The Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability, established at MIT in 1996 through the generous support of the Martin Family Foundation, fosters graduate-level research, education, and collaboration in sustainability. The society supports and connects MIT’s top graduate students in environmental studies and fosters opportunities for multidisciplinary cooperation in both the short and long term.
Regina Clewlow
Engineering Systems Division
Examining intercity demand for high-speed rail and air transportation and potential long-range scenarios under climate policies
Madhu Dutta-Koehler
Urban Studies and Planning
Developing planning strategies for climate change adaptation for rapidly growing cities of the global south
Katherine Dykes
Engineering Systems Division
Developing a model for wind energy diffusion into the utility system with particular attention to issues associated with integration
Anita Ganesan
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Examining regional monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions in India
David Griffith
Civil and Environmental Engineering (with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Quantifying the inputs and fate of steroidal estrogens in Massachusetts Bay
Roberto Guerrero Compeán
Urban Studies and Planning
Exploring effects of anti-poverty programs on household behavior toward climatic risks in rural areas
Rhonda Jordan
Engineering Systems Division
Developing an electrification planning methodology that incorporates demand characteristics unique to the developing world
Woei Ling Leow
Engineering Systems Division
Developing algorithms for managing home electricity use in a smart grid
Samar Malek
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Developing new understanding of and design tools for grid shells for sustainable buildings
Bryan Palmintier
Engineering Systems Division
Designing sustainable electric systems with significant renewable and demand-side resources by modeling intra-daily dynamics, uncertainty, and constraints during long-range planning
Jeff Rominger
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Investigating the physical controls of nutrient uptake in aquatic vegetation
Nicholas Ryan
Economics
Measuring the scope for profitably saving energy in small, energy-intensive Indian factories and testing the efficacy of the Clean Development Mechanism in reducing carbon emissions
Sourabh Saha
Mechanical Engineering
Developing probe-based nano-manufacturing tools and processes for nano-applications
Todd Senecal
Chemistry
Examining the catalytic introduction of trifluoromethyl groups into organic molecules
Xing Sheng
Materials Science and Engineering
Exploring optical and electronic design to improve the performance of thin film photovoltaic and light-emitting devices
Yasuhiro Shirasaki
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Developing energy-efficient colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diodes for display and lighting applications
Gaj Sivandran
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Examining plant-water interactions in dryland systems, where water is the limiting resource to ecosystem function
Lily Song
Urban Studies and Planning
Examining community-utility partnerships for taking building energy efficiency retrofits to scale
Mattijs van Maasakkers
Urban Studies and Planning
Studying the emergence of ecosystem services in river basin management: sources of scientific legitimacy in environmental decision making
Yi Zhu
Urban Studies and Planning
Developing an urban information system for transportation and land use modeling, travel behavior, and urban sustainable transportation strategy