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MITOR Project 2010-2011
Grant Recipients

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
  • 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

 

Computationally Optimized Photovoltaics Based on Nanomaterials: Elucidating Fundamental Mechanisms and Predicting New Designs

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


Bicycles as a Vehicle for Engineering Education

  • Dan Frey, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Cristiana Delprete, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • Paolo Baldissera, Junior Researcher, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

 

A Predictive System for Neutron-Induced Material Activation and Damage for Fusion Energy Devices

  • Dennis G. Whyte, Professor, MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • Massimo Zucchetti, Full Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy



Understanding the Earth Crust and Upper Mantle Seismic Properties Through Joint Surface- and Body-Wave Tomography

  • 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