MIT Skoltech Next Generation Program; 1st Round of NGP Grants
The first call for proposals for NGP, in 2015, yielded 23 full proposals for research-driven projects that met evaluation criteria. Following reviews by a panel of nearly 80 international experts and the NGP Steering Committee, 15 proposals have been endorsed and funded.
Regulation of antitumor response via modulation of Ubr‐ubiquitin ligases in vivo
MIT PI: Daniel Anderson, Department of Chemical Engineering
SkT PI: Konstantin Piatkov, Center for Data-Intensive Biomedicine and Biotechnology
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Search and Development of New Genome Editing Tools for Biomedicine and Biotechnology
MIT PI: Feng Zhang, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
SkT PI: Konstantin Severinov, Center for Data-Intensive Biomedicine and Biotechnology
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Deep Learning Tools and Algorithms for Cell Image Analysis
MIT PI's: Mark Bathe, Department of Biological Engineering; Anne Carpenter, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
SkT PI: Victor Lempitsky, Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
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Carbon nanomaterial manufacturing platforms for interactive surfaces and smart prosthetics
MIT PI's: A. John Hart and Xuanhe Zhao, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SkT PI: Albert Nasibulin, Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials
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Improved stability and performance in highly efficient lead‐free hybrid perovskite solar cells
MIT PI: Tonio Buonassisi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SkT PI: Pavel Troshin, Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage
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Polaritonics providing a paradigm shift in optoelectronics
MIT PI: Keith Adam Nelson, Department of Chemistry
SkT PI's: Natalia Berloff and Pavlos Lagoudakis, Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials
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3D-printed, miniaturized Cassinian trap mass spectrometer for space research and general ambient analysis applications
MIT PI: Luis F. Velásquez‐García, Microsystems Technology Laboratories
SkT PI: Evgeny Nikolaev, Space Center
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Integration and control of heat and power systems with variable loads
MIT PI: Konstantin Turitsyn, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SkT PI's: Aldo Bischi and Janusz Bialek, Center for Energy Systems
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RecyBot: High-Speed Intelligent Robotic System with Computer Vision for Electronics Recycling
MIT PI: Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SkT PI: Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Space Center
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Exploring potassium-ion batteries
MIT PI: Yet-Ming Chiang, Department of Material Science and Engineering
SkT PI: Artem Abakumov, Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage
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Investigations of high-temperature superconductors and other complex quantum materials
MIT PI: Nuh Gedik, Department of Physics
SkT PI: Boris Fine, Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials
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High-Dimensional Uncertainty Quantification: from Component to Systems Design
MIT PI: Luca Daniel, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
SkT PI: Ivan Oseledets, Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
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Next Generation Fast Methods for Medical and Nanoscale Technology
MIT PI: Jacob White, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
SkT PI: Athanasios Polimeridis, Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
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Quantum materials for superconducting nanophotonics
MIT PI: Karl Berggren, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
SkT PI: Mikhail Skvortsov, Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials
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Machine Learning Elastic Strain Engineering
MIT PI: Ju Li, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
SkT PI: Alexander Shapeev, Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
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