Current GSF Winners

2025-2026 Cycle
General Seed Fund

 

Linking industry composition, transportation infrastructure, and commuting behavior: Understanding mode share dynamics in the US and Korea

  • Jinhua Zhao, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Xinyi Wang, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Sung Hoo Kim, Korea University

 

The transnational religious right uncovering sociotechnical flows

  • Rebekah Larsen, Comparative Media Studies/Writing (Course CMS/Course 21W)
  • Katie Gaddini, University College London

 

With Basel

  • Long Ju, Physics (Course 8)
  • Dominik Zumbuhl, University of Basel

 

Exploiting decades of seismic data with machine learning

  • William Frank, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Sergio Ruiz, Universidad de Chile

 

Combining strength in electroweak precision measurements

  • Christoph Paus, Physics (Course 8)
  • Matthias Schott, University of Bonn

 

Haptics and audio for drone swarm intuition

  • Joe Paradiso, Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)
  • Dario Floreano, EPFL

 

NEXT-AD: Next-generation electrode-assisted anaerobic digestion

  • Ariel Furst, Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
  • Xue Ning, University College Dublin
  • Tom Curran, University College Dublin
  • Paula Curran, University College Dublin
  • Jerry Murphy, University College Cork

 

MIT-IPP: Stellarator theory

  • Sophia Henneberg, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Brendan Shanahan, Other PSFC
  • Gabriel Plunk, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
  • Per Helander, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)

 

Energy-efficient electro-optic phase shifters enabled by low-temperature epitaxial AlN on silicon photonics

  • Rajeev Ram, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Asaf Albo, Ariel University

 

Efficient supercomputing for science and AI: Abstraction meets acceleration

  • Alan Edelman, Mathematics (Course 18)
  • Ben van Werkhoven, Leiden University

 

Architecture and memory after trauma: Reimagining urban futures for Terezín

  • Rafi Segal, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Mark Jarzombek, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Eliyahu Keller, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
  • Angela Mensing-de Jong, Dresden University of Technology
  • Veronika Mensing-de Jong, Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Jan Koníček, Czech Technical University of Liberec

 

Main-group redox photocatalysis for distal C–H functionalization

  • Alexander Radosevich, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Javier Corpas Pardo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

 

Hayashi-ULVAC

 

Environmental Iimpact of fusion and tritium releases

  • Haruko Wainwright, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Naofumi Akata, Hirosaki University
  • Shinji Ueda, Institute for Environmental Sciences

 

Decoding the physical principles of euchromatin organization through integrated modeling and super-resolution Imaging

  • Bin Zhang, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Kazuhiro Maeshima, National Institute of Genetics

 

Connecting across time: Designing new forms of human presence and absence

  • Hiroshi Ishii, Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)
  • Yoichi Ochiai, University of Tsukuba
  • Ayaka Tsutsui, University of Tsukuba

 

MIT Greater China Fund for Innovation

 

Automating crater mapping for martian and lunar chronology

  • Gaia Stucky de Quay, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Xie Hu, Peking Universit
  • Yiling Lin, Peking University

 

Planning for foreclosed homes in the US and China

  • Brent Ryan, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Shuqi Gao, Southeast University

 

Metasurface-enabled on-chip terahertz and far-infrared spectrometer

  • Keith Nelson, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Linjie Dai, Peking University

 

Integrated quench prevention and protection strategies for reliable ultra-high-field high-temperature superconducting magnets

  • Dongkeun Park, Other Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  • Timing Qu, Tsinghua University

 

MIT-Africa Seed Fund

 

A single-cell spatial genomics approach to understanding poor outcomes in HIV⁺ HBV-driven liver cancer

  • Alex Shalek, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
  • Sanju Sobnach, Groote Schuur Hospital & the University of Cape Town
  • Mark Sonderup, Groote Schuur Hospital & the Univeristy of Cape Town
  • Wendy Sonderup, University of Cape Town
  • Eduard Jonas, Groote Schuur Hospital & the University of Cape Town

 

Co-designing for food-water system transformation: Piloting the Nzoia integrated food-water action (NIFA) platform in Kenya

  • Rohit Karnik, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) J-WAFS
  • Gregory Sixt, Other J-WAFS
  • Kim Geheb, CIFOR-ICRAF (World Agroforestry)
  • Khalil Walji, CIFOR-ICRAF (World Agroforestry)
  • Immaculate Walji, CIFOR-ICRAF (World Agroforestry)
  • Michael Hauser, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU University)

 

Equitable and resilient food systems in Madagascar

  • Karen Zheng, Management (Course 15)
  • Libby McDonald, Other D-Lab
  • Tsiry Angelos Andriamanampisoa, Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique d'Antananarivo (ESPA)

 

MIT-Armenia Seed Fund

 

Approximate equivalence testing and learning of multitape finite automata

  • Ronitt Rubinfeld, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Samvel Shoukourian, Yerevan State University

 

MIT-Belgium-KU Leuven Seed Fund

 

Decrypting the mysterious pulsation patterns of stars using machine learning

  • Julien De Wit, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Jeroen Audenaert, Physics (Course 8)
  • Conny Aerts, KU Leuven

 

MIT-Brazil Amazonia Seed Fund

 

Amazon climate science and education for forest resilience

  • Cesar Terrer, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)
  • Izabella Aleixo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)

 

Amazon GEAR: Collaborative innovations in rural water treatment

  • Amos Winter, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Caetano Scannavino Filho, Projeto Saude e Alegria PSA

 

MIT-FIiocruz Amazon Global Classroom

  • Hernandez Moura Silva, Biology (Course 7)
  • Fabio Rocha Formiga, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ
  • Luís André Morais Mariúba, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ
  • Juliana Morais Mariúba, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – FIOCRUZ

 

MIT-Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia Seed Fund

 

Launching the MIT-UNAL-RMBC regional mobility Initiative

  • Sarah Williams, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Carlos Moncada, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Gisela Labrador Araujo, Metropolitan Region Bogota-Cundinamarca

 

Designing solutions to address waste and climate change in an Indian Himalayan Region

  • Libby McDonald, Other Morningside Academy of Design
  • Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellin

 

MIT-Czech Republic IOCB Tech Foundation Seed Fund

 

Enabling ecologists to share biodiversity data while limiting privacy risks to endangered species

  • Sara Beery, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Lukas Picek, University of West Bohemia

 

Redox mediated solid boosters for high-energy density redox flow batteries

  • Fikile Brushett, Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
  • Petr Mazur, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague

 

Correlated unresolved-resonance modelling and measurements

  • Benoit Forget, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Zdenek Matej, Masaryk University

 

Accelerated design and irradiation of tungsten-based RHEAs alloys for extreme environments

  • Ericmoore Jossou, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Nabil Daghbouj, Czech Technical University
  • Tomas Polcar, Czech Technical University

 

MIT-France Seed Fund

 

Multiscale asymptotics for transformers

  • Philippe Rigollet, Mathematics (Course 18)
  • Scott Armstrong, CNRS

 

Particle impact ignition in high-pressure oxygen

  • Zachary Cordero, Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
  • Ievgeniia Chaban, Ecole Polytechnique

 

Topology of ancient solutions of 4-dimensional Ricci flows

  • Tristan Ozuch, Mathematics (Course 18)
  • Alix Deruelle, Université Paris-Saclay

     

Develop all-optical physiology for high-throughput synaptic connectivity mapping in vivo

  • Linlin Fan, Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
  • Valentina Emiliani, Vision Institute, CNRS, INSERM, Sorbonne University

 

Deciphering the epithelial-immune cell dialog promoting disease progression in polycystic kidney disease and young-onset breast cancer

  • Alex Shalek, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
  • Vincent Guen, Nantes University

 

Growing or shrinking — The fate of droplets in turbulence

  • Lydia Bourouiba, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
  • Eric Climent, French National Centre for Scientific Research
  • Pascal Fede, French National Centre for Scientific Research

 

New main group single molecule magnets

  • Alexander Radosevich, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Gregory Nocton, École Polytechnique

 

MIT-Germany-University of Regensburg Seed Fund

 

Exploring non-smooth Large-$N$ bbehavior in quantum field theories via Mellin-Barnes techniques

  • Hong Liu, Physics (Course 8)
  • Taushif Ahmed, University of Regensburg
  • Syed Mehedi Hasan, University of Regensburg
  • Andreas Hasan, University of Regensburg

 

MIT-Germany-University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

Probabilistic digital twins for safe and optimal human–robot manufacturing

  • Pierre Lermusiaux, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Muhammad Saeed, ARENA2036 (University of Stuttgart)
  • Alexander Brem, Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science (ENI)

 

MIT-Hungary HUN-REN Seed Fund

 

The puzzling origins of the “light” heavy elements: the mass region between Sr (Z=38) and Pd (Z=46)

  • Anna Frebel, Physics (Course 8)
  • Maria Lugaro, HUN-REN CSFK
  • Marco Pignatari, HUN-REN CSFK

 

Autonomous control of advanced reactors for staffing reduction

  • Sacit Cetiner, Other Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
  • Benoit Forget, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • András Ványi, HUN-REN
  • Zoltán Böröczki, HUN-REN

 

On timing constraints of XR applications introduced by AI pipelines

  • Fox Harrell, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDS)
  • Laszlo Toka, HUN-REN

 

MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund

 

Operando gas–electrochemical mechanisms for safe and sustainable batteries

  • Ju Li, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Jingwen Weng, Imperial College London
  • Ifan Stephens, Imperial College London

 

Antiferromagnet/superconductor hybrids for scalable dissipationless cryogenic logic and memory devices

  • Jagadeesh Moodera, Physics (Course 8)
  • Niladri Banerjee, Imperial College London

     

Chip-scale ultrafast sensors for photonics and quantum technologies

  • Donnie Keathley, RLE
  • John Tisch, Imperial College

 

MIT-India-ITT Kanpur Seed Fund

 

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-based fluorescent radicals

  • Robert J Gilliard, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Samir Kumar Sarkar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG))

 

Measuring the impact of urban trees on urban microclimates with AI and multispectral cameras

  • Simone Mora, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Diaa Duarte, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Pandarasamy Arjunan, Indian Institute of Science
  • Punit Rathore, Indian Institute of Science

GreenSteel

  • Ju Li, Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)
  • Deepika Swami, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

 

Computational modeling of nutrient partitioning in the tumor microenvironment

  • Alison E Ringel, Biology (Course 7)
  • Sana Khanum, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

 

A portable, affordable, and label-free optical imaging platform for anemia screening in the developing world

  • Peter So, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Rishikesh Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

 

MIT-Israel Broshy Medical and Healthcare Seed Fund

 

Optical pooled screening of ovarian cancer persister lag phase

  • Paul Blainey, Biological Engineering (Course 20)
  • Yaara Oren, Tel Aviv University

     

Tracing without tears: Computation assisted dendritic mapping

  • Elly Nedivi, Other Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
  • Michael London, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Functional roles of fetal microchimeric cells in the maternal brain

  • Alex Shalek, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Eitan Okun, Bar-Ilan University

 

MIT-Israel Seed Fund

 

Implementation of a DL-based breast cancer risk assessment model developed at MIT into clinical practice in Israel

  • Regina Barzilay, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Tanir Allweis, Hadassah Medical Center and Hebrew University, Jerusalem

 

East Asian religious responses to ecological crises

  • Tristan Brown, History (Course 21H)
  • Or Porath, Tel Aviv University

 

Quasi periodic X-ray eruptions

  • Erin Kara, Physics (Course 8)
  • Re'em Sari, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Where is the energy and heat going in the upper ocean?

  • Abigail Bodner, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Roy Barkan, Tel Aviv University

 

Novel fiber based electromagnetic calorimetry

  • Or Hen, Physics
  • Yoel Fink, DMSE
  • Yan Benhammou, Tel Aviv University

 

MIT-Israel Zuckerman STEM Seed Fund

 

Ask not what cryptography can do for you...

  • Vinod Vaikuntanathan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Or Zamir, Tel Aviv University

 

Selective lithium extraction with built-in carbon capture

  • Kripa Varanasi, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Razi Epsztein, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

 

Bioacoustics and AI

  • Sara Beery, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Yossi Yovel, Tel Aviv University

 

Seeding the search for superlight dark matter using superconducting subes with superconducting sensors

  • Joseph Formaggio, Physics (Course 8)
  • Yonit Hochberg, Hebrew University

 

Intraspecies diversity in the vaginal microbiome and its contribution to species-level stability

  • Tami Lieberman, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)
  • Moran Yassour, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Generating and controlling Levitons in Bilayer Graphene

  • Leonid Levitov, Physics (Course 8)
  • Iliya Esin, Bar-Ilan University

 

MIT-Italy CNR Climate Seed Fund

 

PRISMA: Process-based inteRdisciplinary Integrated assessment of coaStal Marine ecosystem health

  • Andrew Babbin, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Grazia Marina Quero, National Research Council
  • Manuela Coci, National Research Council
  • Gian Marco Coci, National Research Council

 

Sea-level extremes in Venice: Physical drivers and predictive framework (SeaX-Venice)

  • Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Alvise Benetazzo, Italian National Research Council (CNR)

 

From field to laboratory: understanding fault dynamics and deformation mechansims in basalts for reliable carbon storage

  • Matej Pec, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Luca Smeraglia, National Research Council CNR
  • Andrea Billi, National Research Council CNR

 

Heatwaves and extreme precipitation in a warming mediterranean climate

  • Talia Brodsky, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Giuseppe Zappa, National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

 

MIT-Italy FVG (SISSA-Udine-Trieste) Seed Fund

 

Drag reduction in supersonic flight: shock-resolved reduced-order modeling

  • Ngoc Nguyen, Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
  • Gianluigi Rozza, SISSA — international school for advanced studies
  • Antonio Colanera, SISSA — international school for advanced studies

 

MIT-Italy Links Foundation / Politecnico di Torino Seed Fund

 

Cultivating communities of creative learning educators making with AI

  • Mitchel Resnick, Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)
  • Carmelo Presicce, Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)
  • Flavio Renga, LINKS Foundation
  • Lorenzo Benussi, LINKS Foundation

 

Generative AI in higher education: Using students’ perceptions to promote ethical, informed and effective use

  • Raechel Soicher, Other Teaching + Learning Lab
  • Nathalie Vladis, Other Teaching + Learning Lab
  • Laura Farinetti, Politecnico di Torino
  • Mariagrazia Graziano, Politecnico di Torino

 

FLIP@Scale — Flipped-classroom physics teaching adapted to large cohorts

  • Peter Dourmashkin, Physics (Course 8)
  • Paola Rebusco, Other Experimental Study Group
  • Stefano Bianco, Politecnico di Torino
  • Antonio Gliozzi, Politecnico di Torino
  • Federico Gliozzi, Politecnico di Torino
  • Marzia Quaglio, Politecnico di Torino

 

Patient-specific computational framework for personalized treatment workflows and risk assessment

  • Luca Daniel, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Rossella Gaffoglio, Fondazione LINKS
  • Marco Righero, Fondazione LINKS
  • Giuseppe Righero, Politecnico di Torino

 

MIT-Italy Roberto Rocca Project-Politecnico di Milano Seed Fund

 

BioPower: Enhancing bioprinting via federated learning

  • Ritu Raman, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Bianca Maria Colosimo, Politecnico di Milano

 

Aqueous formate-bicarbonate: Rechargeable, flexible, and non-toxic energy carriers

  • Fikile Brushett, Chemical Engineering (Course 10)
  • Luca Magagnin, Politecnico di Milano

 

MIT-Italy SSSA Seed Fund

 

CORDIS: Cardiac outcomes recognition via diagnostic integrated simulator

  • Ellen Roche, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Matteo Cianchetti, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

 

Towards AI co-pilot for turbomachinery engineering

  • Masha Folk, Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
  • Francesco Montomoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

 

Equitable climate resilience across governance levels in Europe

  • Janelle Knox-Hayes, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Riccardo Luporini, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

 

Modulating colonic motility via spinal cord neuromodulation

  • Giovanni Traverso, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Solaiman Shokur, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

 

CRYstal sensors for high temperature and radiation environments (CRYSTAR)

  • Koroush Shirvan, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Arunkumar Seshadri, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Naranjo De Candido, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Giancarlo Santamato, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Fabrizio Di Pasquale, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Tommaso Di Pasquale, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
  • Claudio Oton, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies 

 

MIT-Italy UniCattolica Milano Seed Fund

 

AGRIPHAGE: Advanced genome-informed phage strategies for sustainable control of bacterial phytopathogens

  • Michael Laub, Biology (Course 7)
  • Edoardo Puglisi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

 

Strengthening resistance to misinformation through large language models

  • Adam Berinsky, Political Science (Course 17)
  • Patrizia Catellani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Mauro Bertolotti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Alessia Bertolotti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

 

VOCAL: Voice communication in ageing lives

  • Joseph Coughlin, Other Centre for Transportation and Logistics
  • Lisa D'Ambrosio, Other Centre for Transportation and Logistics
  • Shabnam Fakhr Hosseini, Other Centre for Transportation and Logistics
  • Elisa Cardamone, Other Centre for Transportation and Logistics
  • Roberto Zoboli, Università Cattolica di Milano
  • Simone Carlo, Università Cattolica di Milano
  • Piermarco Carlo, Università Cattolica di Milano

 

Predictive processing in mental health

  • Pawan Sinha, Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
  • Giuseppe Riva, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

 

MIT-Korea SNU Seed Fund

 

Optical detection of time-reversal-symmetry-broken superconductivity

  • Long Ju, Physics (Course 8)
  • Joonho Jang, Seoul National University

 

Next-gen probabilistic solver: sMTJ and crossbar array integration

  • Luqiao Liu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Sangbum Kim, Seoul National University

 

MIT-Lithuania Seed Fund

 

Comprehensive assessment and management tool for energy sector

  • Deepjyoti Deka, Other MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
  • Darius Milcius, Vytautas Magnus University
  • Violeta Motuzienė, Vilnius Tech
  • Artūras Motuzienė, Vilnius Tech

 

Digital twin approaches for nuclear waste disposal safety assessments

  • Haruko Wainwright, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Gintautas Poškas, Lithuanian Energy Institute

 

An adaptive learning environment that simulates human and more-than-human interactions in the Nemunas Delta, highlighting how ecological processes, land-use practices, and sensory disruptions—from agriculture to militarization—shape shared futures.

  • Gediminas Urbonas, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Lana Cook, Comparative Media Studies/Writing (Course CMS/Course 21W)
  • Osvaldas Stripeikis, Vytautas Magnus University
  • Giedrė Kacienė, Vytautas Magnus University
  • Raimundas Kacienė, Vytautas Magnus University
  • Zita Rasuolė Gasiūnaitė, Klaipeda University

 

Symmetry-breaking nonlinear optoelectronics in hybrid topological-plasmonic heterostructures

  • Svetlana Boriskina, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Sigitas Tamulevičius, Kaunas University of Technology

 

System Needs for Demand Side Management

  • Jessika Trancik, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDS)
  • Gintvilė Šimkonienė, Klaipėda University

 

Integrating CRISPR editing and protein structural analysis to balance apple allergenicity and immunity

  • Matthew Shoulders, Chemistry (Course 5)
  • Birute Frercks, Institute of Horticulture, Lithuanian Research centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC)
  • Giedrius Gasiunas, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University (VU LSC)

 

Data-driven urban metabolism modelling for climate-neutral cities

  • Sergey Paltsev, Other MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
  • Zaneta Stasiskiene, Kaunas University of Technology

 

MIT-Mexico Tecnologico de Monterrey Seed Fund

 

Open sensing for the built environment

  • Nicholas de Monchaux, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Roberto Ponce Lopez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey
  • Alberto Meouchi Velez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, CDMX

 

MIT-Middle East Seed Fund

 

Adapting modular housing for disaster recovery across construction cultures

  • Jarrod Goenztel, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) Center for Transportation and Logistics
  • Rafael Sacks, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
  • Borja García de Soto, NYU Abu Dhabi

 

MIT-Norway University of Bergen Seed Fund

 

The impact of AI design on critical thinking and decision-making in human-AI interactions

  • Leo Anthony Celi, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
  • Marit Øilo, University of Bergen
  • Matilda Dorotic, Norwegian Business School
  • Torleif Markussen Dorotic, VIS
  • Anastasiia Klimashevskaia, University of Bergen

 

The usable past: Connecting history and engineering

  • Anne McCants, History (Course 21H)
  • Ellan Spero, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDS)
  • Elena Kochetkova, University of Bergen

 

MIT-Peru Universidad de Tecnologia UTEC Seed Fund

 

From ocean to water treatment: Leveraging peruvian oxygen deficient zones biogeochemistry to design sustainable nitrogen removal

  • Andrew Babbin, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Sheyla Chero Osorio, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología

 

Strengthening peru’s aguaje bioeconomy value chain with local communities

  • Kendra Leith, Other Morningside Academy for Design
  • Patricia Orbegoso, UTEC

 

Amazon windthrows: Linking land use, storms and carbon dynamics

  • Cesar Terrer, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)
  • Bryam Orihuela-Pinto, Universidad de Ingeneria y Tecnologia

     

Fog, people and time: Integrating archaeology, geomorphology and community knowledge to understand and sustain Peru’s central coast Lomas ecosystems

  • Taylor Perron, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Giancarlo Marcone, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología UTEC

 

MIT-Slovakia Seed Fund

 

Expertise divergences in Europe? Learning from the US labor market

  • David Autor, Economics (Course 14)
  • Tomáš Oleš, Bratislava University of Economics and Business
  • Martin Lábaj, Bratislava University of Economics and Business
  • Francesco Lábaj, Bratislava University of Economics and Business
  • Lucia Širochmanová, Bratislava University of Economics and Business

 

DIGAP: Democracy in the age of generative persuasion

  • Adam Berinsky, Political Science (Course 17)
  • Jozef Michal Mintal, Matej Bel University

 

Uncertainty-aware AI 2.0: Robust and fair prediction in health

  • Emery Brown, Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
  • Macauley Breaul, Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)
  • Gabriela Czanner, Slovak University of Technology
  • Silvester Czanner, Slovak University of Technology

 

MIT-Spain INDITEX Circularity Seed Fund

 

AI-enabled defect engineering in zeolite catalysts

  • Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli, Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)
  • Mercedes Boronat, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas CSIC
  • Manuel Moliner, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas CSIC
  • Pau Moliner, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas
  • Cristina Martínez, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas

 

Sustainable hop-based textiles: Natural fibers and eco-dyes for circular fashion

  • Emery Brown, IMES
  • Salvador Naya Fernández, University of A Coruña (UDC)
  • Javier Tarrío Saavedra, University of A Coruña
  • María Erika Tarrío Saavedra, University of A Coruña

 

Dual-mode RAIN/chipless RFID spectral fingerprints for textile circularity

  • Sanjay Sarma, Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Joan Melià Seguí, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

 

MIT-Spain UNED Seed Fund

 

Computational developments in nuclear fusion neutronics

  • Ethan Peterson, Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Patrick Sauvan, UNED
  • Javier Alguacil Orejudo, UNED
  • Pablo Alguacil Orejudo, UNED
  • Rafael Juarez, UNED

 

MIT-Spain Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Seed Fund

 

Land prices, economic complexity and urban dynamics

  • Albert Saiz, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Yooseon Hwang, Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
  • Alejandro Segura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Angélica Verónica Díaz Talamantes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

 

A computational framework for low-carbon structural design

  • John Ochsendorf, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Federico Luis del Blanco García, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Luis Javier Sánchez Aparicio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

 

Automatic identification of landmarks from the speech for the assessment of neurodegenerative diseases

  • Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Elizabeth Choi Jeung-Yoon, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Juan Ignacio Godino Llorente, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Emiro José Ibarra, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Mateo Ibarra, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

 

Material grounds: Architecture, extraction, and environmental futures

  • Cristina Parreno Alonso, Architecture (Course 4)
  • Javier Garcia German, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)