Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
For the MIT Water Summit, we brought together representatives of industry, academia, government, and NGOs to reflect upon the most pressing questions in the water sector. As populations continue to grow and demand for food rises, the role of water in meeting future food needs will become increasingly critical. The MIT Water Summit focused on issues at the heart of the food-water nexus, reflected on the role of water in food production – both in agriculture and aquaculture – and evaluated the innovation, policy, and technologies required to support healthy and sustainable communities.
MIT Water Summit
Poster Session
Posters presented at the MIT Water Summit:
Riverbank Filtration at the Water-Food-Energy Nexus
Thomas Boving, University of Rhode IslandThe role of gender in water, and food provision, in rural underdeveloped areas
Christiana Smyrilli, MITElectrochemical Degradation of Cypermethrin Pesticide on a SnO2 Anode
Houceine Bouya, Salem StateEffect of temperature on nanofiltration membranes
Yagnaseni Roy, MITSolar Water Pumps: Technical, systems and business model approaches to evaluation
Brennan Lake, Amit Gandhi and Jonars Spielberg, TechXLab Inc. and MITDegradation of organic pollutants by hydroxyl radicals produced from the oxygenation of reduced montmorillonite
Weiyu Yao, HarvardActivated Carbon Sediment Amendment to Reduce Bioaccumulation During Ongoing Pollution – a Sediment Mesocosm Study with Three Organisms of Different Functional Traits
Alice Wang, Northeastern UniversityPhage Therapy for Aquaculture
Fatima Hussain, MITAgriculture intensification and Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Laura Barley, Tufts UniversityClimate change at the food-water nexus in Africa
Amy Dale, MITPlanning for Scarcity: Future of Irrigation Agriculture and Land Use Management in Jordan Valley
Sera Tolgay, MITWastewater Bazaar
Alka Palrecha and Ranu Singh, MITA Landscape Approach for Navigating Municipal Purchase of Agricultural Water Rights
Sourav BiswasBig data and remote sensing for understanding crop yields and crop water use
Tiziana Smith, MITAntibiotic Resistant Bacteria on Cape Cod Beaches
Megan May, MITBlue Cities /Charles River Watershed Association
Mande Pallavi, Charles River Watershed AssociationImplementation of a CWERC (Community Water and Energy Resource Center) in an urban setting
Julie Wood, Charles River Watershed Association