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Jad Abou Ali ’26Chemical Engineering Advisor: Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics Lithium-ion battery recycling and rejuvenation (Spring 2026) |
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Andrew Acevedo ’27Chemical Engineering Advisor: Ariel Furst, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Methanogenic archaea for biological capture and conversion of CO2 to methane (IAP 2026) |
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Alexander Acosta ’29Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor: Kevin Woller, Principal Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center Parametric optimization of a 0D model of tritium transport in molten salt systems (IAP 2026) Modeling and experimentation for FLiBe molten salt in fusion breeding blankets (Spring 2026) |
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Roopeksha Agrawal ’29 (Wellesley)Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Slowing nuclear weapon spread via nanocalorimetry measurements of radioactive ceramic microparticles (Spring 2026) |
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Mariabelle Azemar ’27Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Andrew Seltzman, Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center Analyzing bore-hole development for geothermal energy extraction via finite-element analysis of the thermal-fluidic system for microwave-granite melting (Spring 2026) |
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Keira Boone ’29Materials Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Skylar Tibbits, Associate Professor, Architecture Growing islands: Harnessing wave energy for coastal protection and beach rebuilding (IAP 2026) |
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Xzavier Buckmiller ’28Chemical-Biological Engineering Advisor: Fikile Brushett, Professor, Chemical Engineering Electrochemical characterization of active species for pH-swing CO2 capture (IAP 2026) |
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Disha Chauhan ’26Computer Science, Data Science, and Economics Advisor: Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Deep learning for operating renewable energy systems (Spring 2026) |
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Mia Chen ’27Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Andrew Seltzman, Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center Design and evaluation of gas atomization system for rapid prototyping of metal alloy powder (Spring 2026) |
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Dagny Davis ’29Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Slowing nuclear weapons spread via nanocalorimetry measurements of radioactive ceramic microparticles (Spring 2026) |
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Cameron Eddington ’29 (Wellesley)Physics Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Slowing nuclear weapon spread via nanocalorimetry measurements of radioactive ceramic microparticles (Spring 2026) |
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Olivia Girand ’27Mechanical Engineering, Urban Studies and Planning Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor, Architecture Energy efficiency upgrades for residential buildings with solar panels in the context of evolving net-electricity metering policies. (IAP 2026) |
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Natalie Hatzigeorgiou ’28Mechanical Engineering Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Pablo Duenas-Martinez, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative Identifying and evaluating the relevant cost drivers to develop enhanced geothermal systems (IAP 2026) |
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Zhongyi Ho ’26Chemical Engineering Advisor: Javit Drake, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Convection enhanced battery architecture for electric vehicles and long-duration storage (IAP 2026) |
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Jia Yuan Hu ’26Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Ruaridh Macdonald, Research Scientist, MIT Energy Initiative Agent-based capacity expansion modeling for better evaluation of grid resiliency (Spring 2026) |
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Poorvja Joshi ’28 (Wellesley)Nuclear Science and Engineering Advisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Nuclear materials for fusion (Spring 2026) |
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Lucy Kanias ’26Chemical Engineering and Sustainability Advisor: Amos Winter, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Techno-economic analysis for green hydrogen production through electrolyzer and balance of plant modeling (Spring 2026) |
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Jackson Kay ’27Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Tonio Buonassisi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering ML research for autonomous accelerated materials discovery device (IAP 2026) |
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Maxwell Laibson ’29Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making Advisor: Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Agentic AI for streamlining the power generator interconnection process (Spring 2026) |
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Ronaldo Lee ’28Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Accelerated discovery of perovskite solar cells using drop-casted samples (IAP 2026) Translating high-throughput perovskite screening to stable device fabrication (Spring 2026) |
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Trent Lee ’26Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Sustainable Development Advisor: Sili Deng, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Techno-economic and lifecycle assessment of oxide-electrolyte solid-state batteries (IAP and Spring 2026) |
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Angela Lin ’28Mathematical Economics Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Bethany Patten, Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center Global climate policy scholars program: Promoting low-carbon technologies (Spring 2026) |
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Ruth Lu ’26Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Cathy Wu, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Characterizing the contextual reinforcement learning task space (Spring 2026) |
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Marcellino Melika ’29Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor: Bethany Patten, Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center The Global Clean Tech Acceleration Platform (GCTAP) (Spring 2026) |
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Hala Mohamed ’28Chemical Engineering Advisor: Martin Bazant, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics Developing a thermo-acoustic sensing platform for health assessment and lifetime extension of lithium-ion batteries (IAP and Spring 2026) |
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Mohamed Yassen Noureldaiem Eltayeb ’28Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Michael Strano, Professor, Chemical Engineering Copper-gallium composites for power enhanced thermal resonators (Spring 2026) |
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Celestina Pint ’27Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Analyzing the effects of molten salt impurities on corrosion of FeCr (Spring 2026) |
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Ellora Roy ’29Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Design, Art & Design Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Christoph Reinhart, Professor, Architecture Redesigning MaBI decarbonization web app (IAP 2026) |
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Fiona Shangguan ’27Chemical Engineering Advisor: William A. Tisdale, Professor, Chemical Engineering Synthesizing and tuning 2D perovskite materials to advance energy efficiency (Spring 2026) |
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Penelope Swain ’29Urban Studies and Planning with Computer Science Advisor: Paolo Santi, Principal Research Scientist, Senseable City Lab Distributed solar and electric vehicles as climate adaptation tools for energy-insecure households (Spring 2026) |
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Anoushka Tamhane ’28Climate System Science and Engineering, Economics Advisor: Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Impact of demographics and infrastructure on DER adoption in Massachusetts (Spring 2026) |
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Marguerite Thesmar ’26Energy Science Advisor: Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Manuscript preparation for automated annealing furnace for perovskite crystallization (Spring 2026) |
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Meenakshi (Ash) Unnithan ’28 (Wellesley)Physics, Political Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Slowing nuclear weapon spread via nanocalorimetry measurements of radioactive ceramic microparticles (Spring 2026) |
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Marc Vidal ’27Mechanical Engineering Advisor: Michael Short, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Superconducting magnetic levitation suit and sleigh (Spring 2026) |
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Josephine Williams ’26Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Advisor and Direct Supervisor: Samantha Coday, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Characterization of GaN monolithic bidirectional switches for power converters (Spring 2026) |
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Zaire Williams ’27Aerospace Engineering Advisor: Brian Anthony, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering AI toward photovoltaic material discovery (IAP 2026) From prototype to paper: Documenting a heated-transport annealing subsystem for clean energy materials (Spring 2026) |
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Filbert Ephraim Wu ’28Mathematics Advisor: Saurabh Amin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Leveraging electric vehicles to mitigate seasonal peak electricity demand (IAP and Spring 2026) |