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NSF and Lemelson Foundation Launch Joint Awards Supporting Sustainability in Engineering Education

The Lemelson Foundation and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the first awards in a joint initiative to fund projects supporting the integration of social and environmental sustainability into engineering curricula. Supported in part by a $3 million, three-year investment from The Lemelson Foundation and aligned with the goals of its Engineering for One Planet…

January 14, 2025

August 1, 2009

Targets for Geothermal Innovation Announced

Designing a Global Geothermal Challenge August 20, 2009 – With the understanding that the possibilities of geothermal technology have not yet been fully realized and the intent of addressing energy security, the Foundation for Geothermal Innovation (FGI) and the Lemelson Foundation have released initial findings defining the technical criteria for a critical new generation of geothermal…
July 1, 2009

RAMP’s Sheep Rearing Innovation featured in New Agriculturist

Mr Shivakumar, one of the first shepherds to adopt the system, has already seen some encouraging results. An innovation from the RAMP program in India is the focus of an article in July’s issue of the online magazine New Agriculturist.The innovation combines a product with a service for nomadic sheepherders and their flocks in southern India. This…
April 27, 2009

Biomedical Engineer and Graduate Student Geoffrey von Maltzahn Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Cambridge, Mass. – When it comes to solving complex problems, Geoffrey von Maltzahn, MIT graduate student and biomedical engineer, looks to nature for solutions. Finding inspiration in systems that evolution has produced, von Maltzahn is currently helping to tackle one of society’s biggest challenges: improving tumor detection and therapeutic delivery in order to boost the…