Popular Press
2023
No Drop to Spare: MIT creates affordable, user-driven smart irrigation technology, MIT MechE Video
Smart irrigation technology covers “more crop per drop”, on MIT News
Drip irrigation startup won audience choice at the 2023 MIT Water, Food, and Agriculture Prize
2.007 Forever!, on MIT News
Lobster Tanks, Roboclams, GEAR Lab, and Gear Heads, on Lock the Quill podcast
2022
MIRRA and MIT are Testing a Promising and Innovative Irrigation Controller in the Jordan Valley, in MIRRA’s December Newsletter
MIT PhD students shed light on important water and food research, on MIT News
Aditya Ghodgaonkar is one of Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions, on MIT J-WAFS News
J-WAFS and MIT community members win IDA Innovation Forum Awards, on MIT J-WAFS News
Developing community around design, PhD Candidate Jon Bessette recognized on MIT News
2021
Student robot competition honors the legacy of the late beloved professor, Woodie Flowers, on MIT News
March Madness for robots: Mechanical competition returns to MIT, on 7 News Boston
Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions, on MIT News
Reimagining 2.007, an iconic design class, during the Covid-19 pandemic, on MIT News
Prof. Winter and GEAR Lab win J-WAFS seed funding grant, on MIT J-WAFS news
Prof. Amos Winter joins “BOOM: Biomechanics on our Minds” podcast, available on Spotify, SoundCloud, or Apple Podcast
MIT’s first-ever virtual robot competition
2020
Drip team members Georgia Van de Zande, Carolyn Sheline, and Julia Sokol win first place in the 2020 J-WAFS World Food Day Video Competition
Drip Irrigation Project, Responding to Jordan’s Drought and Water Scarcity with Behavioral Change, Agrilinks (2020)
2.007: Design and Manufacturing I, on MIT Technology Review
Master’s student Grace Connors & PhD candidate Sahil Shah participate in an MIT Energy Initiative podcast to talk about their company, Harmony Desal. Harmony Desal placed second in the 2020 MIT Clean Energy Prize.
Design problem: How to teach a hands-on course online, by MIT News
2019
Collaborating for Irrigation Access Solutions: Where Policy and Engineering Meet: A J-WAFS Connection Brings Together Two MIT Research Teams Helping to Advance Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa, on MIT News
Superstructures: Engineering Marvels - Episode No. 3. ‘Monster Plane,’ on National Geographic / Amazon Prime Video
PhD candidate Sahil Shah awarded the J-WAFS fellowship for his work on desalination, on MIT News
Robots Shoot for the Moon in MIT’s Annual 2.007 Competition Robotic Sweepers, Flappers, and Telescoping Arms Face Off for a Shot at Coveted Engineering Prize, on MIT News
Superstructures: Engineering Marvels - Episode No. 2 ‘Ultimate Cargo Ship,’ on National Geographic / Amazon Prime Video
2018
PhD candidate Julia Sokol and her work on drip irrigation, on MIT News
Prof. Amos Winter part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine pilot initiative, “New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine” (SEM)
Prosthetic foot project, "A Better Prosthetic Foot for the Developing World," on Inside Science
Prosthetic foot project, "Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking," on MIT News
Drip irrigation work featured on local web TV specialized in agriculture, on Al Filahia-TV
2.007 Student Robot Competition on a Willy-Wonka themed playing field, on The Boston Globe
2.007 Student Robot Competition called “Calculated Imagination” on a Willy-Wonka themed playing field, on Boston News TV and CBS Boston
Drip Irrigation - Al Filahia-TV May. 2018
2017
Prof. Amos Winter interviewed on TED Radio Hour (Simple Solutions), on NPR
Desalination work featured in "3Q: Robert Armstrong on 10 years of energy research at MIT", on MIT News
Desalination work featured in "Celebrating Energy at MIT", on MIT Energy Initiative
Best Paper Award IDA 2017 World Congress (São Paulo) in the Category of State-of-the-Art: “Optimal Design of a Batch Electrodialysis System for Domestic Desalination., in Pumps & Systems
Our new lab space in building 31 under the Spotlight - Building the future, on MIT News
"Engineering Reverse Innovation" is rank one of Harvard Business Review's 10 must reads in 2017
Prof. Amos Winter and Jaya Narain Digital Magnifying Glasses for Low-Vision Learners, in IEE Pulse Magazine
Katherine Taylor named as one of the 35 innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review
“Water is Life”, the video on our desalination work in India wins the New England Emmy Awards, on MIT News
“Water is Life”, the video on our desalination work in India wins the 2017 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Video, in RTDNA
2.007 Student Design Robot Competition on a Star Wars themed playing field, on MIT News
The science behind a clam digging through sand, on The Washington Post
Drip irrigation Project under the Spotlight - Watering the world, on MIT News
Prof. Amos Winter awarded with Harold E. Edgerton Award, on MIT News
Prof. Amos Winter awarded with the MIT School of Engineering Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching,[🔗 ]
Kathryn Olesnavage under the Spotlight, on Tata Center News
Kathryn Olesnavage Graduate Winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize "Cure it!", on MIT News
Natasha Wright Graduate Winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize "Eat it!", on MIT News
GEAR Lab under the spotlight for solar-powered desalination work, in Nature
Prof. Amos Winter awarded with the NSF Faculty Career Award, on NSF and MIT News
Amos Winter: How Do You Build An All-Terrain Wheelchair For The Developing World?, on TED Radio Hour: NPR
Prof. Amos Winter - MIT News, Sep. 2017
2016
Building the mountain bike of wheelchairs, on MIT News
Novel irrigation technology for more sustainable and cost-effective, on MIT News
Solar Powered Desalination for Clean Water, on MIT News
Dan Dorsch Graduate Winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Game Changers: Out of Boston, Three Innovators on Quest to Provide Drinkable Water, in The Boston Globe
Reverse Innovation Gets Real:Announcing the McKinsey Award Winners, on the McKinsey Blog
How Kids Envision Fuel-Efficient Cars of the Future, in Consumer Reports
Cleaning Water without the Grid, on MIT News
Natasha Wright Named to Forbes's '30 Under 30 - Energy,’ in Forbes
Natasha Wright - MIT Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Oct. 2016
2015
A Mechanical Engineering Rite of Passage at MIT, on MIT News
Natasha Wright's student profile, on MIT News
MERE winners, on MIT News
USAID Desalination Prize, First Place, in The Boston Globe
Cheaper, Higher performance Prosthetic Knee, on MIT News
Katy Olesnavage Featured Student, on MIT MechE
GEAR Lab Students win awards, on Tata Center News
Why Investing in Research for the Developing World Will Benefit the United States Too
Winter V, A.G., National Academy of Engineering, The Bridge, V45, N3. (2015)
2014
USAID Desal Prize, Semi-Finalist. MIT & Jain Irrigation Systems, in Securing Water for Food
Alexander Wiens, and Amos G. Winter, V , “A Novel Pressure Compensating Valve for Low-Cost Drip Irrigation Systems” - Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator Award, at ASME IDETC Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
GRIT Freedom Chair Launches on Kickstarter
Engineering Reverse Innovation, Amos Winter, in TedX Boston
Solar Electrodialysis Brings Water to Off-Grid Villages, in International Desalination & Water Reuse Quarterly
'RoboClam' Engineered to Burrow Like a Mollusc, in Wired UK
'RoboClam' Could Anchor Submarines, on BBC News, Science & Environment
'RoboClam' Digging Machine as Fast as Natural Burrowers, on Live Science
'RoboClam' Mimics Razor Clam's Smooth Digs, in Scientific American
Born to Design: The Leveraged Freedom Chair, in SolidWorks
Amos G. Winter, V. "Meet the Engineers", on Be An Engineer Website
Natasha C. Wright wins the Charles Hansen Fellowship for the Fall 2014 term
Dan Dorsch, outright gift, The James Dyson Foundation Fellowship Fund
2013
Amos Winter named as one of the 35 innovators under 35 by the MIT Technology Review
The Accidental Humanitarian, in MIT Technology Review
Off-road wheelchair offers freedom for disabled poor, on CNN
Yashraj Narang wins Thomas Sheridan Prize (Creativity in Man-Machine Integration)
Daniel Dorsch and Natasha Wright win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Q&A: Amos Winter, inventor, on using constraints to innovate, in Smart Planet
The Right Trajectory
Winter V, A.G., Mechanical Engineering Magazine.(2013)
Constraint-Driven Innovation
Winter V, A.G., Mechanical Engineering Magazine.(2013)
Research for Development
Winter V, A.G., Mechanical Engineering Magazine.(2013)
Stakeholder-Driven Design
Winter V, A.G., Mechanical Engineering Magazine.(2013)
Prof. Amos Winter - Emtech, Oct. 2013
Katy Olesnavage - MIT Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Oct. 2013
Prof. Amos Winter - TEDx, June 2012
2012
Amos Winter's TedX talk, on TED
Amos Winter wins ASME/Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, awarded to an engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following receipt of the baccalaureate degree, on ASME
Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT) wins $100k Diamond Prize Winner at Mass Challenge startup competition
Fast Company Magazine Innovation by Design Award, Concept Category, for Leveraged Freedom Chair, on Fast Company
GEAR Lab's low-pressure drip irrigation project is a Rockefeller Foundation $100k Innovation Challenge Winner
Amos Winter awarded the Robert N. Noyce Early Career Development Chair by the MIT School of Engineering
Yashraj Narang wins an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2011
Leveraged Freedom Chair named one of the Wall Street Journal's Big Innovations of 2011, in The Wall Street Journal
Amos Winter wins the 2010 Tufts University Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, on Tufts Alumni
Leveraged Freedom Chair wins a Red Dot Design Award, with Continuum Innovation
Designing for the Rest of the Global Market: Engineering’s New Frontier
Winter V, A.G., Mechanical Engineering Vol. 133/No.(2011)
Case Study: Leveraged Freedom Chair
Winter V, A.G., Childs, J., Tak, J., Core 77.(2011)
2010
Leveraged Freedom Chair wins an R&D 100 Award, given by R&D Magazine for the 100 most technologically significant products of the year, on R&D World
Leveraged Freedom Chair wins an R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award, given to the three favorite R&D 100 award winners by the magazine’s editors, on R&D World
Amos Winter wins the MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, the highest honor given to a graduate student for teaching and mentoring at MIT