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Shreya Agarwal ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative Developing change agents/leaders for a low-carbon energy future |
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Franck N. Belemkoabga ’24Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Olivier L. De Weck, Apollo Program Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Platform for expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL) upgrade |
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Robert W. Brashear ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Leon Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, Architecture Computational simulation of Covid-19 aerosol dispersion in rooms |
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Max J. Burns ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Designing evaporative cooling systems for food storage in developing nations |
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Patricia Chan ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist; Lecturer, D-Lab Home energy efficiency improvements in the Himalayan region |
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Luke Chapman ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist; Lecturer, D-Lab Home energy efficiency improvements in the Himalayan region |
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Anushree Chaudhuri ’24Urban Studies and Planning Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Sources of opposition to renewable energy projects in the United States |
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Vivian Cheng ’23Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative Scalable low-carbon energy system optimization |
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Jessica Cohen ’22Physics Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Renewable energy siting conflicts and renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) database |
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Nora G. Donnelly ’24Management Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jaquelyn Ryan Pless, Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship; Assistant Professor, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, Sloan School of Management The economics of energy innovation |
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Grace Endy ’25Chemical Engineering Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Sources of opposition to renewable energy projects in the United States |
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Jason A. Garcia ’24Chemical Engineering Advisor: John H. Lienhard, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water, Mechanical Engineering Selective recovery of resource from high salinity brines: Lienhard research group |
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Stacy Godfreey-Igwe ’22Mechanical Engineering and African and African Diaspora Studies Advisor: Desirée Plata, Gilbert W. Winslow (1937) Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Fundamental chemistry of graphene CVD growth: Material design at atomic resolution |
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Alexander Greer ’24Computer Science and Engineering Advisor: Christoph Reinhart, Director, Building Technology Program; Professor, Architecture Urban building energy modeling (ubem.io) |
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Johaun J. Hatchett ’21Physics Advisor: Jacopo Buongiorno, Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Science and Engineering Nuclear batteries: A new form of clean and resilient energy system for urban environments |
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Alisa Hathaway ’22Computation and Cognition Advisor: Tomas Palacios, Director, 6-A MEng Thesis Program; Professor, Electrical Engineering Design and simulation of optically controlled transistors for data centers and grid-level power electronics |
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Alexis Huynh ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Josephine Carstensen, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Generative design UROP |
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Nader Jemel ’23Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Sergey Paltsev, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative; Deputy Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Technoeconomic analysis of options for decarbonizing freight transportation |
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Zoe Kuhlken ’24Mathematics with Computer Science Advisor: Amy Glasmeier, Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning, Urban Studies and Planning CRISP |
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Heidi Li ’22Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Ernest J. Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Emeritus, Physics The Roosevelt Project: Energy transition in Appalachian Pennsylvania |
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Min Liew ’22Chemical Engineering Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative Systematic assessment of the role for geological H2 storage in a future low-carbon U.S. energy system |
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Sarah Lohmar ’22Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Renewable energy siting conflicts and renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) database |
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Sean Mann ’23Computer Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Giuseppe Romano, Research Scientist, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology Photovoltaic cell optimization via machine learning with a GPU-accelerated differentiable simulator |
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Obinna Modilim ’24Physics Advisor: Jacopo Buongiorno, Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Science and Engineering Nuclear batteries: A new form of clean and resilient energy system for urban environments |
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Sebastian Monsalvo ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: John H. Lienhard, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water, Mechanical Engineering Lithium and water harvesting from brines: Lienhard Research Group |
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Ahmad Negm ’22Electrical Science and Engineering Advisor: James L. Kirtley, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PCB design for capacitive-based cell voltage balancer |
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Alec Ngyuen ’22Chemical Engineering Advisor: Fikile R. Brushett, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Life-cycle emissions analysis of current and future hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (IAP) |
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Katherine Pelton ’22Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Christoph Reinhart, Director, Building Technology Program; Professor, Architecture Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) results dashboard |
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Katia Pendowski ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Maria Yang, Associate Dean of Engineering; Gail E. Kendall Professor, MIT D-Lab; Faculty Academic Director, Mechanical Engineering User-centered design of high performance household energy products in low- and middle-income countries |
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Adam Potter ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Anuradha Annaswamy, Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Price structures for unbalanced power grids (spring) |
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Karyn N. Real ’23Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative Economic signals to incentivize residential battery storage systems |
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Dechen T. Rota ’23Chemical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Julia Ortony, Samuel A. Goldblith Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Gold nanoparticle functionalized molecular self-assembly nanoribbons |
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Emma K. Rutherford ’23Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Leon Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, Architecture Using computational fluid dynamics to investigate the effects of HVAC ventilation on the spread of Covid-19 |
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Jonathan Sandlin ’22Chemical-Biological Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Process intensification and continuous extraction of biofuel |
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Abigail K. Scott ’22Chemistry Advisor: Catherine Drennan, Professor, Biology and Chemistry Determining the structure of the Cia1-Cia2-Nar1 complex |
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Rebecca Sholler ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Leon Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, Architecture Computational simulation of COVID-19 aerosol dispersion in rooms |
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Henry F. Sobieszczyk ’23Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Emre Gençer, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative Investigating decarbonization in the Indian aluminum industry |
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Johan J. Soto ’23Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor: Olivier L. De Weck, Apollo Program Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Systems analytics for small farms waste resource recovery |
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Brendt D. Stephens ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor: John H. Lienhard, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water, Mechanical Engineering Modeling fouling in OARO systems |
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Kiera Tai ’22Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Jeffrey Grossman, Morton and Claire Goulder and Family Professor in Environmental Systems; Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering Applying solid-state geothermal cooling in residential and commercial buildings |
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Muhammed Sulema S. Thaniana ’23Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Tonio Buonassisi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Hardware design of a high-throughput semiconductor printer |
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Kanokwan Tungkitkancharoen ’25Mechanical Engineering and Political Science Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Sources of opposition to renewable energy projects in the United States |
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Logan Vawter ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Asegun Henry, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dynamics of bubble columns: Application to the carbon-free production of H2 using CH4 pyrolysis |
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Kiara Wahnschafft ’21Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Christopher Knittel, George P. Shultz Professor of Energy Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management; Deputy Director for Policy, MIT Energy Initiative National grid: The impact of extreme weather on grid performance |
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Chiharu Watanabe ’21Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: John A. Ochsendorf, Class of 1942 Professor; Professor of Architecture; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow Evaluating solar school initiative for project solar schools: developing financial models and installation designs for renewables in the education landscape |
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Jasmine Wu ’23Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative System impacts of decarbonization pathways for space heating in cold climates |
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Kelly S. Wu ’22Chemical Engineering Advisor: Karthish Manthiram, Visiting Professor, Chemical Engineering A network analysis of the chemical industry |
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David T. Xiong ’23Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor: Dennis Whyte, Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center; Hitachi America Professor of Engineering MHD model of “liquid sandwich” vacuum vessel |
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Lucy Young ’24Mechanical Engineering and Computing Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Sergey Paltsev, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative; Deputy Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the deployment of electric vehicles Advisor: Asegun Henry, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Flow modeling and design for sweeping noble gas curtain |
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Alice M. Zehner ’25Materials Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Compiling case studies of disrupted large-scale renewable energy projects |