Energy UROPs

These students’ projects are generously supported by the Friends of MITEI UROP, which includes MITEI members Shell, ExxonMobil, and Chevron, as well as MITEI donors.

Research projects

Spring semester Impact of demographics and infrastructure on DER adoption in Massachusetts Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Nathan Engelman Lado, PhD Candidate, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Research projects

Spring semester Manuscript preparation for automated annealing furnace for perovskite crystallization Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Alexander Siemenn, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Highly robust semiconductor photodetectors Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Highly robust semiconductor photodetectors to monitor combustion, fission, and fusion power production processes

Advisor

Rafael Jaramillo, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Slowing nuclear weapon spread via nanocalorimetry measurements of radioactive ceramic microparticles Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Superconducting magnetic levitation suit and sleigh Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

David Fischer, Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research projects

Spring semester Characterization of GaN monolithic bidirectional switches for power converters Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Samantha Coday, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Documenting a heated-transport annealing subsystem for clean energy materials Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

From prototype to paper: Documenting a heated-transport annealing subsystem for clean energy materials

Advisor

Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Alexander Siemenn, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Leveraging electric vehicles to mitigate seasonal peak electricity demand Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Dirk Lauinger, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Energy Initiative

Spring semester Leveraging electric vehicles to mitigate seasonal peak electricity demand Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Dirk Lauinger, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Energy Initiative

Research projects

Summer semester Randomized control under broadcast pricing for flexible heat pumps and air conditioners Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Do household differences remove the need for randomized control under broadcast pricing for flexible heat pumps and air conditioners?

Advisor

Deep Deka, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

Direct supervisor

Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

Research projects

Summer semester Mechanical engineering for new metal recycling techniques for climate impact Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jeffrey Grossman, Director of the Tata-MIT Alliance; Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

David Cohen-Tanugi, Venture Builder, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Research projects

Spring semester Lithium-ion battery recycling Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics

Direct supervisor

Yash Samantaray, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

Fall semester Lithium-ion battery recycling Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics

Direct supervisor

Yash Samantaray, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Optimization of growth conditions for increased methane production in Methanogens Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Ariel Furst, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Swathi Penumutchu, Postdoctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Developing deep learning models for predicting disruptions in tokamak plasmas Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cristina Rea, Principal Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Direct supervisor

Yumou Wei, Postdoctoral Associate, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research projects

Spring semester Stochastic electricity prices and the value of storage Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

John Parsons, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management; Deputy Director for Research, CEEPR

Research projects

Summer semester Acoustic holograms via physics simulation Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Wojciech Matusik, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Direct supervisor

Crystal Owens, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

Research projects

Summer semester Optimal power generation mix with renewables and energy storage Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

John Parsons, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management; Deputy Director for Research, CEEPR

Research projects

Summer semester Fusion waste performance analysis Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Haruko Wainwright, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Eng, Civil and Environmental Eng

Direct supervisor

Liam Hines, PhD Student, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Optimizing scalable slot die coating for perovskite solar cell applications Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Vladimir Bulovic, Director, MIT.nano; Professor, Electrical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Karen Yang, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research projects

Spring semester Quantifying controllable congestion on real-world highway networks Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Shreyaa Raghavan, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research projects

Fall semester Deep learning for operating renewable energy systems Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Grant Ruan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems

Research projects

Fall semester Machine learning for fusion: Real-time plasma equilibrium reconstruction in tokamaks Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cristina Rea, Principal Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Direct supervisor

Arunav Kumar, Postdoctoral Associate, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research projects

Spring semester Design and evaluation of gas atomization system for rapid prototyping of metal alloy Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Andrew Seltzman, Research Scientist, Plasma Science Fusion Center

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Discontinuous mode boost converter led driver laboratory construction Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Steven Leeb, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Automation of optical methods for nuclear track detection Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Peter Hagelstein, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Florian Metzler, Research Scientist, Industrial Performance Center

Research projects

Independent activities period semester The role of wake steering in decarbonized electricity systems Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Ruaridh Macdonald, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

Direct supervisor

Taemin Heo, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Energy Initiative

Spring semester Time-series clustering for efficient energy grid planning Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

William H. Green, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Hoyt Hottel Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Ruaridh Macdonald, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

Summer semester Time-series clustering for efficient energy grid planning Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

William H. Green, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Hoyt Hottel Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Ruaridh Macdonald, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

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Anoushka Tamhane

Marguerite Thesmar

Sara Tulchinsky

Meenakshi (Ash) Unnithan

Marc Vidal

Josephine Williams

Zaire Williams

Filbert Ephraim Wu

Ellen Wu

Kathleen Yick

Jad Abou Ali

Andrew Acevedo

Eyimofe Adebayo

Aitor Arrese-Igor

Xander Backus

Pratik Bhandari

Connor Bushnell

Mairin Castellano

Monica Chan

Disha Chauhan

Franklin Chen

Mia Chen

Rakibul Chowdhury

Colin Clark

Theodore Dahl