Scheu, Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Functional Micro-Dispensers For Protection Against Vector-Borne Diseases and Crop Protection

A collaboration between:

• Noel Elman
• Eckart Ruehl, Professor, Freie Universität Berlin

Quantatitive Protemoic Analysis of Synaptic Plasticity

A collaboration between:

• Weifeng Xu, Assistant Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Oliver Schlüter, Junior Investigator, Göttingen University Medical School

Star Formation In The Early Universe

A collaboration between:

• Anna Frebel, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Ralf Klessen, Professor, University of Heidelberg
• Simon Glover, University of Heidelberg

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Improving Our Understanding of Global Change and Climate Through Laboratory Studies of Clouds

A collaboration between:

• Daniel Cziczo, Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Frank Stratmann, Group Leader, Cloud Division, TROPOS

Mechanics of Clusters Formed Far-From-Equilibrium: The Case of Blood Clots

A collaboration between:

• Alexander Alfredo-Katz, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Mikhail Itskov, Doctor of Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

Multimodal Molecular Imaging of Gene Expression in the Brain

A collaboration between:

• Alan Jasanoff, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Gil Gregor Westmeyer, Professor, Technical University Munich & Helmholtz Center Munich

Next Generation Interactive Surfaces

A collaboration between:

• Patricia Maes, Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Joseph Paradiso, Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Jürgen Steimle, Head of independent research group (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Saarland University

The Social Neuroscience of Autism: a Joint Multi-Modal Approach of the MIT and the Freie Universität Berlin

A collaboration between:

• Rebecca Saxe, Associate Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• John Gabrieli, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Hauke Heekeren, Doctor of Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin
• Isabel Dziobek, Freie Universität Berlin

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Analytical Approaches to Large-Scale Databases of Musical Scores

A collaboration between:

• Michael Cuthbert, Associate Professor, Music and Theater Arts
  • Watch MIT sophomore Beth Hadley's video about her work on Professor Cuthbert's project, and read about the project's impact
• Hans-Peter Kriegel, Professor Ordinarius, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• Vladimir Viro, Ph.D. Student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Automatic Parameterized Model Generation for MRI Coils

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Mikhail Kozlov, Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

Combining Model Reduction with Sparse Grids into a Multifidelity Framework for Design, Control and Optimization

A collaboration between:

• Karen Willcox, Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Professor, Technische Universität München, Germany

Joining Nanocomposites

A collaboration between:

• Michael Demkowicz, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Peter Mayr, Professor, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Quantum Effects in Photosynthetic Systems

A collaboration between:

• Jianshu Cao, Professor, Chemistry
• Martin Plenio, Alexander von Humboldt Professor & Director, Ulm University
• Susana Huelga, Professor, Ulm University, Germany

MIT-Germany - University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

A Peak into the Outer Solar System through Stellar Occultations 

A collaboration between:

• Amanda Bosh, Senior Lecturer, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Karsten Schindler, University of Stuttgart                        

Improving Blood Draw Methods

A collaboration between:

• Alexander Slocum, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Nevan Clancy Hanumara, Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Kent Stewart, University of Stuttgart

MIT-Germany Seed Fund

Analysis of (Un)conscious Stress Reduction Methods using Biofeedback and Virtual Reality     

A collaboration between:         

• Pattie Maes, Professor, Media Arts and Sciences
• Bjoern M. Eskofier, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)      
• Nicolas Rohleder, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Ultrathin Films on Mixed Conductors for Low Temperature Solid Electrolytes     

A collaboration between:  

• Yogesh Surendranath, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Julien Bachmann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

India Dairy Industry Optimization

A collaboration between:

• Rich Fletcher, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Media Arts and Sciences
• Avishek Gupta, IFMR Ventures, India
• S Mohan, Director, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Ltd., India

Strengthening Partnerships for Mobile Based Health-Care Technology in India

A collaboration between:

• Leo Anthony, Celi Research Scientist, MIT Department of Health Sciences and Technology
• Peter Szolovits, Professor MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Jay Satia, Professor, Public Health Foundation of India, India
• Amarjeet Singh, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, India

Technology for Combating Milk Adulteration

• Rich Fletcher, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Media Arts and Sciences

Audio Wiki and ODK Voice: How Mobile Phones Will Change the Developing World

• Saman Amarasinghe, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Establishment of a D-Lab Field Site in Calcutta, India

A collaboration between:

• Amy Smith, Lecturer, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Suprio Das, Founding Partner, ApproDesign, India

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Blind Children in the Developing World

• Pawan Sinha, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

MITOR Project

High-speed Railway New Cities in China: Measuring and Planning Urban

A collaboration between​:

• Vibran  Siqi Zheng, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Carlo Ratti, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning    
• Fábio Duarte, Research Scientist, Urban Studies and Planning        
• Rui Du, Postdoctoral Associate, Urban Studies and Planning 
• Michele Bonino, Politecnico di Torino     
• Valeria Federighi, Politecnico di Torino

Hybrid Discrete/Continuous Models for Synthetic Biological Systems     

A collaboration between​:

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Stefano Di Carlo, Politecnico di Torino                                                                                                                         

Light Harvesting Antenna systems for Solar Applications 

A collaboration between​:

• Moungi Bawendi, Professor, Chemistry
• Barbara Bonelli, Politecnico di Torino     
• Francesca Freyria, Politecnico di Torino                                                                                                                                   

Manufacturing and Urban Innovation   

A collaboration between​:

• Eran Ben-Joseph, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning   
• Matteo Robiglio, Politecnico di Torino                                                                                                                              

New Perspective on Internal Wave Dispersion in Fluid Flows

A collaboration between​:        

• Gigliola Staffilani, Professor, Mathematics     
• Federico Fraternale, Politecnico di Torino 
• Daniela Tordella, Politecnico di Torino                                                                            

Origins And Propagation Of Noise In Mammalian Cells    

A collaboration between​:    

• Salil Garg, Principal Research Scientist, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT          
• Carla Bosia, Politecnico di Torino                                                                                                                            

Passive Solar Cooling via Engineered Optical and Evaporation Phenomena         

A collaboration between​:    

• Svetlana Boriskina, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering            
• Gang Chen, Professor, Mechanical Engineering     
• Matteo Fasano, Politecnico di Torino      
• Pietro Asinari, Politecnico di Torino         
• Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Politecnico di Torino                                                                                

Towards Scalable Parameterized Model Order Reduction   

A collaboration between​:           

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Stefano Grivet, Politecnico di Torino        

MIT - FVG (Friuli Venezia Giulia) Seed Fund

Electric Ships Insulation Systems Analysis  

A collaboration between​:           

• Chathan Cooke, Principal Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science              
• Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, Professor, Mechanical Engineerin
• Alfredo Contin, University of Trieste         

Multi-disciplinary Ship Design by Reduced Order Models and
Machine Learning

A collaboration between​:

• Michael Triantafyllou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Luca Bonfiglio, post-doc associate, Mechanical Engineering
• George Karniadakis Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Gianluigi Rozza, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies              
• Marco Tezzele, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies
• Nicola Demo, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies

News Reliability Assessment through Rationale and Factual Evidence 

A collaboration between​:           

• Regina Barzilay, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Enrico Santus, Postdoc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Giuseppe Serra, University of Udine

NV centers for the test of the Quantum Jarzynski Equality (NVQJE)           

• Paola Cappellaro, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

• Stefano Ruffo, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies 

• Andrea Trombettoni, CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS and SISSA

• Andrea Colcelli  SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Adipose Tissue on a Chip               

• Benedetto Marelli, Principal Research Scientist, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Silvia Fare', Politecnico di Milano
• Nicola Contessi Negrini, Politecnico di Milano     

Characterizing Interventions in the Intensive Care Unit

• Roger Mark, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Li-wei Lehman, Research Scientist
• Riccardo Barbieri, Politecnico di Milano

Computational Design and Experimental Validation of TRAF6-binding Peptides    

• Amy Keating, Professor, Biology 
• Alfonso Gautieri, Politecnico di Milano

Designing and Optimizing the Control of Integrated Photovoltaic-Powered Des    

• Amos Winter, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Sergio Savaresi, Politecnico di Milano      

Reduced Models for Nonlinear and Multi-Physics MicroSystems                 

•  Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Alberto Corigliano, Politecnico di Milano

Sedimentation Kinetics and Instabilities 

• James Swan, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Roberto Piazza, Politecnico di Milano                     

UNmanned Additive Manufacturing - UNAM       

• John Hart, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Cem Tasan, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Bianca Maria Colosimo, Politecnico di Milano                                   

VALIDATE: CardioVascuLar Medical Devices: from Images to Bedside      

• Elazer Edelman, Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
• Francesco Migliavacca, Politecnico di Milano

MIT-UNIPI Project

An In Vitro Model of Pyelonephritis    

A collaboration between​:     

• Roger Kamm, Professor  Biological Engineering
• Yu Shrike Zhang, Instructor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Giovanni Vozzi, University of Pisa             
• Emilia Ghelardi, University of Pisa

Event Extraction For Fake News Detection      

A collaboration between​:     

• Regina Barzilay, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Enrico Santus, Postdoc  
• Alessandro Lenci, University of Pisa         
• Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa
• Lucia Passaro, University of Pisa
• Alessandro Bondielli, University of Pisa

INTENSE: particle physics experiments at the Fermilab  

A collaboration between​:      

• Or Hen, Professor, Physics           
• Simone Donati, University of Pisa            
• Ornella Palamara, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory               

Microfluidic Fabrication of Bioengineered Microspheres for Tissue Repair      

A collaboration between​:             

• Patrick Doyle, Professor, Chemical Engineering   
• Elisabetta Rosellini, University of Pisa     
• Maria Grazia Cascone, University of Pisa                              

Using Graph Compression for Shortest Path Computation in Urban On-Demand Mo

A collaboration between​:         

• Carlo Ratti, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Paolo Santi, Research Scientist, Urban Studies and Planning
• Paolo Ferragina, University of Pisa

Waves of Globalization Between Tradition and Innovation    

A collaboration between​:        

• Anne McCants, Professor, History
• Ellan Spero, Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering
• Valeria Pinchera, University of Pisa           

MITOR Project

Exploiting the 3rd Mobility Dimension for Smart City Applications

• Carlo Ratti, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Amin Anjomshoaa, Visiting Scholar, Urban Studies and Planning
• Giorgio Guglieri, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Elisa Capello, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Alessandro Rizzo, Polytechnic University of Turin

Flexible Sensors Based on 2D-Materials For Wearable Devices In Clinical Environments

• Tomas Palacios, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Giovanni Azzellino, Postdoctoral Associate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Giorgio De Pasquale, Polytechnic University of Turin

Imaging Based PAT device for freeze-drying process of Pharmaceuticals

• Richard Braatz, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Davide Fissore, Polytechnic University of Turin

Perovskite Photovoltaics: Experimental Efforts Towards Commercialization

• Tonio Buonassisi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Ian Marius Peters, PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
• Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering
• Titan Hartono, MSc Student, Mechanical Engineering
• Claudio Gerbaldi, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Federico Bella, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Giulia Piana, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Giuseppina Meligrana, Polytechnic University of Turin

Smart Electronic Lot SysTEms for Rehabilitation Sciences - SISTER

• Emilio Bizzi, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Danilo Demarchi, Polytechnic University of Turin

Systems and Data Science to Design, Optimize, and Control Mobility on Demand Systems

• Carlo Ratti, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Paolo Santi, Senior Research Scientist, Urban Studies and Planning
• Alessandro Rizzo, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Carlo Novara, Polytechnic University of Turin
• Christian Bongiorno, Polytechnic University of Turin

MIT-UNIPI Project

Electromagnetic/Magnetorheological Haptic Devices

• Lynette Jones, Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Rocco Rizzo, University of Pisa

Haptic Assistance in Autonomous Walking for Visually Impaired People

• Daniela Rus, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Matteo Bianchi, University of Pisa
• Lucia Pallottino, University of Pisa
• Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa

Increasing Collaboration Among Healthcare Providers 

• Peter Gloor, Research Scientist, Management
• Thomas Malone, Professor, Management
• Davide Aloini, University of Pisa
• Alessandro Stefanini, University of Pisa

Modeling and Design of Safe and Sustainable Smart Drives for E-vehicles

• James Kirtley, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Sergio Saponara, University of Pisa

Optimal Electrification Strategies For Rural Areas Of Developing Countries

• Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Visiting Professor, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
• Reja Amatya, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative
• Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Postdoc Associate, MIT Energy Initiative
• Davide Poli, University of Pisa
• Romano Giglioli, University of Pisa
• Davide Fioriti, University of Pisa

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Disorder-Aware Engineering of Metasurfaces for Advanced Photonics

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Giuseppe Della Valle, Polytechnic University of Milan

Sinha-Barbieri Italy 2017

• Pawan Sinha, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Riccardo Barbieri, Polytechnic University of Milan

Studying the world’s thinnest superconductor with x-ray spectroscope

• Riccardo Comin, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Giacomo Ghiringhelli, Polytechnic University of Milan

MIT-FVG Project

A New Probe of Broken Symmetries in Quantum Solids

• Riccardo Comin, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Fulvio Parmigiani, University of Trieste

Green Ship Design: reducing ships' energy footprint from early stage

• Michael Triantafyllou, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Julie Chalfant, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Giorgio Sulligoi, University of Trieste
• Gianluigi Rozza, International School for Advanced Studies

Growth Matters

• Rohan Abeyaratne, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Eric Puntel, University of Udine

Learning the Potential Energy Landscape and Beyond with Deep Graph Convolut

• Alexie Kolpak, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Stefano de Gironcoli, International School for Advanced Studies 

Nanofriction Emulation - Theory and Experiments with Trapped Cold Ions

• Vladan Vuletic, Professor, Physics
• Giuseppe Santoro, International School for Advanced Studies
• Erio Tosatti, International School for Advanced Studies
• Andrea Vanossi, Institute for Materials Manufacturing of the National Research Council (CNR-IOM)

Negative Capacitance Field Effect Transistors for Energy Efficient Electronics

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• David Esseni, University of Udine

New Approaches To Quantum Many-Body Systems Via Entanglement

• Hong Liu, Professor, Physics
• Erik Tonni, International School for Advanced Studies

ROM2S Reduced Order Methods at MIT and International School for Advanced Studies

• Anthony Patera, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Gianluigi Rozza, International School for Advanced Studies

MITOR Project

Application of Graphene to Increase Machine Reliability, Safety and Efficiency    

A collaboration between:     

• Jing Kong, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science         
• Andrea Mura, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Development of Efficient Numerical Tools for Parametric Design and Virtual Prototyping of Photonic Nanosurfaces    

A collaboration between:     

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science        
• Giuseppe Vecchi, Professor, Politecnico di Torino

From Tradition to Innovation: Exploring Ancient Structures and Technologies of Italian Baroque Architecture    

A collaboration between:    

• Admir Masic, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering         
• Mauro Volpiano, Ph.D. in History of Architecture, Confirmed assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Graphene Based Membranes for Water Purification    

A collaboration between:     

• Jeffrey C. Grossman, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering         
• Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Professor, Politecnico of Torino

NANOBUBBLE: Nano-Engineered Surfaces for Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer    

A collaboration between:     

• Evelyn Wang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering        
• Pietro Asinari, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino

MIT-UNIPI Project

Development of Nanocomposite Piezoelectric Materials for Cochlear Sensory-Neural Stimulation (NANO-SPARKS)

A collaboration between:

• Markus Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering, Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering  
• Serena Danti, Assistant Professor in Materials Science, Ph.D., M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Pisa

Project Dynamic Characterization of POGO Instabilities in Cavitating Turbopumps

A collaboration between:

• Zoltán Spakovszky, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Director of Gas Turbine Laboratory, Aeronautics and Astronautics 
• Angelo Pasini, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa

Electrochemical and Optical Sensors based on Functional Carbon Nanotubes

A collaboration between:

• Timothy Manning Swager, Professor, Chemistry 
• Tarita Biver, Ph.D., University of Pisa

Global Value Chains and the Socio-Environmental Challenges of Local Development Processes

A collaboration between:

• Matthew Amengual, Associate Professor, Sloan School of Management 
• Elisa Giuliani, Associate Professor, University of Pisa

Hybrid Multi-Scale Turbine-to-Ocean Modelling for Efficient and Sustainable Farms of Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbines

A collaboration between:

• Pierre Lermusiaux, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering  
• Stefania Zanforlin, Dr., University of Pisa

Physics-based Reduced Order Model of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Enhanced Battery Management

A collaboration between:

• Martin Bazant, E. G. Roos Professor, Chemical Engineering  
• Federico Baronti, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Characterizing Hypotensive Episodes in the Intensive Care Unit

A collaboration between:

• Roger Mark, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Riccardo Barbieri, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Multimodal and Multiscale Experimental and Modeling Approach to Explore the Role of Microstructural Organization in Biomineralized Complex Materials

A collaboration between:

• Admir Masic, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Flavia Libonati, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Predictive Model of Urban e-Mobility Integrated with Renewable Energy Sources

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Michela Longo, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano 

Tailor-Made Composites: Using Engineered Design & Manufacturing, Modeling and Experiments to Create New Functional Materials

A collaboration between:

• Markus Buehler, McAfee Professor of Engineering and Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Laura Vergani, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

MITOR Project

Energy Profiling and Structuring of Future Distribution Infrastructure - Framework for a Self-sustaining Community of Electricity Prosumers

A collaboration between:

• Carlo Ratti, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Marguerite Nyhan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Urban Studies and Planning
• Rex Britter, Principal Research Scientist, Urban Studies and Planning
• Ettore Bompard, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Francesco Profumo, Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Federico Boni Castagnetti; Technical Development Engineer, IREN S.p.A. 

In Vitro Modelling of Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System by a Microfluidic Platform Mimicking the Biological Barriers (NANOCAB)

A collaboration between:

• Roger Kamm, Professor, Biological Engineering
• Valeria Chiono, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Gianluca Ciardelli, Full Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Moving from Batch to Continuous Freeze-Drying of Biopharmaceuticals

A collaboration between:

• Bernhardt L. Trout, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Roberto Pisano, Politecnico di torino

Nanoparticles From Food Waste: The Future "Green" Concrete in Smart Cities

A collaboration between:

• Franz Josef Ulm, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Luciana Restuccia, Ph.D. student, Politecnico di Torino

Simulation of Boiling Flows with Computational Fluid Dynamics and Population Balance Models

A collaboration between:

• Emilio Baglietto, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Daniele Marchisio, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Antonio Buffo, Research Assistant, Politecnico di Torino

Wave Energy Prize

A collaboration between:

• Stefano Brizzolara, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Giuliana Mattiazzo, Professor, Politecnico di Torino

MIT-UNIPI Project

A Novel Physical Representation for Boiling in CFD

A collaboration between:

• Emilio Baglietto, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Walter Ambrosini, Associate Professor, Università di Pisa

Development of Advanced Micro-Engineered Surfaces to Improve Heat Transfer in Space Applications

A collaboration between:

• Jacopo Buongiorno, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Paolo Di Marco, Professor, Università di Pisa
• Giacomo Saccone, Ph.D. student, Università di Pisa

From Micro to Macro: The Role of Microbial Biofilms in Regulating the Fitness and Competitive Ability of Subtidal Habitat-Forming Macroalgae

A collaboration between:

• Martin Polz, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Fabio Bulleri, Associate Professor, University of Pisa

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Advanced Model Order Reduction for Analysis and Control of Flexible Structures

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Gianni Ferretti, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

SAMM - Smart Additive Manufacturing for Metals

A collaboration between:

• John Hart, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Bianca Maria Colosimo, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

MITOR Project

Metal-Organic Frameworks for Safe and Sustainable Energy Storage

A collaboration between:

• Mircea Dinca, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
• Claudio Gerbaldi, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Non local and Symmetry Protected Topological Phases in Low Dimensional Strongly Correlated Fermionic Systems

A collaboration between:

• Xiao-Gang Wen, Professor, Physics
• Arianna Montorsi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Self-Awareness App for Low-Carbon Cities

A collaboration between:

• P. Christopher Zegras, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Rocco Curto, Full Professor, Head of Department, Politecnico di Torino
• Luca Caneparo, Assistant Professor, Director of LAQ-TIP, Politecnico di Torino

Spectral Analysis of the Solar Wind beyond the Termination shock - Interstellar Medium/Heliosphere Interactions

A collaboration between:

• John Belcher, Professor, Physics
• John Richardson, Principal Research Scientist, Physics
• Michele Iovieno, Politecnico di Torino
• Daniela Tordella, Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Enrico Magli, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino

MIT-UNIPI Project

Bio-inspired Microneedles with Self-Anchoring and Self-Actuation Capabilities for Transdermal Biosensing Applications

A collaboration between:

• Nicholas Fang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Qimin Wang, Postdoc Associate, Mechanical Engineering
• Pierre Sphabmixay, Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering
• Giuseppe Barillaro, Assistant Professor, Università di Pisa
• Letizia Ventrelli, Postdoc researcher, Università di Pisa
• Chiara Cozzi, Ph.D. Student, Università di Pisa

Coil Design and Optimization for MRI of Medical Implants

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Simone Genovesi, Assistant Professor, Università di Pisa

Functional Nanomaterials for the Detection of Volatile Amines (FUNDUS)

A collaboration between:

• Timothy Swager, Professor, Chemistry
• Fabio Di Francesco, Professor, Università di Pisa

MEMS Sensors for Wind Measurement for UAVs in the Urban Canyon

A collaboration between:

• Nicholas Roy, Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Jake Ware, PhD Student, Robotics, Vision, and Sensor Networks Group (RVSN)
• Paolo Bruschi, Associate Professor, Università di Pisa
• Massimo Piotto, External Professor, Università di Pisa

Stigmergic Footprint of Radical Innovations for Smart Specialisation in North-American and European Regions: The Case of the Key Enabling Technologies

A collaboration between:

• Scott Stern, Professor, Management
• Scott Stern, Professor, Management
• Antonella Martini, Associate Professor, Università di Pisa
• Mario Cimino, Assistant Professor, Università di Pisa
• Francesco Appio, Research Fellow, Università di Pisa

The Neurobiological Basis of the Linking Mechanism of Concepts with Grammar: The Case of Noun/Verb Distinction

A collaboration between:

• Edward Gibson, Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Evelina Fedorenko, Senior Research Scientist, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Kyle Mahowald, Graduate Student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Domenica Romagno, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Università di Pisa
• Marta Capano, Graduate Student, Università di Pisa
• Michele Bianconi, Graduate Student, Università di Pisa

Roberto Rocca Project

Bioactive Coating for Accelerated Bone Regeneration: A Pathway to Enhance Implant Fixation

A collaboration between:

• Ming Dao, Principal Research Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering
• Mario Guagliano, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Development of Efficient Stochastic Simulation and Modeling Techniques for Photonic Design Automation

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Andrea Melloni, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Exploring and Modelling Interacting Cracks: Toward a Crack Network Model

A collaboration between:

• Ken Kamrin, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Mario Guagliano,  Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

MITOR Project

Heat and mass transport through nano-systems: Efficient approaches to link disparate scales

A collaboration between:

• Evelyn Wang, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Pietro Asinari, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Politecnico di Torino

Laboratory Simulation Of Planet-Solar Wind And Interstellar Medium/Heliosphere Interactions

A collaboration between:

• John Belcher, Professor, Physics
• John Richardson, Principal Research Scientist,
• Dario Borgogno, Politecnico di Torino
• Daniela Tordella, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Enrico Magli, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Marco Belan, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Mission Planning and Technology Development for Lunar Exploration

A collaboration between:

• Jeffrey Hoffman, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Nicole Viola, Politecnico di Torino
• Paolo Maggiore, Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Multimaterial Optical Fibres for Advanced Performance

A collaboration between:

• Yoel Fink, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Daniel Milanese, Politecnico di Torino

Supported gold nanoparticles: a fundamental study on the substrate role and implications in gas sensing and nanocatalysis applications

A collaboration between:

• Jeffrey C. Grossman, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Giancarlo Cicero, Politecnico di Torino

MIT-UNIPI Project

Assessing the Effect of Biota on Coastal Rock Surfaces: a Quantitative Approach

A collaboration between:

• Markus Buehler, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Zhao Qin, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Marta Pappalardo, Associate Professor, Pisa University

Critical Slowing Down And Early Warning Indicators Of Regime Shifts: From Laboratory Tests To Manipulative Experiments In Real Ecosystems

A collaboration between:

• Jeff Gore, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Associate Professor, University of Pisa

Energy Storage Devices and Actuators based on Composites of Liquid Crystal Elastomers

A collaboration between:

• Alexie Kolpak, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Yang Shao-Horn, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Valentina Domenici, Università di Pisa

Mechanical Models for Masonry Walls under Seismic Actions

A collaboration between:

• John Ochsendorf, Professor, Architecture
• Riccardo Barsotti, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa
• Stefano Bennati, Full Professor, University of Pisa

Roberto Rocca Project

Bone-Inspired Materials

A collaboration between:

• Markus J. Buehler, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Laura Vergani, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Correlating Grain Boundary Crystallography to the Onset of Localized Corrosion

A collaboration between:

• Michael Demkowicz, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Matteo Seita, Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science and Engineering
• Maria Vittoria Diamanti, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
• Marco Ormellese, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Development of Macromodeling and Simulation Techniques for Uncertainty Quantification and Noise Analysis in Oscillatory Devices

A collaboration between:

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Paolo Maffezzoni, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Dynamic Modelling for Surgery

A collaboration between:

• Dava Newman, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Guido Baroni, Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Nonlinear Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

A collaboration between:

• Sang-Gook Kim, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Corigliano Alberto, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

MITOR Project

Computationally Optimized "All Carbon" Based Blends for Photovoltaic Applications

A collaboration between:

• Jeffrey C. Grossman, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Giancarlo Cicero, PhD - Researcher, Politecnico of Torino
• Elena Tresso, Associate Professor, Politecnico of Torino

Development of Innovative Cements for the Building Sector: The Environmental Perspective in  Material Science

A collaboration between:

• Franz-Josef Ulm, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Bruno De Benedetti, Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Paolo Tecchio, PhD candidate, Politecnico di Torino

Increasing Resilience of Communities to Earthquakes through Smart Phones after the 2012 Emilia Event

A collaboration between:

• John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Tommaso Giovine, M.S. student, Politecnico di Torino

Laboratory Simulation of Planet-Solar Wind and Interstellar Medium/Heliosphere Interaction

A collaboration between:

• John Richardson, Principal Research Scientist, Politecnico di Torino
• Dario Borgogno, Politecnico di Torino
• Daniela Tordella, Professor

Smart Meter Square Infrastructures for the Cities of Tomorrow

A collaboration between:

• Carlo Ratti, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
• Roberto Pagani, Full Professor, Politecnico di Torino
• Daniela Bosia, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino

Wearable Smart Fabrics for Harvesting Power from Human Body Motion

A collaboration between:

• Sang-Gook Kim, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Giorgio De Pasquale, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino

MIT-UNIPI Project

2-Much (TWO-dimensional Materials as Unconventional CHannel in next-generation devices)

A collaboration between:

• Tomas Palacios, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Fiori Gianluca, Assistant Professor, University of Pisa
• Francesco Forti, Associate Professor, University of Pisa

A Gripper Based on Controllable Wet Adhesion by a Magnetorheological Fluid

A collaboration between:

• Karl Iagnemma, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
• Michele Lanzetta, Professor, PhD, and MEng (Associate professor), University of Pisa
• Andrea Rossi, PhD and MSc (Research fellow), University of Pisa

Design of Multifunctionalized Scaffolds Mimicking Native Cardiac Tissue

A collaboration between:

• Ali Khademhosseini, Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Technology
• Elisabetta Rosellini, University of Pisa
• Maria Grazia Cascone, Professor, University of Pisa

Interface Dynamics in Liquid Emulsions

A collaboration between:

• Ruben Juanes, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Roberto Mauri, Professor, University of Pisa

Singularities of the Mean Curvature Flow and Applications

A collaboration between:

• Tobias Holck Colding, Professor, Mathematics
• Matteo Novaga, Associate Professor, University of Pisa
• Bruno Martelli, Researcher, University of Pisa

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Coupled Flow and Geomechanics of Faults — Application to CO2 Sequestration

A collaboration between:

• Ruben Juanes, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Luca Formaggia, Professor of Numerical Analysis, Politecnico di Milano

MITOR Project

Deep Space Exploration Including Human Mission to Asteroids: Scenarios, System Architectures, Technologies

A collaboration between:

• David Miller, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Professor
• Jeffrey Hoffman, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Professor
• Paolo Maggiore, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Nicole Viola, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Design and Implementation of RFID for Location-Based Services

A collaboration between:

• Carlo Ratti, Urban Studies and Planning, Professor
• Anwar Al-Khateeb, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy
• Luciano Lavagno, Professor, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy

Development of an Electrical Micropropulsor for the ARAMIS Modular Architecture for Small Satellites

A collaboration between:

• Paulo Lozano, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Professor
• Alvar Saenz Otero, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Research Scientist
• Leonardo Maria Reyneri, Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Electro Hydrostatic Actuation for Precision Motion Control

A collaboration between:

• David Trumper, Mechanical Engineering, Professor
• Andrea Tonoli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Nicola Amati, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Insights into Cell Migration: Computational Analysis of Actin Assemblies

A collaboration between:

• Roger Kamm, Biological Engineering, Professor
• Franco Montevecchi, Professor, Politechnic of Tourin

Surface Coatings by Carbon Nanotubes for High Heat Transfer Efficiency

A collaboration between:

• Evelyn Wang, Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor
• Pietro Asinari, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Theoretical and Experimental Study of ZnO Nanostructure Based Energy Harvesting Systems

A collaboration between:

• Jeffrey C. Grossman, Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
• Nicola Ferralis, Matierals Science and Engineering, Research Scientist
• Giancarlo Cicero, PhD - Researcher, Politecnico of Torino, Italy
• Elena Tresso, Associate Professor, Politecnico of Torino, Italy

Progetto Roberto Rocca

Collision Avoidance in Large Transportation Networks

A collaboration between:

• Domitilla Del Vecchio, Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor
• Alessandro Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Stochastic Dynamics of Wind Turbines

A collaboration between:

• Konstantin Turitsyn, Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor
• Carlo Luigi Bottasso, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

MITOR Project

Multidisciplinary Framework for Morphing Wing Design

A collaboration between:

• Karen Willcox, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Qiqi Wang, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Laura Mainini, PhD Candidate, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Paolo Maggiore, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Multi-scale Analysis of the Cytoskeleton Machinery

A collaboration between:

• Roger Kamm, Professor, MIT Department of Biological Engineering
• Franco Montevecchi, Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Guiding L’Aquila Reconstruction after 2009 Earthquake: Rebuilding a Resilient City to Multiple Hazards

A collaboration between:

• John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Vincenzo Arcidiaco, Ph.D. Student, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Advanced Macromodeling Techniques for Micro-, Nano-, and Bio-Systems

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Stefano Grivet-Talocia, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Development of New Cellular Materials by Gel-Casting Technique: Optimisation of Production Process and Functional Simulation of the Microstructure

• Lorna Gibson, Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Jean-Marc Tulliani, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Marta Fornabaio, Ph.D Student, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

MITOR Project

International Cooperation to Build Small Satellites for Earth Observation

• David Miller, Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Alvar Saenz-Otero, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Leonardo Reyneri, Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Design and Characterization of SWCNTS-Polymer Photopolymerizable Nanostructured Coating with Near Infrared Fluorescence for Biosensor Applications

• Michael Strano, Professor, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
• Marco Sangermano, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Reflections on Distance: A Point of View on Globalization in Architecture and Urban Design

• Yung Ho Chang, Professor, MIT Department of Architecture
• Ana Mijacki, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Architecture
• Carlo Olmo, Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Michele Bonino, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Macromodeling Techniques for Complex Interconnects in Next-Generation Mixed-Signal Systems

• Luca Daniel, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Stefano Grivet-Talocia, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Mechanics and Collapse of "Microscopic Framed Buildings": From Nanoscopic Processes to Microstructural Failure of Colloidal and CSH Gels

• Franz-Josef Ulm, Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Bernardino Maria Chiaia, Full Professor of Structural Mechanics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Surface Wave Tomography for Multi-Scale Exploration of Earth's Crust

• Robert van der Hilst, Professor, MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Laura Valentina Socco, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Long Term Interaction in Flow Systems

• Rodolfo Ruben Rosales, Professor, MIT Department of Mathematics
• Daniela Tordella, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Graphical Models and Distributed Inference Techniques for Cognitive Radio and Localization

• Moe Win, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Roberto Garello, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Green Design of Communication Networks

• Eytan Modiano, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Emilio Leonardi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Marco Mellia, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Kinetic Structures for Cultural Heritage

• John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Mario Sassone, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Dario Parigi, PhD Candidate, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Low Cost Contactless Levitation for Energy Saving Devices

• David Trumper, Professor MIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Andrea Tonoli, Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Nicola Amati, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Superstrong and Supertough Bioinspired Hierarchical Nanomaterials

• Markus J. Buehler, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Nicola Pugno, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

LINGERCAST - The Persistence of User-Created Information

• Federico Casalegno, MIT Department of Architecture
• Claudio Ettore Casetti, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Progetto Roberto Rocca 2009-2010

Movement Ecology at the Microscale: Experiments and Models with Predator-Prey Bacteria

A collaboration between:

• Roman Stocker, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Marino Gatto, Professor of Ecology, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Renato Casagrandi, Associate Professor of Ecology, Politecnico di Milano

Mathematical Modeling and Signal Processing for Integrative Patient Monitoring

A collaboration between:

• George Verghese, Professor, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Giuseppe Baselli, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Chalcogenide Glass Micro-Resonators for Advanced Low-Power Nonlinear Optics

A collaboration between:

• Lionel Kimerling, Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Anuradha Agarwal, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Matierals Science and Engineering
• Andrea Melloni, Professore Associato, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Francesco Morichetti, Integrated Optics Lab Supervisor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Computational Modeling of Controlled Drug Release and Arterial Uptake from Biodegradable Material Implants

A collaboration between:

• Elazer R. Edelman, Professor, MIT Department of Health Sciences and Technology
• Vijaya Kolachalama, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Department of Health Sciences and Technology
• Luca Formaggia, Full Professor of Numerical Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

MIT-Mexico - Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara Seed Fund

Rapid Diagnostics Performance Among Patient Populations

A collaboration between:

• Lee Gehrke, Hermann von Helmholtz Professor, Health Sciences and Technology 
• Hugo Vicente Randel, Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

MIT-Mexico - Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Seed Fund

Heavy Higgs Boson Searches

A collaboration between:

• Markus Klute, Associate Professor, Physics
• Guillelmo Gomez-Ceballos, Principal Research Scientist, Physics
• Maria Isabel Pedraza Morales, Professor, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

MIT-BUAP Heavy Ion Studies at the LHC

A collaboration between:

• Gunther Roland, Professor, Physics
• Yen-Jie Lee, Assistant Professor, Physics
• Arturo Fernández Téllez, Professor, BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
• Irais Bautista Guzman, Associate Professor, BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
• Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi; Associate Professor, BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA
• Mario Ivan Martinez; Professor, BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA

MIT-Mexico - CONACYT Seed Fund

Border Economies: Articulating a Regional Innovation System in El Paso – Juárez Binational Metropolitan Region

A collaboration between:

• Michael Piore, Professor, Economics
• Jorge Carrillo Viveros, Director, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Low-Capex Manufacturing Routes Coupled to Thermal Annealing for High-Performance Novel Thin-Film Materials

A collaboration between:

• Tonio Buonassisi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Santhamma Maileppallil Thankamma de Nair, Professor, UNAM
• Karunakaran Nair Padmanabhan Pankajakshy, Professor, UNAM
• Hailin Zhao Hu; Professor, UNAM

Nanopatterning of Mn5Ge3 Epitaxial Thin Films and Simulation of Manetization Dynamics

A collaboration between:

• Caroline A Ross, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
• Sion Federico Olive-Méndez, Doctor, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C. (CIMAV)
• Ricardo López-Anton, University of Castilla
• Paul Horley, Research Center of Advanced Materials, CIMAV

Profiling and Modeling the Microbiome Signature of Diabetes Type II in a Mexican Cohort

A collaboration between:

• Eric Alm, Associate Professor, Biological Engineering
• Mariana G Matus Garcia, PhD candidate, Biological Engineering
• Osbaldo Resendis-Antonio, Principal Investigator, INMEGEN Mexico
• Rodolfo Guardado, Principal Investigator, Universidad de Guanajuato
• Alejandro Frank; Principal Investigator, Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, UNAM
• Maria Elizabeth Tejero; Principal Investigator, INMEGEN Mexico

Study of Copper and Zinc Binding to Gamma-Crystallins

A collaboration between:

• Jonathan King, Professor, Biology
• Liliana Quintanar, Professor, Cinvestav (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados)
• Carlos Amero, Professor, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM)

MIT-Mexico - ITESM Seed Fund

Engineering Medical Diagnostic Devices for Resource-Limited Settings

A collaboration between:

• Hadley Sikes, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Alan Aguirre-Soto, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical Engineering
• Martin Mauricio Virgilio Hernandez Torre, Vice Chancellor of Academic and Research, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Microfluidic Technology and Devices for the Study of Biological Processes

A collaboration between: