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2024
Empowering Indigenous communities: A framework for climate resilience and migration planning in La Guajira, Colombia
Sarah Williams, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Eran Ben - Joseph, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Gabriella Carolini, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Janelle Knox-Hayes, Department of Urban Studies & Planning
National crop type maps of India using deep learning and street view imagery
Sherrie Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Data, Systems, and Society
Food security in Africa under a changing climate – Navigating the energy and agricultural transition to net zero
Jennifer Morris, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT Energy Initiative
Adam Schlosser, Center for Global Change Science, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Kenneth Strzepek, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Center for Global Change Science
The role of livestock in climate change: Holistic greenhouse gas assessments and implications for human diets
César Terrer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023
Advancing technology development to improve microbiome processes for controlling harmful bacteria blooms in aquaculture algae feed production
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Otto X. Cordero, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert Vincent, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant
Persistent monitoring of nitrogen waste products in the environment
Rajeev Ram, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Using secondary metabolites to manage legacy phosphorus
Darcy McRose, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Multiplexed motion-amplified microbead sensors for rapid measurement and monitoring of trace contaminants in water
Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Optimizing cereal crop plant architecture during an era of high atmospheric CO2
David L. Des Marais, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Automated counting of migrating salmon for conservation and fisheries management in the Pacific Northwest
Sara Beery, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of AI and Decision Making, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Catalyzing sustainable food and climate systems transitions in the Lake Victoria Basin
Greg Sixt, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
Michael Hauser, Research Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab
Enhanced photosynthesis in crops (EPiC)
Matt Shoulders, Department of Chemistry
Mary Gehring, Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute
Bin Zhang, Department of Chemistry
Bryan Bryson, Department of Biological Engineering
Robert Wilson, Department of Chemistry
2022
Safe off-grid brooder for Cameroonian poultry farmers
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Daniel Sweeney, MIT D-Lab
Converging trends in climate change, mining, and agriculture: Analysis of hydrosocial relations over desalination and glaciers in Chile
John E. Fernández, Department of Architecture
Scott D. Odell, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
High-resolution plant water stress monitoring
César Terrer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cloud-based data applications for streamlining natural resource management
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021
Impact of near-term climate change on water availability and food productivity in Africa
Elfatih Eltahir, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
A new approach to enhance genetic diversity to improve crop breeding
Mary Gehring, Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute
On-site analysis of foodborne pathogens using density-shift immunomagnetic separation and culture
Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pratik Shah, MIT Media Lab
Precise fish vaccine injection using silk-based biomaterials
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Improving smallholder farmers’ welfare with AI-driven technologies
Y. Karen Zheng, Sloan School of Management
Hybrid evaporative and radiative cooling as a passive low-cost high-performance solution for food shelf-life extension
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Evelyn Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Gang Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Converting dairy industry waste into food and feed ingredients
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Mobile evaporative cooling rooms for vegetable preservation
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Accurate optical sensing for efficient fertilizer use and increased yield in small farms
Rajeev Ram, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Rajesh Kumar, Biomedical Engineering- IIT Ropar
Systems analytics for small farms animal waste resource recovery
Olivier de Weck, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Afreen Siddiqi, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2020
Using siderophore-conjugated microcins to combat foodborne pathogens
Elizabeth M. Nolan, Department of Chemistry
Multi-criteria diet formulation for sustainable swine production
Jasmina Burek, MIT Materials Systems Laboratory
Solving the phosphite bottleneck for next generation agriculture and clean water
Christopher C. Cummins, Department of Chemistry
Data-driven development of probiotics for shrimp aquaculture in Ecuador
Otto X. Cordero, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Reduction of risk from water- and food-borne N-nitrosamines by induction of the Nrf2 chemo-protective pathway in mammals
John Essigmann, Center for Environmental Health Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Developing flexible estimates of agricultural supply functions for answering demand-side agricultural questions
Dave Donaldson, Department of Economics
Securing the food supply with sustainable packaging
Bradley Olsen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Alexander and I. Michael Kasser (1960) Professor, Graduate Admissions Co-Chair
A checklist-based advisory to minimize the cost and duration of worse-before-better in transitioning from chemical to organic smallholder farming
Chintan Vaishnav, Sloan School of Management
Parwinder Singh, Humanities and Social Sciences - IIT Ropar
2019
Evaporative cooling technologies for fruit and vegetable preservation in Kenya
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Designing purely weather-contingent crop insurance with personalized coverage to improve farmers’ investments in their crops for higher yields
Robert M. Townsend, Department of Economics
Electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis for distributed agriculture
Yogesh Surendranath, Department of Chemistry
Learning food and water contaminants using wireless signals
Fadel Adib, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab
Designing supply chain platforms for smallholders in Indonesia
Joann de Zegher, Sloan School of Management
Piloting evaporative cooling technologies to improve vegetable shelf-life and farmer income in Western India
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Anish Paul Antony, MIT D-Lab
QuantiSoil: Commercialization of an on-site soil analysis system for smallholding farmers
John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chintan Vaishnav, Sloan School of Management
Supporting the resilience of the citrus industry
Olivier de Weck, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2018
Anthropogenic soils of the Amazon: Origins, extent, and implications for sustainable tropical agriculture
Dorothy Hosler, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Heather Lechtman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Taylor Perron, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Novel systems biology tools for improving crop tolerance to abiotic stressors
David L. Des Marais, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Caroline Uhler, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Data, Systems and Society
Printed silk-based colorimetric sensors for food spoilage prevention and supply chain authentication
John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Decentralized torrefaction for producing high-yield, irrigation-saving fertilizer
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assessing climate vulnerability of West African food security using remote sensing observations
Dara Entekhabi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Scaling a decentralized biomass torrefaction reactor for localized fertilizer production that improves farmers’ yields and reduces irrigation needs
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Alex Slocum, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017
Reducing runoff and environmental impact of agricultural sprays
Kripa Varanasi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Electrochemical nitrogen fixation for distributed fertilizer production
Karthish Manthiram, Department of Chemical Engineering
The potential for private irrigation in Senegal
Stephen Graves, Sloan School of Management
Bishwapriya Sanyal, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
In-situ particle characterization in emulsions for field-scale quality assurance in the dairy industry
Sanjay Sarma, Office of the Provost, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Evaluation of fully synthetic nitrogen fixation pathways, designed for plant mitochondria and plastids
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
Developing intelligent selective electrodialysis for 21st century agriculture
John H. Lienhard V
Kishor Nayar, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Affordable potassium fertilizer from K feldspar for Africa
Antoine Allanore, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Multifunctional light-diffusing fibers for simultaneous light management and fluid transport in microalgae bioreactors
Mathias Kolle, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2016
Estimating the benefits to strengthening water markets
Christopher Knittel, Sloan School of Management
Real-time, on-site detection of foodborne pathogens by engineered bacteriophage integrated with microfluidic sample preparation platforms
Jongyoon Han, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Timothy Lu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Detection of pathogens using dynamically reconfigurable liquid colloid particles
Timothy Swager, Department of Chemistry
Alexander M. Klibanov, Department of Chemistry
Waste to Food: Yarrowia lipolytica as protein and lipid production platform
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Bacterial viruses as pathogen control agents in aquaculture systems
Martin Polz, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Gravity fingering during water infiltration in soil: Impact on the resilience of crops and vegetation in water-stressed ecosystems
Ruben Juanes, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Air pollution impacts on global crop yields
Colette Heald, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Initial exploration of a root suction irrigation system
Amos Winter, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Xuanhe Zhao, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2015
Fouling-resistant nanoporous membranes
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Engineered Nitrogen Fixation: Expression in plant organelles
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
Advancing water and food sustainability through improved understanding of uncertainties in climate change and climate variability
Susan Solomon, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Kenneth Strzepek, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Center for Global Change Science
A bioassay-based approach to food safety in China
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Stacy Springs, Center for Biomedical Innovation
Quantifying mercury contamination of rice and its impact on food security in China
Noelle Selin, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Valerie Karplus, Sloan School of Management
Leverage Points: Opportunities for increasing food production in developing countries
Dennis McLaughlin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Erica James, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
A data-driven approach to managing food security in global supply chains
Retsef Levi, Sloan School of Management
Tauhid Zaman, Sloan School of Management
Y. Karen Zheng, Sloan School of Management
A multiplex, nanosensor platform for the real time monitoring of food and water-borne contaminants
Michael S. Strano, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology