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 Techno-economic and lifecycle assessment of oxide-electrolyte solid-state batteries Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Sili Deng, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Jakob Wegmueller, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Exploring phase stability of CsPbI3 perovskites using organic ligands Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Basita Das, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Research projects

Spring semester Utilizing lattice-based support structures to improve part accuracy in laser powder Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Andrew Seltzman, Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Fall semester Phase-dependent disruption prediction using machine learning models in tokamak plasmas Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Direct supervisor

William Wei, Postdoctoral Associate, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Research projects

Summer semester Fabrication of flexible, conductive MOF arrays for chemical gas sensing Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Marc Baldo, Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics; Professor, Electrical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Jaekang Song, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research projects

Summer semester Hafnium Oxynitride cluster expansion ground state search Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Troy Van Voorhis, Professor, Chemistry

Direct supervisor

Alexa Alexiu, PhD Candidate, Chemistry

Fall semester Cluster expansion modeling of hafnium oxynitride for singlet fission photovoltaics Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Troy Van Voorhis, Professor, Chemistry

Direct supervisor

Alexa Alexiu, PhD Candidate, Chemistry

Research projects

Fall semester Understanding the contextual reinforcement learning problem for eco-driving Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Jung-Hoon Cho, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research projects

Fall semester Upgrading Altator Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Alex Tinguely, Group Leader, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Direct supervisor

Leon Nichols, Graduate Student, Physics

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Flexibility of existing hydro facilities in New York and New England Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Research projects

Summer semester Stabilizing interconnected microgrids by tweaking line capacitance Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Direct supervisor

Riley Lawson, PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research projects

Fall semester High-throughput synthesis and characterization of novel functional materials Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Alexander Siemenn, Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Microstructural optimization of LMFP as cathode material for li-ion batteries Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics

Direct supervisor

Siqi Wu, Graduate student, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Economic/financial analysis of a nuclear powered hydrogen and ammonia production facility Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

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

Research projects

Fall semester System-level optimization of green hydrogen production through electrolyzer & balance of plant model Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Amos Winter, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Samuel Heath, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Research projects

Fall semester Ambient temperature harvesting through a gallium-copper thermal resonator Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Michael Strano, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Seyedshahabaldin Amirabadi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Spring semester Learning the material physics of graphite electrodes through image inversion Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics

Direct supervisor

Sam Degnan-Morgenstern, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Fall semester Automated analysis of void swelling in candidate fusion structural materials Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

Max Rae, Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Analysis of nanoscale energy transfer mechanisms in solution-state perovskite nanocrystals Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

William Tisdale, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Seryio Saris, Postdoctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester End use of agricultural waste: Fuel or carbon storage? Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Desirée Plata, Director, MCSC; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Mary Kate Lane, Postdoctoral Associate, Climate and Sustainability Consortium

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Experimental investigation of the natural convective heat transfer in the presence of bubbles Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Matteo Bucci, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Direct supervisor

Matthew Hughes, Postdoctoral Associate, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Quantifying the energy saving potentials in MIT classrooms Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Leslie Norford, Professor, Architecture

Direct supervisor

Sicheng Zhan, Postdoctoral Associate, Architecture

Research projects

Independent activities period semester Natural gas pipeline database construction Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Malo Lahogue, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research projects

Summer semester Synthesizing and tuning 2D perovskite materials to advance energy efficiency Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

William Tisdale, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Maya Chattoraj, PhD Candidate, Chemistry

Fall semester Synthesizing and tuning 2D perovskite materials to advance energy efficiency Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

William Tisdale, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Direct supervisor

Maya Chattoraj, PhD Candidate, Chemistry

Research projects

Summer semester Climate policy ecosystem mapping Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Christopher Knittel, Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability; Professor, Sloan School of Manag

Direct supervisor

Bethany Patten, Executive Director, Climate Policy Center

Fall semester Electricity pricing and emerging issues Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Bethany Patten, Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center

Direct supervisor

Aisling O’Grady, Program Manager, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Research projects

Summer semester Understanding solar and storage allocation in the current Massachusetts grid 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

Fall semester Understanding solar and storage allocation in the current Massachusetts grid 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 Long horizon driving trajectory prediction with transformers Sponsor Friends of MITEI UROP

Advisor

Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Direct supervisor

Vindula Jayawardana, PhD Candidate, Computer Science

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Trent Lee

Graciela Leon

Erick Liang

Audrey Lin

Eda Lozada

Ruth Lu

Nate Martinez

Taylor McAndrew

Elijah Mhrous

Katie Molina-Salazar

Isha Narang

Mitav Nayak

Vinn Nguyen

Mohamed Yassen Noureldaiem Eltayeb

Mairin O’Shaughnessy

James Orth

Lucas Ospina

Tananya Prankprakma

Joshua Rivera Camacho

Robert Romani

Andrew Sachwitz

Fiona Shangguan

Janina Shivdasani

Anoushka Tamhane

Catherine Tang