Alexandra H. Techet, Biographical

Background:

I was born in Southampton, New York, but spent most of my youth in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I went to Ravenscroft School through 8th grade. I attended Phillips Academy (Andover) in Andover, Massachusetts for high school, and while there I began playing water polo, at first on the boy’s team and eventually on one of the first all-girls team in New England. I graduated Andover and went on to Princeton University to study in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Where I graduated with a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Eng and a certificate in Applied Math.

At Princeton, I was an All-American member and captain of the women’s water polo team. I continued playing while in graduate school on the MIT women’s club for four years, during which I was named 1997 Collegiate Club MVP. I continue to play on the Metro Boston Water Polo Masters Team and am also active as a referee for the United States Water Polo, Collegiate Water Polo Association, and the New England Prep. School leagues. In addition to water polo, I enjoy SCUBA diving, fishing and sailing.

In May 2001, I finished my PhD in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Joint Program with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. I received a S.M. degree in Oceanographic Engineering for the Joint Program in 1998.

For the AY 2001-2002 I worked at Princeton University as a post-doc with Professor Lex Smits in the Mechanical and Aerospace department before returning to MIT as an Assistant Professor in Ocean Engineering in 2002.