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MITEI in brief
Can artificial intelligence (AI) help reduce energy use and improve efficiency faster than the rate at which it consumes electricity to get trained and deployed? MITEI Principal Research Scientist Deepyjoti Deka helps address this question while moderating a panel at the 2026 Energizing@MIT: MITEI's Annual Research Conference and through his work with MITEI's Data Center Power Forum.
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Alumni story
Antora Energy—a startup founded by former MITEI Energy Scholar David Bierman SM ’14, PhD ’17—has developed a thermal energy storage system with the potential to unlock vast amounts of affordable, reliable, clean energy to meet surging energy demand.
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Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policy makers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.
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Company/startup news
Founded by Jake Jurewicz ’14, SM ’15, Blue Energy manufactures giant pieces of nuclear reactors at shipyards and ships them on barges for final assembly, to lower costs.
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Energy of the Future
Quinn Early, a MITEI Energy Scholar and PhD student, developed more robust power prediction models for large wind farms, making these systems more cost-effective and more reliable in a variety of atmospheric conditions.
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From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
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Member news
As a core part of how it plans to staff the energy transition ahead, GE Vernova plans to double their hires from MIT in 2027. “Among the students on campuses today are the engineers, innovators, and future leaders who will define the next era of energy,” said CEO Scott Strazik. “We are doubling down.”
