Int. J. , Vol. x, No. x, xxxx 1 Copyright © 200x Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Technology Transfer Approaches for Early Stage Desalinization Technologies: A Case study Christos S. Ioakimidis * Deusto Institute of Technology, DeustoTech, Energy Unit, Spain MITPortugal Program – IN+, Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST/UTL) Sustainable Energy Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E18-470 Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA Fax: +617-253-8013 E-mail:cioakimi@mit.edu * Corresponding author Sérgio Casimiro MITPortugal Program - IN+, Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST/UTL) Sustainable Energy Systems IST Campus TagusPark Av. Anibal Cavaco Silva 2744-016 Porto Salvo, Portugal Fax: +351-214-233204 E-mail: sergio.casimiro@ist.utl.pt Sung Jae Kim Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Research Laboratory of Electronics 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 36-831 Cambridge, 02139, MA, USA Fax: +617-258-5846 E-mail: gate@mit.edu Jongyoon Han Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Associate professor at Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / Department of Biological Engineering 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 36-841 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Fax: +617-258-5846 E-mail: jyhan@mit.edu Abstract: Fresh water scarcity is one of the major challenges facing our society. Established technologies exist, though they are still very expensive preventing them from the immediate use and possible final solution. In this work it is analyzed an innovative technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for desalination, using Ionic Concentration Polarization (ICP).