Principal Investigator Yuriy Román
Abel Sanchez Executive Director, MIT Geospatial Data Center (GDC) John Williams Professor of Information Engineering in MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
There’s been growing interest from industry for materials innovation from MIT and MIT-connected startups. Corporates are asking for materials of increased performance, reduced cost/weight, or reduced carbon footprint. This MIT Startup Webinar on Materials will feature Chris Schuh, former head of MIT’s Materials Science and Engineering Department, giving a quick overview of materials innovation at MIT and current challenges in materials research, followed by lightning talks by MIT startups in advanced materials & formulation and sustainable materials and packaging. Then we’ll have a Q&A and discussion with the MIT startups on how they can work with corporates to address some of their materials challenges.
Generative Models as a Data Source for AI Systems
Decarbonizing Industry Lightning Talks Envisioning Commercial Air Transportation With Near-Zero Environmental Impacts Florian Allroggen Executive Director, MIT Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment Senior Strategic Advisor, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
To meet ambitious environmental goals while continuing to connect the world, the air transportation sector needs to increase the level of ambition in mitigating its environmental impacts. In this talk, Dr. Allroggen outlines what an air transportation system with near-zero impact on global warming and air pollution could look like. For this purpose, he first provides a strategic perspective on the key impacts which need to be mitigated to meet near-zero goals. He then connects such mitigation measures to new technologies and operational measures which will target the most significant impacts. The analysis concludes by providing insights into the technical feasibility and economic viability of the resulting air transportation system which can achieve near-zero environmental impacts.
Sustainable Steel Cem Tasan POSCO Professor of Metallurgy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Solid state consolidation has tremendous potential for steel making from steel scrap, without remelting. In this talk, the scientific fundamentals and engineering solutions associated with a particular process invented at MIT will be introduced, focusing on the successful examples of several different ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.
Design and Computational Strategies for Reusable Building Components Caitlin Mueller Associate Professor, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor, MIT Architecture
New computational design and digital fabrication methods for innovative, high-performance buildings and structures will enable a more sustainable and equitable future. By focusing on the creative interface of architecture, structural engineering, and computation, Prof. Mueller’s research group has developed strategies for unconventional material use in building structures.
This presentation will focus on algorithmic design approaches, such as those incorporating underutilized wood sources and reassembleable concrete parts. The PixelFrame system, for example, targets circularity strategies for reducing the material footprint of concrete. Connections are dry-jointed, avoiding the use of grout or mortar. The conventionally fused assembly of steel and concrete is separated, allowing each material to respond independently to tensile and compressive forces without impeding the longevity or function of the other. Through structural element reuse, PixelFrame can achieve more than 50% embodied carbon savings up-front.
Sustainable Transportation: Low Carbon Trucking Sayandeep Biswas PhD Graduate Student, MIT
Hydrogen is a promising fuel to drive the decarbonization of long-haul trucking. However, the high cost of distribution as a compressed gas or cryogenic liquid has stunted its wide-scale adoption. Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs) can be a cost-competitive option but have inefficiencies from endothermic dehydrogenation and compression needs. We are building a novel powertrain system to mitigate these drawbacks and establish LOHC as a cost-competitive diesel alternative.
Endor: First do-it-yourself predictive behavioral analytics platform Kebotix: Advanced materials and chemicals invented with AI speed Immunai: Reprogram Immunity Jeeva Wireless: Automating consumable product replenishment with real-time data JETCOOL: Cooling for today’s high power electronics Hosta Labs: Merging intelligence and infrastructure Meter: Intuitive inspection equipment for engineers and manufacturers OpenSpace: Your jobsite, fully captured. Just tap record and go Sourcemap: Technology to achieve 100% traceable, transparent supply chains iSee: AI for advanced autonomous yard truck solutions OnSpecta: Unique Virtualization Technology for Best Inference Hardware Performance AirWorks: Automatically turning aerial data into maps and engineering plans Leela AI: Breakthrough AI for Causal Video Understanding Volta Labs: Biological automation as agile and scalable as digital electronics
Recent innovations in semiconductor technology and biochemistry have brought about opportunities for realizing the long sought-after dream of personalized care. Periodic clinical-quality readings of biomarkers and vital signs provide the data needed to build a digital twin of one’s biological profile based on an AI-generated model. The digital twin will be a powerful tool for prevention, diagnosis, prognosis as well as therapeutic plans. The “Waves, Bits, and Molecules”” lab at MIT envisions transformational improvements in healthcare and life quality through innovations in advanced technologies at the intersection of semiconductor technology, biochemistry, and machine learning. In this talk, we review innovative semiconductor technologies such as electrochemical, Ultrasonic, photoacoustic, RF, and magnetic sensors and nanoactuators, which can transform the future of personalized diagnostics and treatments.