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Maria Alder ’25Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making Advisor: Desirée Plata, Gilbert W. Winslow (1937) Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Using data science and machine learning to understand and predict methane emission from oil and gas infrastructure |
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Gabriela Alvarez-Perez ’22Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Evaporative cooling rooms for vegetable preservation |
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Louise Anderfaas ’24Materials Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Qin Qi, James R. Mares ’24 Career Development Chair; Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Aqueous ionic liquid microstructures for efficient lipid extraction in microalgal biofuel production |
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Shelly Ben-David ’23Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Farnaz Niroui, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Onsite growth of halide perovskites with single nanocrystal resolution |
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Max J. Burns ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Investigating clay pot coolers for food storage in developing nations |
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Joshika Chakraverty ’25Chemical Engineering Advisor: Michael Strano, Carbon P. Dubbs Professor, Chemical Engineering Probing fluid phase transitions in single digit nanopores |
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Luke Chapman ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist, Biomass Fuel and Cookstoves; Lecturer, D-Lab Home energy efficiency improvements in the Himalayan region |
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Jason Chen ’25Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist, Biomass Fuel and Cookstoves; Lecturer, D-Lab Ugandan Makaa stove project/Home energy efficiency improvements in the Himalayan region |
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Kemi Chung ’25Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Evelyn Wang, Department Head, Ford Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Fabrication and characterization of electrospun membranes for condensation heat transfer |
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Francisco Colon ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban Studies and Planning Siting of renewable energy facilities |
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Katherine Crowley ’25Chemical Engineering Advisor: John E. Rice, Senior Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center Argon pumpout from ICRF waves |
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Giselle Duque ’23Chemical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Modeling bioethanol production in yeast |
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Tamilore Fashae ’23Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Ahmed Ghoniem, Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor; Director, Center for Energy and Propulsion Research; Director, Reacting Gas Dynamics Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering A reactor train system for efficient solar thermochemical fuel production |
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Andy Fong ’25Chemical Engineering Advisor: Yogesh Surendranath, Paul M Cook Career Development Associate Professor, Chemistry Exploring the application of gas diffusion electrodes in non-aqueous electrolytes |
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Caitlin Fukumoto ’24Urban Studies and Planning Advisor: Kristin Bergmann, D. Reid Weedon, Jr. ’41 Career Development Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Mapping salt resources for long-term geological hydrogen storage |
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Runako Gentles ’24Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisor: Ruben Juanes, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering Classification of carbon dioxide injection–induced earthquakes using feature-based representation of time series data |
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Sierra Green ’24Materials Science and Engineering; Music and Theatre Arts Advisor: Antoine Allanore, Professor of Metallurgy; Heather N. Lechtman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology Production of pure tungsten from sulfidized ore for sustainable metals extraction (IAP) |
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James Greer ’22Electrical Science and Engineering Advisor: Tomas Palacios, Director, 6-A MEng Thesis Program; Professor, Electrical Engineering Process optimization and measurement of GaN field-effect transistor |
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Sydney Hawkins ’25Biological Engineering Advisor: Amos Winter, Ratan N. Tata Career Development Professor; Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Sliding vane energy recovery device (ERD) for photovoltaic-powered brackish water reverse osmosis desalination (PV-BWRO) |
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Blake Hudspeth ’25Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Tonio Buonassisi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Product engineering of an accelerated material discovery device |
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Karina Lara ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist, Biomass Fuel and Cookstoves; Lecturer, D-Lab Redesigning the wood-burning cookstove for Guatemalan households |
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Heidi Li ’22Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Christopher Knittel, George P. Shultz Professor of Energy Economics, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management Climate Action Through Education (CATE) project |
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Elaine Siyu Liu ’24Mathematics; Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science Advisor: Marija Ilic, Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Power system failure prediction through influence graphs |
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Zixuan Liu ’25Biological Engineering Advisor: Giovanni Traverso, Karl Van Tassel (1925) Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Miniaturized ultra-efficient micropumps using shape memory alloy-based peristaltic architectures |
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Connie Ly ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Daniel Sweeney, Research Scientist, Biomass Fuel and Cookstoves; Lecturer, D-Lab Household air pollution from cooking and heating assessment in the Himalayan region (IAP) |
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Lucas Marden ’24Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Yang Shao-Horn, JR East Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Accelerated discovery of perovskite lithium-based solid electrolytes |
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Charikleia Moraitaki ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Evaporative cooling for vegetable preservation |
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Lee J. Morgan ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering Who can lead and pay for the renewable energy transition in developing countries? |
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Nigara Nizamidin ’23Chemical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Integrating online analytics and virtual sensors to develop a real-time carbon mass balance |
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Katherine Pelton ’22Computer Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Christoph Reinhart, Professor; Director, Building Technology Program, Architecture Making miscellaneous electricity loads accessible |
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Katia Pendowski ’24Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Maria Yang, Associate Dean of Engineering; Gail E. Kendall Professor, Mechanical Engineering; MIT D-Lab Faculty Academic Director User-centered design of cookstoves |
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Rachel Pereira ’23, Wellesley CollegeChemistry Advisor: Betar Gallant, Associate Professor, American Bureau of Shipping Career Development Professor, Mechanical Engineering An alkali swing process for electrochemical CO2 separations |
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Sebastian Quintero ’24Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Desirée Plata, Gilbert W. Winslow (1937) Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Using data science and machine learning to understand and predict methane emission from oil and gas infrastructure |
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Smah Riki ’24Chemical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Optimization of current industrial methodology of bioethanol production |
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Anna Simmons ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Mert Demirer, Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School of Management Reducing power plant emissions: Analyzing economic factors on plant efficiency Advisor: Evelyn Wang, Department Head, Ford Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Hierarchal surfaces for condensation heat transfer |
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Tomasz Slusarczyk ’25Mathematics Advisor: Yang Shao-Horn, JR East Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Tuning liquid electrolytes for optimized electrochemical hydrogen generation |
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Matthew Sousa ’23Chemical-Biological Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Developing a rational methodology for the golden batch from simulation and experimentation |
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Phoenix Swartz ’24Biology Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Noninvasive method for monitoring S. cerevisiae liquid culture growth |
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Christine Tang ’25Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Developing SMS-based user feedback system for communication between clay pot cooler users and research teams |
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Joyce Tang ’25Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Eric Anton Verploegen, Research Engineer; Lecturer, D-Lab Mobile evaporative cooling rooms for vegetable preservation |
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Jocelyn Ting ’22Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering Expanding the reference electrification model to optimally design grid-connected mini-grids in India |
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Sierra Triozzi ’25Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Giovanni Traverso, Karl Van Tassel (1925) Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Hydrogel based osmotic engine characterization for the tunable, multi-scale chemical-mechanical energy transition applications |
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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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Athena Wang ’25Computer Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Leslie Norford, George Macomber (1948) Professor in Construction Management, Architecture Assessing machine learning methods in predicting building energy usage |
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Amir White ’25Mechanical Engineering and Physics Advisor: Evelyn Wang, Department Head, Ford Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Machine learning assisted models for understanding and optimizing boiling heat transfer |
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Hector Wilhem ’25Mechanical 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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Kelly Wu ’22Chemical Engineering Advisor: Jessika Trancik, Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Capacity requirements and costs of hydrogen production and storage for reliably meeting electricity and fuel demand in renewables-dominant energy |
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Fabian Yanez-Laguna ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Desirée Plata, Gilbert W. Winslow (1937) Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Using data science and machine learning to understand and predict methane emission from oil and gas infrastructure |
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Emily Zhang ’25Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Desirée Plata, Gilbert W. Winslow (1937) Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Using data science and machine learning to understand and predict methane emission from oil and gas infrastructure |
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Yan Zheng ’24Chemical Engineering Advisor: Ariel Furst, Paul M. Cook Career Development Professor, Chemical Engineering Multiscale control of copper nanoparticle DNA conjugates for improved electrochemical CO2 reduction |