MIT-UT International Joint Symposium
Date: 5/25 (Sat), 10:00 – 16:50
Place: Conference Room, Bldg. Eng. 8, Hongo Campus, Univ. Tokyo
Program (15 min presentation and 10 min Q&A for each presentation)
10:00 – 10:10
Opening Remarks: Prof. K. Wada
1. Solar Energy
10:10 – 10:35
MIT-Team Solar Urban Oasis (Cecilio Aponte, Peter Augusciak,
Lourdes Bobbio, Rachel Clark, Aleksandra Kalinowska, Shruti
Sharma), “Solar Recharging Stations: Off-grid solution to provide for
distributed networks”
10:35 – 11:00
UT-Team Amaterasu (Amarsanaa Davaasuren, Yui Higashionna,
Shintaro Komatsu, Keigo Nishimura, Takuma Ohshima),
“International Power Grid”
2. Security and Disaster Recovery
11:00 – 11:25
UT-Team SanD (Qianxi Feng, Yuichi Nakamura, Shunsuke Ohno,
Kohei Watanabe, Hanlu Zhang), “Future of Rescue Robot”
11:25 – 11:50
MIT-Team Swift Action (Lawrence Chan, Raul Madera, Birte
Prinzhorn, David Tse), “Social Media Usage During Disaster Time”
11:50 – 13:00
Lunch
3. Energy-Efficient Transportation
13:00 – 13:25
MIT-Team Energy Efficiency (Marian Heman-Ackah, Jody Fu,
Prosper Nyovanie, Sonja Postak, Katherine Stone), “Providing Energy
Efficient Transportation Through Expanded Use of Rail Freight”
13:25 – 13:50
UT-Team Bean Stalk (Yoritaka Furukawa, Ryo Hasegawa, Youhong
Luo, Yusuke Niitani, Shunichiro Nomura), “Space Elevator -Uses,
Challenges, and the Future-”
4. Energy-Efficient Internet
13:50 – 14:15
UT-Team S.I.T. (Ikuhide Kinoshita, Tomohiro Koana, Seiha Oh, Saif
Tahnon), “Smart Internet Technology”
14:15 – 14:40
MIT-Team Smart.Energy.Computing.MIT (Khetpakorn Chakarawet,
Julia Jaskolska, Maxine-May Lartey, Menghsuan Pan) “Smart Grid
Technology for Greater Energy Efficiency”
(14:40 – 15:00
Break)
5. Materials for a Small Planet
15:00 – 15:25
MIT-Team Swag Earth (Atif Javed, Gabrielle Ledoux, Forest Sears,
Mary-Elizabeth Wagner, Yen Yeh), “Reducing Materials Critically
Through Effective Electronic Waste Management”
15:25 – 15:50
UT-Team M&M (Sirish Dwa, Karina Jayaputra Byeongwook Jo,
Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Chinotaikul Punthira, Naoya Takeda),
“Materials for a small planet”
6. Water Quality
15:50 – 16:15
UT-Team Newater (Nana Misawa, Natsumi Sakane, Akinori Shimizu,
Byungsoo Song, Xinle Su, Yurie Yamada), “Securing Safe Water in
Times of Disaster”
16:15 – 16:40
MIT-Team Water (Christi Dawydiak, Amelia Helmick, Herman Li),
“Improving Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Management in
Boston to Accommodate Population and Climate Change”
16:40 – 16:50
Closing Remarks: Prof. L. C. Kimerling
Underlined students are coming to Japan.