Recipients of MITEI seed grants for energy research
October 2009
- Theory of ultrafast Li-ion battery materials
- Martin Bazant (Chemical Engineering)
- Efficient solid-state lighting based on III-nitride nanowires and catalyst engineering
- Karl Berggren (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Silvija Gradečak (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Designing new materials for sunlight—thermal energy storage
- Jeffrey Grossman (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Development of nanoparticle-laden molten salts for heat transfer in high-temperature solar and nuclear applications
- T. Alan Hatton (Chemical Engineering), Jacopo Buongiorno (Nuclear Science and Engineering)
- Genetic identification and expression of efficient cellulose degrading complexes from fungi
- Chris Kaiser (Biology)
- Innovation policy, innovation prizes, and the energy economy: analyzing the role of prizes as a policy mechanism for energy innovation
- Fiona Murray (Sloan School of Management)
- Learning from nature: design principles for resilient bioenergy systems
- Martin Polz (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- Integrated ribbons for solar cell applications
- Marin Soljačić (Physics), Yoel Fink (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Understanding and controlling of the flow of thermal energy in nanostructured materials for energy conversion
- Edwin Thomas, Martin Maldovan (Materials Science and Engineering)
- Processing of nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage
- Carl Thompson (Materials Science and Engineering), Yang Shao-Horn (Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering)
- Nanoscale hetero-interfaces for reversible solid oxide fuel cells in energy storage
- Harry Tuller (Materials Science and Engineering), Bilge Yildiz (Nuclear Science and Engineering)
- Nanoengineered surfaces for subsea separation of fluid-fluid (oil-water) mixtures
- Kripa Varanasi, Gareth McKinley (Mechanical Engineering), Robert Cohen (Chemical Engineering)
