MIT centers, laboratories, departments and programs provide a multi-faceted approach to solving the world's energy challenge.
Faculty - Innovations
Hydrocarbon Products and Processing
Robert C. Armstrong
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering; Deputy Director, MITEI
Research Interest:
polymer fluid mechanics; rheology of complex materials; energy
fax: 617-253-8013
email: rca@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/armstrong.html
Arthur B. Baggeroer
Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Center for Ocean Engineering
Research Interest:
acoustics of arctic, coastal, and other ocean environments; implications for off-shore oil exploration.
fax: 617-253-2350
email: abb@boreas.mit.edu
url: http://acoustics.mit.edu/faculty/abb/www/home.html
Janos M. Beer
Professor Emeritus of Chemicals and Fuels Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Reduction or elimination of toxic combustion products; development of low-emission combustion technologies compatible with high thermodynamic efficiency advanced electric power generation cycles; use of pulverized coal
fax: 617-258-5766
email: jmbeer@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/beer.html
Angela M. Belcher
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Biomolecular Materials Lab
Research Interest:
biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry
email: belcher@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/belcher/
Samuel Bowring
Robert R. Shrock Professor of Geology
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Research Interest:
hydrocarbons in the South Oman Salt Basin; changing composition of crude oil through geological time
fax: 617-253-6735
email: sbowring@mit.edu
url: http://eaps.mit.edu/research/group/IGLab/bowring.html
Daniel Burns
Executive Director, Earth Resources Laboratory
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Research Interest:
Fractured reservoirs; reservoir characterization and monitoring; borehole acoustics and rock properties
email: burns@mit.edu
url: http://eaps.mit.edu/erl/burns.html
Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis
Professor of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Center for Ocean Engineering
Research Interest:
artificial intelligence; robotics; deep-ocean exploration technology
email: chrys@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=17
Elisabeth Drake
Visiting Engineer
Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Research Interest:
liquified natural gas
fax: 617-253-8103
email: edrake@mit.edu
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow, computational mathematics, combustion dynamics and active control, modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification processes and fuel production. Analysis of high-performance, zero-emission integrated energy systems with CO2 capture.
fax: 617-253-5981
email: ghoniem@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=28
Ruben Juanes
Assistant Professor; Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interest:
understanding, modeling, simulation and quantitative prediction of complex geosystems, with special application to petroleum reservoir engineering, groundwater hydrology, CO2 sequestration and gas hydrates
fax: 617-253-7475
email: juanes@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/juanes/www/
Gordon Kaufman
Title: Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management; Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences and Engineering Systems
MIT Sloan School of Management
Research Interest:
oil/gas reserve assessment; uncertainty in large complex systems such as global change models or nucelar reactor fault trees
fax: 617-258-7579
email: gkaufman@sloan.mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/detailif.cfm?in_spseqno=64&co_list=F
Gareth A. McKinley
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Rheology, Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics, Hydrodynamic Instabilities, Extensional Rheometry
fax: 617-258-8559
email: gareth@mit.edu
web: http://web.mit.edu/nnf
Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department: Chem E
Research Interest:
atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems
fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html
F. Dale Morgan
Professor of Geophysics; Associate Director, Earth Resources Lab
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science
Research Interest:
Geoelectromagnetism; inverse methods; applied seismology; environmental geophysics
email: morgan@ERL.mit.edu
url: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/person.asp?position=Faculty&who=morgan
Karen Polenske
Professor of Regional Political Economy and Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Research Interest:
Energy and environmental Modeling; comparative analyses of energy use, pollution generation, and industrial-technology options; effects of regional and industrial restructuring on physical and social infrastructure; regional implications of fuel use on food security .
email: krp@mit.edu
url: http://dusp.mit.edu/page.lasso?target=5:1:0&facDetail=krp&facListFormat=#krp
Kenneth A. Smith
Guilland Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; environmental modeling ,emphasizing the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmosphere.
fax: 617-253-2701
email: kas@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/smith.html
Jefferson Tester
H. P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmental remediation and control technology; chemical processes in supercritical fluids; technologies for renewable and geothermal energy systems; gas hydrates in natural environments
fax: 617-258-5042
mail: testerel@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/tester.html
M. Nafi Toksoz
Professor
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Research Interest:
Geophysics, parallel computing, advanced geophysical parallel computing
email: toksoz@mit.edu
url: http://www-eaps.mit.edu/erl/toksoz.html
Michael S. Triantafyllou
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Center for Ocean Engineering
Research Interest:
flow control, vortex-induced vibrations, and biomimetics; underwater robots
email: mistetri@mit.edu
url: meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=91
J. Kim Vandiver
Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
dynamics of offshore structures and flow-induced vibration
fax: 617-253-6969
email: kimv@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/people/vandiver/biography.html
Maria Zuber
E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics; Department Head
Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Research Interest:
Theoretical modeling of geophysical processes; analysis of altimetry, gravity and tectonics to determine the structure and dynamics of the Earth and solid planets
email: mtz@mit.edu
url: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/people/person.asp?position=Faculty&who=zuber
Energy Conversion Alternatives
Paul I. Barton
Lammot du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization; hybrid and embedded systems; mixed-integer and global optimization theory and algorithms; design and operation of micro-scale chemical processes; systems biology; energy systems engineering
fax: 617-258-5042
email: pib@mit.edu
url: http://yoric.mit.edu/
Angela M. Belcher
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Biomolecular Materials Lab
Research Interest:
biomaterials, biomolecular materials, organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry
email: belcher@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/belcher/
John G. Brisson
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
cryogenic engineering, acoustic compression, micro-engines and refrigerators, thermodynamics
fax: 617-258-7754
email: brisson@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=13
Gerbrand Ceder
R. P. Simmons Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Designing and understanding advanced materials by means of computational modeling and experimental research; high temperature superconductors, electrodes for rechargeable batteries, and high temperature alloys
email: gceder@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/gerd/
Yet-Ming Chiang
Kyocera Professor of Ceramics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced inorganic materials and related devices
fax: 617-253-6201
email: ychiang@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/ychiang/
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor; Director, MIT Reacting Gas Dynamics Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow, computational mathematics, combustion dynamics and active control, modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification processes and fuel production. Analysis of high-performance, zero-emission integrated energy systems with CO2 capture.
fax: 617-253-5981
email: ghoniem@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=28
Paula Hammond
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Nanoscale design of biomaterials; applications in e.g. fuel cells and batteries
fax: 617-258-5766
email: hammond@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/hammond.html
John Kassakian
Professor; Director, Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interest:
Power electronics; power supplies; dc/dc converters, inverters; controlled rectifiers and motor drives; power semiconductor devices; automotive electronics and electrical systems; nonconventional electricity for motor vehicles; thermophotovoltaics
fax: 617-258-6774
email: jgk@mit.edu
url: http://eecsfacweb.mit.edu/facpages/kassakian.html
James Kirtley
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interest:
Electromechanics; High efficiency and performance electric machinery; electric power systems; renewable and dispersed generation; vehicle technology; propulsion and traction drives
fax: 617-258-6774
email: Kirtley@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/kirtley/www/
Anne Mayes
Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
molecular self-assembly principles perfected by Mother Nature to create new nanostructured polymeric materials for technological use; electrolytes and nano-templated electrodes for lithium rechargeable batteries
email: amayes@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/amayes/
Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems
fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html
Daniel G. Nocera
W. M. Keck Professor of Energy; Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Research Interest:
Basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry, artificial photosynthesis, water-splitting, hydrogen generation
fax: 617-253-7670
email: nocera@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/nocera.html
Donald Sadoway
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry
Department of Material Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Electrochemistry in nonaqueous media; scientific underpinnings of technologies for environmentally sound and efficient use of energy and natural resources
fax: 617-253-5418
email: dsadoway@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/dsadoway/
Jefferson Tester
H. P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmental remediation and control technology; chemical processes in supercritical fluids; technologies for renewable and geothermal energy systems; gas hydrates in natural environments
fax: 617-258-5042
mail: testerel@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/tester.html
Harry Tuller
Professor of Ceramics and Electronic Materials
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
modeling, processing, characterization and optimization of solid state ionic (sensors, batteries, fuel cells) and of and other electroceramic devices
fax: 617-258--5749
email: tuller@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/hltuller/
Nuclear Energy
Ronald G. Ballinger
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmental effects on materials behavior, electrochemistry, corrosion, advanced materials for fusion systems advanced statistical and experimental techniques for experimental analysis, nuclear fuel performance analysis
fax: 617-253-5118
email: hvymet@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/ballinger.html
Jacopo Buongiorno
Carl R. Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Multi-phase flow and heat transfer; advanced reactor design; reactor thermal-hydraulic, neutronic and structural analysis; investigation of nanofluids for nuclear applications
fax: 617-258-8863
email: jacopo@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/buongiorno.html
Denny Ellerman
Senior Lecturer
Sloan School of Management
Research Interest:
Coal; energy; environment (climate policy, emissions trading, environmental policy, environmental regulation and policy, global climate change); gas; oil.
email: ellerman@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/popup-if.cfm?in_spseqno=30&co_list=F
Elias P. Gyftopoulos
Ford Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Nuclear plant dynamics; plasma physics; surface physics; direct energy conversion; thermodynamics and quantum thermodynamics; energy policy and technology
fax: 617-258-7437
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/gyftopoulos.html
Ian Hutchinson
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Co-Principal, Alcator C-Mod Tokamak Program
Nuclear Science and Engineering; Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Research Interest:
Experimental plasma physics; controlled fusion; nuclear energy; plasma physics; and magnetic confinement fusion
fax: 617-258-7437
email: hutch@mit.edu
url: http://www.psfc.mit.edu/~hutch/
Mujid S. Kazimi
Tepco Professor of Nuclear Engineering; Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Nuclear systems safety; nuclear fuel cycle; two-phase flow and heat transfer
fax: 617-258-8863
email: kazimi@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/kazimi.html
Donald Sadoway
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Electrochemistry in nonaqueous media; scientific underpinnings of technologies for environmentally sound and efficient use of energy and natural resources
fax: 617-253-5418
email: dsadoway@mit.edu
url: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/dsadoway/
Electric Power Systems and Policy
Janos M. Beer
Professor Emeritus of Chemicals and Fuels Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Clean fossil energy electric power generation; turbulent combustion of gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels; and reduction of pollutant emission from flames by combustion process modification
fax: 617-258-5766
email: jmbeer@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/beer.html
Stephen Connors
Head, Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA); Director, AGS Energy Flagship Program
Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Research Interest:
Strategic planning in energy and the environment; energy security; operational needs of the power network; market dynamics of a competitive electricity market
fax: 617-253-8013
email: connorsr@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/connorsr/www/bio.html
Michael Greenstone
3M Professor of Environmental Economics
Department of Economics
Research Interest:
Economic impacts of climate change; costs of environmental regulations; valuation of clean air; health impacts of air pollution
fax: 617-253-1330
email: mgreenst@mit.edu
url: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/mgreenst/
Paul L. Joskow
Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management; Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Department of Economics
Research Interest:
Industrial organization; energy and environmental economics; competition policy; and government regulation of industry
fax: (212) 757-5117 (at Sloan Foundation 2008)
email: pjoskow@mit.edu
url: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/pjoskow/index.htm
James Kirtley
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interest:
Electromechanics; high efficiency and performance electric machinery; electric power systems; renewable and dispersed generation; vehicle technology; propulsion and traction drives
fax: 617-258-6774
email: Kirtley@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/kirtley/www/
Richard K. Lester
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Director, Industrial Performance Center
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Nuclear fuel cycle and waste disposal; electric power industry restructuring; productivity and innovation; industrial performance
email: rklester@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/ipc/people/director/bio.html
John H. Lienhard V
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Heat and mass transfer; fluid mechanics; convective transport;
desalination; energy; extremely high heat fluxes; electronics thermal management
email: lienhard@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=53
Borivoje B. Mikvic
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Heat transfer; mass transfer; bioengineering; energy; electronic cooling; fluid mechanics
fax: 617-258-5802
email: mikic@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=59
Sanjay K. Mitter
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Systems
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering Systems Division
Research Interest:
theory of stochastic dynamical systems; nonlinear filtering; stochastic and adaptive control; mathematical physics and its relationship to system theory; image analysis and computer vision; and structure, function, and organization of complex systems
fax: 617-258-8364
email: mitter@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/~mitter/www/
John Parsons
Senior Lecturer; Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
MIT Sloan School of Management
Research Interest:
Corporate finance; valuation; corporate strategy and policy; energy; environment (climate policy, emissions trading, environmental regulation and policy); environmental economics; risk management; hedging; financial engineering; financial markets; gas; oil; public utilities
email: jparsons@mit.edu
url: http://sloancf.mit.edu/vpf/popup-if.cfm?in_spseqno=24453&co_list=F
Robert Pindyck
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Professor of Economics and Finance
MIT Sloan School of Management
Research Interest:
Environmental policy; financial markets; industrial organization; investment decisions; microeconomics
fax: 617-258-6855
email: rdindyck@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/rpindyck/www/
Emanuel M. Sachs
Fred Fort Flowers '41 and Daniel Fort Flowers '41 Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
photovoltaics; computer-aided manufacturing design; energy and power systems; electronic materials processing
fax: 617-253-0209
email: sachs@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=73
Joseph L. Smith, Jr.
Samuel C. Collins Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Distributed power systems; cryogenic engineering; thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; heat transfer
email: jlsmith@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=82
Lawrence E. Susskind
Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Research Interest:
Mediation of regulatory disputes; technology negotiation; policy dialogue; stakeholder engagement; resolution of science-intensive policy disputes; environmental impact assessment; sustainability analysis; public-private partnerships; management of collaborative processes
email: susskind@mit.edu
url: http://www.lawrencesusskind.com/
Heat Management
Ronald G. Ballinger
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering
Departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmental effects on materials behavior; electrochemistry; corrosion; advanced materials for fusion systems advanced statistical and experimental techniques for experimental analysis,;nuclear fuel performance analysis
fax: 617-253-5118
email: hvymet@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/ballinger.html
Paul I. Barton
Lammot du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization; hybrid and embedded systems; mixed-integer and global optimization theory and algorithms; design and operation of micro-scale chemical processes; systems biology; energy systems engineering
fax: 617-258-5042
email: pib@mit.edu
url: http://yoric.mit.edu/
Jacopo Buongiorno
Carl R. Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Multi-phase flow and heat transfer; advanced reactor design; reactor thermal-hydraulic, neutronic and structural analysis; investigation of nanofluids for nuclear applications
fax: 617-258-8863
email: jacopo@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/buongiorno.html
Gang Chen
Warren and Townley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Micro- and nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion with applications in thermoelectrics, photonics, and microelectronics; nano-mechanical devices and micro-electro-mechanical systems; radiation and electromagnetic metamaterials, direct thermal to electrical energy conversion, solar energy conversion
fax: 617-258-5802
email: gchen2@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow, computational mathematics, combustion dynamics and active control, modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification processes and fuel production. Analysis of high-performance, zero-emission integrated energy systems with CO2 capture.
fax: 617-253-5981
email: ghoniem@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=28
Michael W. Golay
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interest:
Systems analysis and optimization; software and human reliability; nuclear power technology innovation, fluid mechanics and heat transfer
fax: 617-258-8863
email: golay@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/golay.html
John H. Lienhard V
Title: Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Mech E Undergraduate Officer
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Desalination, energy conversion and power systems; environmental engineering; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; thermal management of electronics
email: lienhard@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=53
Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems
fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html
Borivoje B. Mikvic
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Heat transfer; mass transfer; bioengineering; energy; electronic cooling; fluid mechanics
fax: 617-258-5802
email: mikic@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=59
Kenneth A. Smith
Guilland Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; environmental modeling ,emphasizing the role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the atmosphere.
fax: 617-253-2701
email: kas@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/smith.html
Joseph L. Smith, Jr.
Samuel C. Collins Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Distributed power systems; cryogenic engineering; thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; heat transfer
email: jlsmith@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=82
Evelyn N. Wang
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
thermal management, micro-/nano-scale two-phase transport, heat transfer, and phase change
fax: 617-258-9346
email: enwang@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/~enwang/www
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Paul I. Barton
Lammot du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization; hybrid and embedded systems; mixed-integer and global optimization theory and algorithms; design and operation of micro-scale chemical processes; systems biology; energy systems engineering
fax: 617-258-5042
email: pib@mit.edu
url: http://yoric.mit.edu/
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Title: Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow, computational mathematics, combustion dynamics and active control, modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification processes and fuel production. Analysis of high-performance, zero-emission integrated energy systems with CO2 capture.
fax: 617-253-5981
email: ghoniem@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=28
William Green
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Simulations of fuel chemistry and energy conversion processes; advanced simulation methods for chemical reaction systems including combustion; experimental studies of syngas clean-up and of fuel effects in engines; laser measurements of chemical kinetics.
fax: 617-324-0066
email: whgreen@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/green.html
Timothy G. Gutowski
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmentally benign manufacturing; manufacturing system design; composite materials processing; manufacturing processes
email: gutowski@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=35
John H. Lienhard V
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Desalination; energy conversion and power systems; environmental engineering; fluid mechanics; heat and mass transfer; thermal management of electronics
email: lienhard@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=53
Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems
fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html
Jefferson Tester
H. P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Environmental remediation and control technology; chemical processes in supercritical fluids; technologies for renewable and geothermal energy systems; gas hydrates in natural environments
fax: 617-258-5042
mail: testerel@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/tester.html
Bernhardt Trout
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Nucleation of clathrate hydrates; molecular-level design of products and processes; emissions control and sustainable development
fax: 617-258-5042
email: trout@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/trout.html
Emanuel M. Sachs
Fred Fort Flowers '41 and Daniel Fort Flowers '41 Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest:
Photovoltaics; computer-aided manufacturing design; energy and power systems; electronic materials processing
fax: 617-253-0209
email: sachs@mit.edu
url: http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/index.html?id=73
Carbon Sequestation
Eric Adams
Senior Research Engineer, Associate Director for Research, MIT Sea Grant College Program
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interest:
effectiveness and potential environmental impacts of ocean carbon sequestration; modeling of near-field exposure of marine organisms entrained in liquid CO2 or CO2 hydrate plumes
email: eeadams@mit.edu
url: http://cee.mit.edu/index.pl?id=2693&isa=Category&op=show
Penny Chisholm
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies; Director, MIT Earth System Initiative
Departments of Civil Engineering and Biology
Research Interest:
Ecology, evolution, and comparative genomics of marine cyanobacteria and the viruses that infect them; iron and phytoplankton growth; ocean fertility.
fax: 617-324-0336
email: chisholm@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/chisholm/www/people/chisholm.html
Howard Herzog
Principal Research Engineer; Head, Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interest:
Carbon sequestration; carbon mitigation technologies
fax: 617-253-8013
email: hjherzog@mit.edu
url: http://sequestration.mit.edu/
Ruben Juanes
Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interest:
Understanding, modeling, simulation and quantitative prediction of complex geosystems, with special application to petroleum reservoir engineering, groundwater hydrology, CO2 sequestration and gas hydrates
fax: 617-253-7475
email: juanes@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/juanes/www/
Gregory McRae
Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
Atmospheric processes responsible for oxidant formation; acid deposition and global climate; particulate dynamics, chemical transport and transformations in multimedia environments; physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment; process design and operating procedures that can incorporate multiple objectives including economic considerations, environment performance, safety, control and product quality; chemistries and molecular systems that avoid the occurrence of environmental problems
fax: 617-258-0546
email: mcrae@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/mcrae.html
Ernest J. Moniz
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems; Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Department of Physics; Engineering Systems Division
Research Interest:
Theoretical nuclear physics, particularly in advancing nuclear reaction theory at high energy; energy technology and policy studies
fax: 617-253-8013
email: ejmoniz@mit.edu
url: http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/ernest_moniz.html
M. Nafi Toksoz
Professor
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Research Interest:
Geophysics, parallel computing, advanced geophysical parallel computing
email: toksoz@mit.edu
url: http://www-eaps.mit.edu/erl/toksoz.html
Building Efficiency Technologies
Marilyne Andersen
Assistant Professor of Building Technology
Department of Architecture
Research Interest:
Use and optimization of daylight in buildings
fax: 617-253-6152
email: mand@mit.edu
url: http://architecture.mit.edu/people-details.php?type=faculty&id=37
Leon Glicksman
Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering; Head, Building Technology Program
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture
Research Interest:
Energy-efficient, sustainable building technologies; heat transfer of fluidized beds for clean combustion of dirty fuels.
email: glicks@mit.edu
url: http://architecture.mit.edu/people/profiles/prglicks.html
Kent Larson
Principal Research Scientist; Director, Changing Places and MIT Open Source Building Alliance
Department of Architecture & Media Lab
Research Interest:
technologies, materials, and strategies for energy generation, use, and conservation in homes, workplaces, and cities
fax: 617-258-6264
email: kll@mit.edu
url: http://www.media.mit.edu/people/bio_kll.html
