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

Fall semester Steering generative microscopic traffic simulation for controllable congestion Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Cameron Hickert, PhD Student, Institute for Data, Systems, and Societ

Research projects

Fall semester Building a surrogate model for AI data center flexibility analysis using open-source datasets Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Direct supervisor

Deep Deka, Research Scientist, MITEI; Shaohui Liu, Postdoctoral Associate, MITEI

Research projects

Fall semester Custom multimodal model for intelligent copper scrap classification 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

Independent activities period semester Creating a cost-effective stability testing tool for AST in solar panels Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Nicky Evans, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Next generation thermal management for RF GaN-on-silicon HEMTs Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tomás Palacios, Director, 6-A MEng Thesis Program; Professor, Electrical Engineering

Direct supervisor

John Niroula, Postdoctoral Associate, Palacios Group

Research projects

Summer semester Hodoscope optimizations for a magnetic electron recoil gamma ray spectrometer of the SPARC tokamak Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

John Rice, Senior Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Direct supervisor

Enrico Panontin, Postdoctoral Associate, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research projects

Fall semester Autonomous slide handling and exchange for materials discovery research Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Alexander Siemenn, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Automated metal recycling and sorting Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jeffrey Grossman, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

David Cohen-Tanugi, Research Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Biocatalytic enhancement of CO2 capture using recombinant carbonic anhydrase Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering

Spring semester Biocatalytic enhancement of CO2 capture using recombinant carbonic anhydrase Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jean-Francois Hamel, Lecturer, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Cutting costs for copper recycling with sensor fusion Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jeffrey Grossman, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

David Cohen-Tanugi, Research Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Fall semester Novel metal recycling identification methods for climate impact Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Jeffrey Grossman, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

David Cohen-Tanugi, Research Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Research projects

Summer semester Profitability of thermal energy system with varied electricity price model parameters Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Research projects

Summer semester Power extraction for ocean wave energy technology Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Dick Yue, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Grgur Tokić, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Fall semester Characterization of point defects in vitreous silica Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Characterization of point defects in vitreous silica using TGS and changes to radiation-induced attenuation at cryogenic temperatures for optical fibers

Advisor

Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

Angus Wylie, Research Scientist, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research projects

Independent activities period 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

Fall semester Identifying and evaluating the relevant cost drivers to develop enhanced geothermal systems Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Direct supervisor

Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative

Research projects

Summer semester Hydrogen embrittlement prevention in Ti and Zr alloys Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cem Tasan, Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Associate Professor, Materials Science and Eng

Fall semester Surface treatments for hydrogen control in hydride-forming metals Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cem Tasan, Director, Materials Research Laboratory; Associate Professor, Materials Science and Eng

Research projects

Summer semester DyMonDS digital twin for modeling basic outcomes in electricity markets Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Marija Ilić, Adjunct Professor, EECS; Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems

Advisor

Marija Ilić, Adjunct Professor, EECS; Senior Research Scientist, LIDS

Direct supervisor

Michelena O’Rourke, PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Identification of the steel decarbonization options for different regions Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Direct supervisor

Guiyan Zang, Research Lead, MIT Energy Initiative

Research projects

Summer semester High temperature superconductor tape materials diffuse heat under self-ion irradiation in-situ Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

How well can high temperature superconductor tape materials diffuse heat under self-ion irradiation in-situ?

Advisor

Michael Short, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

Angus Wylie, Postdoctoral Associate, NSE; Alexis Devitre, Research Specialist, PSFC

Research projects

Summer semester Current collapse measurements of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs at temperatures up to 500°C Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tomás Palacios, Director, 6-A MEng Thesis Program; Professor, Electrical Engineering

Direct supervisor

John Niroula, Postdoctoral Associate, Palacios Group

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Machine learning research for autonomous accelerated materials discovery device Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Aleks Siemenn, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Spring semester Machine learning research for autonomous accelerated materials discovery device Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Aleks Siemenn, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Summer semester Machine learning research for autonomous accelerated materials discovery device Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Aleks Siemenn, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Advanced statistical & machine learning methods to enhance a novel DER database Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Employing advanced statistical and machine learning methods to enhance a novel distributed energy resource database

Advisor

Anuradha Annaswamy, Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Vineet Jagadeesan Nair, PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering

Spring semester Advanced statistical & machine learning methods to enhance a novel DER database Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Employing advanced statistical and machine learning methods to enhance a novel distributed energy resource database

Advisor

Anuradha Annaswamy, Senior Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Vineet Jagadeesan Nair, PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Fall semester Wind tunnel testing solar panel geometries to mitigate dust soiling Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Wesley Harris, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Direct supervisor

Stewart Isaacs, Visiting Scholar, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Inverse design of phase changing materials for building applications Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Giuseppe Romano, Research Scientist, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Understanding the impact of environmental parameters during fabrication for highly reproducible pero Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Nicky Evans, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Spring semester Bayesian optimization to control & optimize parameters for slot-die coating FAPbI-based PV cells Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Using Bayesian optimization to control and optimize parameters for slot-die coating of FAPbI-based perovskite solar cells

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Nicky Evans, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Summer semester Bayesian optimization to control & optimize parameters for slot-die coating FAPbI-based PV cells Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Using Bayesian optimization to control and optimize parameters for slot-die coating of FAPbI-based perovskite solar cells

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Nicky Evans, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

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Ebonee Davis

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John Dranchak

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Kelsey Fontenot

Jessica Giang

Javier Gil

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Adam Gilbert-Diamond

Lucy Gray

Lucy Greenup

Angela Guo

Natalie Hatzigeorgiou

Amelia How

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Rachel Jiang

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Jackson Kay

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Nithya Kothnur

Greta Lawler

Ronaldo Lee