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2009 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree Date & Dept. |
Title of Proposal |
| Roberto Guerrero Compean |
Ph.D, '11, Urban Studies |
"Green Nemesis or Environmental Fiasco? The Antagonistic Coexistence of Two Biofuels Technologies in Brazil" |
| Audubon Dougherty |
M.S., '10, Comparative Media Studies |
"Wireless Networks in Rural Peru: Documenting ICT Entrepreneurship" |
| Taariq Lewis |
MBA '09, Sloan |
"Stuck in the Basin: A Sustainability Study of Trinidad and Tobago's Countrywide Government Entrepreneurship Policy Programs, NEDCO and ETIIC" |
| Graham Denyer Willis |
Ph.D, '12, Urban Studies |
"Protector or Protagonist? Violence, the State and Armed Groups in Sao Paulo, Brazil" |
| Sarah Zukerman |
Ph.D, '10, Political Science |
"Guns, Campaigns or Bankruptcy: Disentangling the Determinants of Armed Organizations' Post-War Trajectories" |
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2008 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree Date & Dept. |
Title of Proposal |
| Gabrelle Kruks-Wisner |
Ph.D, '11, Political Science |
"Two Tsunamis: Informal Governance & the Politics of Aid Distribution in Southern India" |
| Akshay Mangla |
Ph.D, '10, Political Science |
"Targeting Child Labor in India: A Comparison of State Regulation with a Community-Based Intervention in the Carpet Industry" |
| Jason Mellein |
SM, '08, Aeronautics and Astronautics |
"Case Studies for Humanitarian Education: World Food Program Operations in Kenya" |
| Jonas Nahm |
Ph.D, '12, Political Science |
"Shutdown Politics: Central Regulation, Local Implementation and the Closing of Inefficient Power Plants in China" |
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2007 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree Date & Dept. |
Title of Proposal |
| Ayo Alaran & Jason Hamilton |
MBA '08, Sloan |
"Improving Sustainability and Achieving Scale for Water Filtration Technology in Ghana" |
| Joaquin Blaya |
Ph.D, '08, Health-Sciences Tech, MEMP |
"Creating a National Network of Tuberculosis Laboratories Using a Web-based Information System" |
| Greg Distelhorst |
Ph.D, '11, Political Science |
"The Noisy Chinese Netizen: Do Content Regulations Affect Online Activism?" |
| Erica Gralla |
Ph.D, '09, Engineering Systems Division |
"Humanitarian Aid Logistics: Towards Greater Inter-Agency Coordination in the Horn of Africa" |
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2006 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree Date & Dept. |
Title of Proposal |
| Matthew Amengual |
Ph.D, '10, Political Science |
"Connecting State And Society In Labor Regulation" |
| Salo Coslovsky |
Ph.D, '08, Urban Studies & Planning, PhD |
"Public Professionals, Discretionary Power, and the Efficient Provision of Government
Services: A Case Study of a Brazilian Street-level Bureaucracy" |
| Matthew Hodge |
Tech. and Policy Program, '07, Engineering Systems Division. |
"Sustainable Development and Green Construction in South Africa" |
| Nancy Odeh |
Ph.D, '08, Urban Studies & Planning, PhD |
"Towards Public Private-Partnerships in the Water Sector in Jordan and Egypt" |
| Matthew Orosz |
MS '07, Civil & Environ. Engineering, MS |
"Solar Thermal Cogeneration for Africa" |
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2005 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree Date & Dept. |
Title of Proposal |
| Ms. Elizabeth Basha |
Ph.D, '09, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |
Sistema de Alerta Temprana |
| Ms. Vanda Felbabova |
Ph.D, '06, Political Science |
The Use of Compensation in Reducing the Cultivation of Illicit Crops: Prospects for Peru and Burma |
| Mr. Devon Manz |
S.M. '05, Mechanical Engineering |
AIDS in Africa: Assessing the Consequences of Parallel Importation and Generic AIDS Drug Legislation |
| Ms. Hania Maraqa |
M.C.P, '05, Urban Studies and Planning |
Economic Development as a Means of Institutional Control of Palestinian Refugee Camps: Comparative Case Studies |
| Ms. M. Dhakshike Wickrema |
M.C.P, '05, Urban Studies and Planning |
From Enabler to Redeveloper: Shifts in Government Housing Policy in Sri Lanka |
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2004 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Claudia Canepa |
M.C.P., '05, Urban Studies and Planning |
Community Organizing, Government Action and Technology: Improving the
Delivery of Basic Services in India |
| Ms. Alisa Morss |
Ph.D, '05, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics |
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: a Comparative Study in Australia and the Pacific Islands |
| Mr. Shahid Sadruddin Nanavati |
Ph.D, Urban Studies and Planning |
Sustainable Environment for Artisans: Carry the Culture through Generations |
| Mr. Kamal Quadir |
MBA '05, Sloan |
Project BioPro: Mushroom Production in Large Scale: Capitalizing on the Comparative Advantages of Bangladesh |
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2003 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Genevieve Connors |
Ph.D, ?5, Urban Studies and Planning |
Reducing Poverty, Managing Growth: Slum Improvement
Strategies in Hyderabad, India |
| Mr. Murray Height |
Ph.D, ?3, Chemical Engineering |
Solar Energy - Reliability Issues and Social Impact in Developing Countries |
| Ms. Sarah Kamal |
M.Sc., ?4, Comparative Media Studies |
Media Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Observing Information Needs, Capacity, and Delivery in Transition |
| Mr. Yuri Ostrovsky |
Ph.D, ?4, Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Curing the Blind: The Search for a Sustainable Program for the Treatment and Prevention of Avoidable Blindness
in India and other developing countries |
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2002 Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Kristin E. Gribble |
Ph.D., ?2, Biology |
Investigation of Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisioning and
its Causative Organism, Protoperidinium Crassipes, in Ireland |
| Ms. Rachel M. Gisselquist |
Ph.D., ?5, Political Science |
Ivorite and the Political Manipulation of Ethnicity in Cote d'Ivorie:
How Can Ethnic Tensions Be Defused? |
| Mr. Bruno Miller |
Ph.D., ?3, Aeronautics and Astronomics |
Safe and Sustainable Skies for Central America |
| Mr. Michael A. Rosenblum |
Ph.D., ?4, Mathematics |
Matching the Technology Needs of International Humanitarian Assistance Programs with MIT Researchers |
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2001
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Mr. Robert Ayan |
Sloan MBA '02 |
Policy Recommendations and
Opportunities for Technology Investments in Syria |
| Mr. Peter Evans |
Ph.D., '02, Political Science |
Global Rules for Energy Services,
Trade and Investment |
| Mr. Harn Wei Kua |
S.M. '02, Ph.D. '05, Technology
and Policy Program |
Hands-on study on Sustainable
and Natural Building Material for Affordable Hosing in Tanzania |
| Mr. Timothy Prestero |
Ph.D., '02, Ocean Engineering |
Integrated Farming and Participatory
Learning: Benin and India |
| Mr. Bilal Husnain Zia |
M.C.P., '01, Urban Studies
/ Economics |
Water Optimization & Conflict
Resolution: The Kalabagh Dam Case in Pakistan |
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2000
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title
of Proposal |
| Mr. Ioannis
Anagnostakis |
Ph.D., '01,
Aeronautics & Astronautics |
Air Traffic
Control Automation Applications for Environmental Considerations |
| Ms. Lara Virginia
Greden |
S.M., '01,
Technology & Policy Program |
Sustainable
Housing in Urban China: Evaluating the Needs of Stakeholders |
| Ms. Jessica
Piombo |
Ph.D., '01,
Political Science |
Forging Democracy:
Enabling Peaceful Political Party Competition in the Western Cape,
South Africa |
| Ms. Katrina
Simon |
M.C.P., '01,
Urban Studies and Planning |
Utilizing
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Water Resource Planning:
Goreanbab Dam, Windhoek, Namibia |
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1999
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Sophia Chong |
M.C.P., '00, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Coastal Zone Management Assessment
in South Africa" |
| Mr. Apichai Shipper |
Ph.D., '00, Political Science |
"Ethnic Differences and Immigrant
NGOs in Japan" |
| Mr. Daniel Delisi |
M.C.P., '00, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"White Horse Snow Mountain" |
| Mr. Darian Unger |
Ph.D., '01, Civil and Environmental
Engineering |
"Comparing Energy Choices
in Developing Countries: Fuels and Power in Ghana and China" |
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1998
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Julie Wagner |
M.C.P., '99, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Increasing Community Dialogue:
A Public Involvement" |
| Mr. Olivier de Weck |
M.S., Aeronautics and Astonomics |
"International Cooperation
in the Mitigation of Space Debris" |
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1997
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Laura G. Fried |
M.C.P., '98, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Comparative Study of Post-Disaster
Shelter in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan" |
| Mr. Heeten Kalan |
M.C.P., '98, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Accelerating the Learning
Curve: Environmental Policy in the New South Africa" |
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1996
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Amanda S. Bickel |
M.C.P., '97, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Non-Governmental Organizations,
Rural Industry, and Production Networks: Lessons from Income Generation
Programs in Rural India" |
| Ms. Judith A. Morrison |
M.C.P., '97, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Comparative Analysis
of Government Programs for Afro-Brazilian Communities: Lessons for
Success" |
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1995
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Lynn Pikholz |
M.C.P., '96, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Learning from Shack
Dwellers: Lessons from Three Upgrade Projects in South Africa" |
| Mr. John Clancy Powers, Jr. |
M.C.P., '96, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"Assistance to the Informal
Economy in Dakar Senegal: A Mechanism for Stimulating Political Mobilization" |
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1994
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Amy B. Smith |
M.S. '94, Mechanical Engineering |
"Field Testing and Technology
Transfer of the Hammermill" |
| Ms. Elizabeth A. Stock |
M.C.P./S.M., '94, Urban Studies
and Planning/Tech. & Policy |
"Rural Road Contractors:
How Will They Manage?" |
| Mr. Rabi Karmacharya |
B.S., '95, Computer
Science & Electrical Engineering |
"Socio-economic
Study of the Arun III Hydroelectricity Project" |
| Ms. Gwendolyn K.
Lee |
B.S. '95, Chemical
Engineering |
"A Call for
Service" |
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1993
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Hiroko Tanaka |
M.C.P., '94, Urban Studies
and Planning |
"How is 'Success' Defined?:
A Reexamination of Japan's Development Assistance Projects" |
| Mr. Miguel G. Barrientos |
B.S., '93, Mechanical Engineering |
"Creating a Manufacturing
Base in Bolivia" |
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1992
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Mr. Ian W. MacArthur |
M.S., '93, Urban Studies and
Planning |
"No Exit?: Economic Options
of Street Children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" |
| Mr. Michael C. Moldoveanu |
M.S., Ph.D. '93, Mechanical
Engineering |
"The German Mittelstand
Company and the Perpetuation of the Entrepreneurial Phenomenon" |
| Ms. Aafia Siddiqui |
B.S. '94, Biology & Anthropology/Archeology |
"Islamization in Pakistan
and its Effects on Women" |
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1991
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Hnin Hnin Pyne |
M.C.P., '92, Urban Studies
and City Planning |
"AIDS and Prostitution
in Thailand" |
| Ms. Gabrielle Watson |
M.S. '92, City Planning |
"Water and Sanitation
in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Successful Strategies for Service Provision
in Low Income Communities" |
| Ms. M. Anjali Sastry |
Ph.D. '94, Sloan School |
"Perspectives from the
Developing World on the 20th Anniversary of Limits to Growth" |
| Mr. Alnoor Ebrahim |
B.S. '91, Civil Engineering |
"Social Forestry and
Social Water Resource in Gujarat, India" |
| Ms. Janice V. Dearlove |
B.S. '91, Mech. Eng.&
Mgt.; M.S. '92 Mech. Eng. |
"EPO Patent Dispute:
The Impact of the FDA on the Emerging Biotechnology Industry and its
Patient Populations" |
| Mr. Roberto Ordorica, Jr. |
B.S. '93, Mngt. Science |
"The Mexico - US Free
Trade Agreement: Making More Competitive: A Framework" |
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1990
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Kristin L. Wulfsberg |
M.S. '90, Tech. & Policy |
"Joint Research on Energy
and Environmental Policy in Sri Lanka" |
| Ms. Priyamvada Natarajan |
B.S. '90, Physics |
"Feasibility Analysis
of Appropriate Technologies for Women: Case Studies in Inda" |
| Mr. Aras P. Suziedelis |
B.S. '90, Elec. Eng. |
"The Formation of Ecological
Strategy in Lithuania" |
| Ms. Nina Chen |
BSAD '90, Architecture |
"A Search for Contemplative
Elements in Courtyard Forms of the Mediterranean, and a Study on How
They Might be Interpreted into an American Home" |
| Mr. Armando Razo |
B.S. '93, Economics &
Computer Science |
"Science and Technology
Policy in Mexico" |
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1989
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Catherine M. Koza |
M.C.P., '90, Urban Studies
and Planning, Dev. Areas |
"The Afghan Refugees:
Analysis of the Implementation of Existing Development Projects Designed
to Achieve the Successful Repatriation from Pakistan" |
| Ms. Elizabeth H. Prodromou |
Ph.D. '91, Political Science |
"Religion and Politics
in Contemporary Greece: PASOK Confronts the Church, 1981-1988" |
| Ms. Dharanija Vasudevan |
B.S. '90, Civil Engineering |
"The Environmental Impact
of Eucalyptus Plantations on the Rural Areas of India" |
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1988
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Sara Louise Bennett |
Ph.D. '80, Earth, Atmos. &
Planetary Science |
"The Impact of Climate
Change on the Bengal Delta Region of Bangladesh" |
| Ms. Megan Smith |
M.S. '88, Mechanical Engineering |
"Modular Stored-Heat
Concentrating Solar Cooker: An Appropriate Technology Approach" |
| Ms. Supreo Ghosh |
B.S. '90, Economics |
"The Indian Woman: Is
She Moving Backwards?" |
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1987
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Mr. Ikem Stanley Okoye |
Ph.D. '90, Architecture |
"Cat out of a Bag?: Technological
Rationality in Architecture as a means of Rescuing Devastated Third
World Economies" |
| Mr. Stephen Rintoul |
Ph.D. '87, Earth, Atmos. &
Planetary Science |
"Chipko, Scientific Forestry
& the World Bank: A Case Study of Attitudes towards Development
& the Environment in India" |
| Ms. Mutsumi R. Mizuno |
B.S. '88, Political Science |
"Comparative Study of
the Development of the U.S. & Japanese Patent Laws in Relation
to New Technologies" |
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1986
Award Recipients
| Name |
Degree
Date & Dept. |
Title of
Proposal |
| Ms. Elizabeth J. Erskine |
B.S. '87, Economics |
"The Effects of Lead
Regulation on the Peruvian Economy" |
| Mr. Robert Vitalis |
Ph.D. '87, Political Science |
"The Political Economy
of Power: The Aswan Project in Egypt, 1912-1960" |
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