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Projects

2010-2011 Funded collaborations

Title

Department

Faculty

Long term interaction in flow systems    

MIT: Mathematics 
POLITO : Aeronautics & Aerospace  ( DIASP)

Rodolfo Rosales     &
Daniela Tordella

Advanced Macromodeling Techniques for Micro-, Nano-, and Bio-Systems

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Luca Daniel ( MIT) –Stefano Grivet- Talocia ( DELEN-Polito)

Bicycles as a Vehicle for Engineering Education

Mechanical Engineering

Dan Frey( MIT) – Paolo Baldissera and Cristiana Delprete with Andrea Carraro and Matteo Durelli ( BS candidates) ( DIMEC-Polito)

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

Materials Science and Engineering

Jeffrey C. Grossman( MIT) Elena Tresso and Giancarlo Cicero ( DISMIC-Polito)

Development of New Cellular Materials by Gel-Casting Technique: Optimisation of Production Process and Functional Simulation of the Microstructure

Materials Science and Engineering

Lorna Gibson ( MIT) Jean Marc Tulliani and Marta Fornabaio- Ph.D ( DISMIC-Polito)

Guiding L’Aquila Reconstruction after 2009 Earthquake: Rebuilding a City Resilient to Multiple Hazards

Civil and Environmental Engineering

John Ochsendorf ( MIT) Gian Paolo Cimellaro and Vincenzo Arcidiaco-Ph.D ( DISTR-Polito)

Long Term Interaction in Flow Systems

Mathematics

Rodolfo Ruben Rosales ( MIT) and Daniela Tordella ( DIASP-Polito) MIT seed fund partner may change.

Multi-scale Analysis of the Cytoskeleton Machinery

Biological Engineering

Roger Kamm ( MIT) Franco Montevecchi ( DIMEC-Polito)

Multidisciplinary Framework for Morphing Wing Design,

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Karen Willcox and Qiqi Wang ( MIT) -Paolo Maggiore and Laura Mannini( DIASP-Polito)

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

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Robert van der Hilst ( MIT) Laura Valentina Socco ( DITAG-Polito)

A Predictive System for Neutron Induced Material Activation and Damage for Fusion

Nuclear Science and Engineerin

Dennis Whyte ( MIT) Massimo Zucchetti (DENER- Polito)

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