The MIT Energy Club is composed of current MIT students/post doctoral fellows/faculty/staff, alumni, and various affiliates with a broad range of interests and experience.
If you are looking to contact members of the MIT Energy Club regarding job postings or other collaborative efforts, please contact the appropriate executive committee member.
MIT students, postdocs, faculty, and staff :: MIT Alumni :: MIT Affiliates| Member | Status | Areas of Interest | Experience/Expertise |
| Edward Alfono | Associate at Monitor Group and Monitor Ventures. B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University. | Alternative energy technologies, environmental and geopolitical consequences of new energy sources | Studied man portable power on project for Monitor Group. VC interest in energy technology |
| Samina Ali | Oberlin College graduate '07 & MIT staff. | Interested in renrewable energies, green buildings, alternative fuels for transportation, electric cars | Active and passive solar systems, local bussinesses and researchers working on any of these. |
| Greg Andeck | Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund; MEM Duke; BS Cornell. | Emerging best practices and innovations related to reducing carbon (energy production, innovative service models, and demand side management). | Leveraging partnerships with large companies to bring environmental innovations to to market (see www.edf.org/partnerships). |
| Carl Andrews | Product Development Consultant, including solar (New Zealand | Thermal-to-electric conversion, manufacturing of PV crystals and wafers, AC integrated with solar thermal, grid connected diversified generation, thermal properties of building materials made from waste products and natural materials | Expertise in: solar thermal conversion, heat pumps, intellectual property, start-ups, event management, active/passive solar architecture, publishing. Current Projects: developing marketing strategy for solar hot water heating company, feasibility study of manufacturing TPV cells on large scale |
| Abe Ankumah | Harvard Business School, MBA Candidate 2008 | alternative and renewable energy (wind/solar/bio); energy generation in Africa | None. |
| Abigail Anthony | University of Rhode Island PhD candidate Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Coastal Institute IGERT Project Fellow | Market-based mechanisms in power sector: Forward capacity auction mechanisms, demand response | Currently working with New England Energy Innovation Collaborative; focus on heterogeniety of demand response contracts |
| Beat J. Arnet | Manager, Power Electronics R&D, Azure Dynamics Inc. | Sustainable transportation, sustainable power generation | 10+ years experience in EV/HEV industry. |
| David Back | Proprietor, Back Energy | Electricity generation, clean electricity generation | Currently trying to develop a generator to convert waste heat (as from a steel mill or nuclear power plant) into electricity. Previous experience in energy policy. |
| Florian Bennhold | Applications Engineer and Chief Policy Information Officer at Wilson TurboPower, Inc. | Decentralized power generation, biomass and biogas power generation, energy policy, energy efficiency | Industrial energy efficiency, decentralized power generation, feed-in tariffs, intellectual property |
| Simi Bhat | Harvard Undergraduate, Class of 2008 | Carbon markets, Clean Development, and Litigation | Legal research at Pace Law School and Harvard University |
| Dr. Israel Biran | PhD | Celluloseic ethanol | Cellulosic ethanol |
| Sebastian Borgarello | MBA Candidate (2008). Harvard Business School | Renewable Energy (Particularly: Solar, Wind and Biofuels) | 6 years of experience in Oilfield Services. |
| Jake Bowman | Master’s Environmental Management / Technology Consultant | Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, nuclear, and biochemical | Research in policy, ecology, economics and market mechanisms |
| Kristin Brief | Corporate Development Analyst, EnerNOC; BA Economics '03, Dartmouth College | Demand response, energy economics, energy efficiency, energy management, distributed generation, renewable resources | Currently works as a corporate development analyst for EnerNOC. Formely worked as Analyst in the Energy Practice for NERA Economic Consulting (2003-2005). |
| Brent Brown | Investment Banker. B.S. Engineering, West Point; MBA, Harvard | Distributed, renewables, sustainables | Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, private placements |
| Andrew Becker | President, CorroDefense | Solar, wind, power beaming, nanowires | President of CorroDefense, company with product that repairs composites used in pipelines. Ignite Clean Energy Competition involvement. |
| Alok Bhargava | Senior Analyst, Greentech Media Inc. | Solar, clean coal, energy storage, electric power generation, other interesting research and early-stage green technologies | Industry analysis of solar and electric power industry. |
| Ambar Bhattacharyya | Other: Bain Capital Ventures (venture capitalist) | All | General knowledge of major energy/cleantech sectors. |
| Ameya Bijoor | Harvard Business School, MBA Class of 2008 | Alternative Energy | Studying ethanol from sweet sorghum. |
| Stephen Bird | PhD Student, Political Science, Boston University; Lecturer, Boston University and Simmons College; President, Board of Directors, Mass Energy | Transmission siting and expansion, electricity market liberalization (domestic/international), energy and federalism, green power, influence of elite networks on energy policy | President, Board of Directors, Mass Energy. Harvard Electricity Policy Group, 2001-present. Papers on international liberalization, RTO governance, and transmission expansion case studies. Extensive work in implementation of green power sales in restructured markets. |
| Scott Bolick | MBA, Harvard. BS, West Point | Renewables with focus on solar, wind, biomass | Looking to transition into renewable energy. |
| Nicole Neeman Brady | HBS 2008 | None. | None. |
| Brent A. Buchine | Senior Research Scientist, Bandgap Engineering, Inc. | Photovoltaics | Synthesis and fabrication of 1D nanostrucutures in order to increase efficiency of the photoelectric effect |
| Noah D. Bullock | Worked until recently in R&D then public sector development at GreenFuel Technologies. Currently an independent consultant | Biofuels, solar, CO2 mitigation, efficiencyŠcleantech | Worked extensively on photobioreactor designs and prototypes, carbon balance modeling on commercial-scale biofuel production systems, lobbied at state and federal level for algae-biomass inclusion in various tax incentive programs. |
| Tonio Buonassisi | R&D Scientist, Evergreen Solar | Inorganic PV (esp. multicrystalline Si), life cycle analysis of PV technologies, environmental impacts, energy in developing nations, et al./p> | Developing the next generation of Evergreen String Ribbon material: http://www.evergreensolar.com/technology/index.html. Evaluating, characterizing, and remediating efficiency-limiting defects in inorganic PV materials. Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/buonassisi . |
| Marcelo Burbano | Harvard MBA Student '07 | Biofuels, especially biodiesel | Starting an independent research study on a biodiesel plant in Ecuador. |
| Eric J. Burns | MBA Candidate 2009, Babson College | Biofuels, algae as a biodiesel feedstock | None. |
| Sue Butler | BSN, MSN, MS/PhD in mathematical psych and behavioral economics | Areas of energy interest= sustainability in private and municipal life in Cambridge | Current projects installed photovoltaics and solar hot air on roof, just ordered a small turbine (air-x, southwest) to install on my roof in mid-cambridge. |
| Stuart Chaitkin | Energy Policy Analyst, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. M.A., U.C. Berkeley, Energy & Resources Group | Energy policy choices, energy education, the important linkages between energy use and key transportation and land use decisions | 10 years as Regulatory Analyst for CA Public Utilities Commission. 8.5 years as Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Background: Deregulation of electricity industry, transmission line siting, environmental impacts of SCE and SDG&E merger, rate treatment for utility emissions allowances, valuing power plant emission in resource planning decisions, incorporating independent energy production projects into utilities resource acquisition process, estimating marginal energy prices for use in valuing appliance energy efficiency standards, developing energy efficiency standards for DOE’s appliance standards program. |
| John R Chamberlain | MDS Harvard Real Estate ’04, now Senior Consultant & CEO of Urban Technics | Solar Water Heating, Solar PV, Wind & Zero Emissions Development. | Graduate Mechanical Engineer (Imperial College, London), currently consulting on development feasibility for 99 unit green development including the first zero emissions house in Florida. |
| Mario Chamorro | Master of International Affairs, Energy Management; Research Associate for London Economics (Energy Consulting Firm) | Electricity markets and Latin America. | Stock and commodities annalist at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Research at the Center for Energy at Columbia University. |
| Mukund Chavan | 2009 Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. | Renewable energy resources, Distributed generation and Biofuels | Industrial Experience: 6+ years of diverse experience in the fields of Efficiency Optimisation, Emission Control using Advanced Technologies and Fuel Planning & Logistics for an electricity generation company. Completing MBA with a minor in Energy. Research on Distributed Generation. |
| Fi Cheng | Management Consultant | Renewable energy, solar power installation business, sustainable solutions for the developing world | Managed communication campaign on the part of multinational OEMs to improve China's emissions regulations and to promote advanced diesel technology |
| Veronica Chouinard | Employee, EnerNOC / BSME, Tufts University | Renewable energy as well as energy conservation efforts and alternative energy to coal | Currently working at EnerNOC. |
| Matthias Boyer Chammard | MPA Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government | Electricity, with focus on nuclear revival | Most recently has been working as Project Leader in the field of Energy for the Boston Consulting Group in Paris (a management consulting firm): nuclear electricity production, used nuclear fuel reprocessing, European regulation for electricity markets, trading at European interconnection, CO2, Gas and Power arbitrage, renewable. |
| Jonathan Chapman | Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education '07; Currently: Intern, Harvard Green Campus Initiative | Campus sustainability, sustainability education, energy efficiency/conservation, alternative/renewable energy, green buildings | None. |
| Scott Clavenna | President of Greentech Media, an online company tracking clean energy innovations with news, research, and events | Renewable energy innovations | Research to date has primarily been in solar, but branching out to other renewable energy areas. |
| Will Conkling | Development Associate, Alternative Energy (Citizens Energy)/BA Wesleyan University, 2005 | Wind, Solar, Biofuels, Distributed Generation, Transmission Policy, Carbon Policy, Carbon Mitigation and Sequestration, Emissions Offsets | Wind Project Development Experience and Expertise working on projects in North America, personally focusing on building a portfolio of projects in the Northeastern US. |
| Timo Dam | Windsun Engineering Company | Alternative energy | E-85, wind power, solar power |
| Rick Daniels | Johns Hopkins EE/Dartmouth MBA, Founder and VP at MultiLayer Coating Technologies LLC, a spin out of Polaroid Corp I raised capital for; recently sold key asset to Konarka | I am also a founder of www.neuco.net and another energy tech startup when I was VP venture development at Commonwealth Energy; interested in energy tech generation, storage, renewables, alternate fuels, software, among others | Currently working with a vc firm in diligence on energy tech investments also; both technical and business. |
| Nick d'Arbeloff | Executive Director, New England Energy Innovation Collaborative | ||
| Steve DaSilva | Mechanical Engineer - Drivelines, Azure Dynamics | Renewable energy, mostly solar and wind | UMass Lowell Peru Crew 2000, 2003: Installed electrical and thermal solar systems in the Andes Mountains of Peru for communication and medical support in village clinics. Intern, Solectria Corporation (1996-1998). |
| Anne-Christelle de Savignac | Analyst, Cimetrics | Energy efficiency in buildings | Experience includes continuous commissioning, building performance analysis and optimization, sales of building automation systems, and project development for a performance contracting / energy services company. |
| Jodel P. Deauna | M.D., University of Santo Tomas (Phillipines). Science Teacher, Boston Renaissance Charter School | Photovoltaics, wind, wave power, fuel cells | Current projects: water and sea power, photovoltaic and wind connected to desalination and bottling plant. |
| Tanuj Deora | MBA, Harvard ’06. Former VP, External Relations, Harvard Business and Environment Club | Renewable technology development, engineering management, business development, start ups | Experience in energy trading strategy, financial analysis for natural gas fired turbines and wind development. Developed renewable strategies for Harvard University. Developed a business plan for a start up with a photovoltaic polymer technology. |
| PJ Deschenes | HBS Energy Club Co-President | Renewable energy finance and development | Market development and strategy consulting for renewable energy companies in the Northeast US |
| Neeraj Doshi | Research Analyst, S3IDF / Masters in International Environment Resource Policy, development Economics and Sustainable Energy Policy from The Fletcher School | Everything in renewable energy domain; appropriate technologies | "Energy for Development" report at World Watch Institute. Currently working as research analyst at Small Scale Infrastructure Development Fund, Cambridge. |
| Matt Eisendrath | Sustainable Business Consulting, Domestic & International Real Estate Development. | Developing Sustainable/High-Efficiency Homes and promoting a Sustainable Life-Style. | Caribbean Housing Development, Geothermal (direct-Exchange) Heating & Cooling, Green Modular Homes, Media Programming Focused on a Sustainable Shift, Sales & Marketing Plan Development. |
| Eric Emmons | Venture capital investor, Massachusetts Green Energy Fund. | Renewable and clean energy generation, energy efficiency, energy storage and distribution. | I am currently managing investments in our fund’s solar, fuel cell, and (bio) fuel processing companies. |
| Daniel Englander | Research Associate, Greentech Media, Inc.; Graduate Program in Environmental Management, Harvard University. | Energy storage, ocean power, solar, green technology & venture capital, early-stage technologies. | Green technology market structure, ocean power, solar. |
| Elijah Ercolino | Mechanical Engineering grad student, Founder of BU Energy Club | Fischer-Tropps and IGCC, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Wind Power, and Electric Power Transmission and Infrastructure | General interest and classes. |
| Matt Evans | Venture capital/ early-stage private equity | Interested in particular in the water industry (e.g. conservation, use, and re-use technologies) | Field work in the water industry – specifically, in the ‘grey-water’ sector as well as the automated meter reading sector |
| Andrew Fairbairn | Stanford BA '96 / MA '97 | Expanding on / developing: (i) Knowledge of Clean Tech industry-level drivers / inputs / outputs / incentives; (ii) General knowledge of specific technologies / applications within sector | Currently developing and investing in Clean Energy / Clean Tech investment strategies at the individual HNW investor / angel funding level; 10+ years in investment banking, corporate venturing, strategic planning, management consulting, now in personal wealth management function. |
| Brett Farmery | Director of Energy Initiatives, News Corporation | Distributed power, oil independence, GHG measurement | Currently creating energy teams in all of News Corp's business units to reduce GHGs. Previously was Summer Associate to Amory Lovins at RMI, Sub-author of "Winning the Oil Endgame", Senior Associate at Planet Capital, Director of Business Development at Planet Power works (a large scale solar power startup focused on desert regions). |
| Neil Fernandes | Sr Chemical Engineer at Acumentrics, PhD Caltech | Solar Power, Fuel cell technology | Fuel cell technology, fuel reforming, cell modeling. |
| Trish Fleming | Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge | Technology innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship | The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge runs the yearly Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) business plan competition ( www.ignitecleanenergy.com), and regular monthly programs through its Energy Special Interest Group. We collaborate with all the energy groups on the theory that a big tent makes for a strong cluster. |
| Hilary Flynn | Photon Consulting | Renewable energy markets, technology, policy | Solar Consultant |
| Seth Frader-Thompson | CEO, EnergyHub, Inc. | Green buildings, energy efficiency, renewable energy, monitoring and sensing, nuclear energy | Currently CEO of EnergyHub, a startup focused on green consumer electronics for residential energy efficiency. |
| Andrew Friendly | Senior Associate, Advanced Technology Ventures www.atvcapital.com | None. | I am focused on investing in early-stage cleantech companies and have spent the past five years helping to build clean energy companies in California. |
| Eiichiro Fujii | Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations | Natural Gas, LNG. | Currently working for Tokyo Gas engaged in sales (Gas heat pump,co-generation etc) 8 years and planning regional developing 6 years. |
| Kate Galbraith | Nieman Fellow at Harvard University | Renewables, the grid | Journalism: Texas correspondent for the Economist (2005-7); planning to specialize in energy issues after returning to journalism |
| Max Gardner | Harvard MBA Student, 2008 | Renewable energy: wind, solar, biofuels, clean tech | Financed renewable energy projects at GE Energy Financial Services. |
| Bola George | Harvard PhD Student, Applied Physics | All renewable energy sources | Currently working on relaxation of solid materials following irradiation. |
| Gabrielle Giermann | PhD, Math, Dartmouth. MS, Physics, Brandeis. | Renewable energy and energy efficiency, esp. low energy housing | Co-authoring a book on renewable energy. |
| Jim Gleason | IBM Corporation, Business Development, Strategic Growth Business. | Renewable energy and distributed micropower, including solar and wind. Energy efficiency particularly as it pertains to datacenters and IT consumption. | Founder and president of the New York Linux Users Group, which is sponsored by and holds its meetings at Google's facilities in downtown Manhattan. Currently, business development executive within IBM's StrategicGrowth Initiatives unit and on IBM's “Project Big Green”, a $1B per year initiative which focuses IBM expertise and resources to sharply reduce data center energy consumption, thereby transforming the world’s business infrastructures into "green" data centers. |
| Constantine Gonatas | Business Development and Intellectual Property Consultant | New technologies for refining, fuel conversion, emissions, electric grid stabilization, distributed electric generation; energy asset development (power generation, pipeline development, transmission and distribution development). | Former MIT staff member in Technology Licensing Office. Worked in past for COrning, ExxonMobil, and Enron, and has been very active in the energy industry. Specific experience in: natural gas and electricity trading; asset analysis and development in electric power, natural gas and refining; technology development for synthetic fuel production; technology development for emissions control |
| Yoni Gontownik | Energy Analyst - GreatPoint Energy | Gas and Coal distribution, Coal gasification, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Modeling and Forecasting | One year experience with Cambridge-based GreatPoint Energy, studying potential markets to locate a coal or petcoke to pipeline-grade natural gas facility |
| Ivan Lara Gonzalez | Managing Director, Volpak North-America | Renewable energy, recycling technology, alternative materials. | For the past 10 years I have been working for Volpak, a European packaging machinery company, with large global and multinationals clients, like Kraft, Mars, Nestle, Unilever, and Procter & Gamble. Though my relevant experience is in the realm of packaging machinery and materials for the food and pharmaceutical industries, I want to learn more about alternative energy, alternative packaging, and share ideas about improving current technologies. I believe that it is an area that needs improvement. I moved to the U.S. from Spain 5 years ago, and have been living in Cambridge for the past 2 years. |
| Fred Gordon | Principal, Second Street Associates (real estate developer in S. Boston) | Current Projects: Second Street is pioneering the use of waste vegetable oil for heating and diesel based electric generation, experimenting with well-based cold water and seasonal ice production and storage for AC, implementing inexpensive heliostats in building design for winter lighting, developing computer driven moveable insulation for sealing building building apertures at night and when not in use. Future Projects: Involved in designing 74 unit artist loft and manufacturing building already on site to be upgraded. Goal is to cut base load to 20% of standard code requirements and rest of energy will be non-petroleum. Cost goal is cheaper than current fossil fuel-based prices. | |
| Lucia Green-Weiskel | Project Officer, Climate Change Program at the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation, Beijing, China. | Renewable energy, transportation, emission and fuel standards. | Low-carbon fuel standards, climate change, promoting clean and energy efficient vehicles and fuels in China, holding green vehicle and technology conferences, and conducting diverse public outreach programs. |
| Scott Griffiths | Harvard Masters Student, Public Administration in International Development, Kennedy School of Government | Climate change, financing energy projects, emissions standards, Kyoto | Worked as energy policy analyst at Development Alternatives, New Delhi, India, an Indian NGO conducting policy research and grassroots projects in environment and technology. Analyzed policy implications for rurual bio energy business models and developed organizational strategy for renewable energy projects. |
| Gaurav Gupta | Harvard MBA Student, '08 | Renewables (solar, wind, biofuels, etc.) and energy efficiency | Previously worked as a early stage VC where I evaluated some renewable energy startups, active in energy and business & environment clubs at HBS, currently looking for a summer internship at a renewable energy company. |
| Ilan Gur | Director at Seeo, Inc. (energy storage start-up) | Climate change, PV, Batteries, Advanced Materials | Berkeley Ph.D. on printed PV with Paul Alivisatos; Founder and co-instructor of graduate-level courses on PV and batteries at Berkeley; Mayfield fellow at Miasole; UNIDO Fellow on PV rural lighting; Chair of Berkeley-UNIDO conference on technology for development; Al Gore climate project. |
| Dana Haffner | Current occupation: Event Analyst at EnerNOC School: Dartmouth College '06, Masters in Engineering Management (MEM) at Thayer and Tuck schools at Dartmouth '08. | Renewable Energy, Demand Response, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, Energy Conservation/efficiency. | Captained first gas/electric student Formula Hybrid racecar at Dartmouth, currently working at EnerNOC. |
| Lance Haines | Staff Electric Engineer, American Power Conversion. MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Madison, Wisconsin. BS, Electric Engineering, Rice University | Photovoltaics, wind power, fuel cells, external combustion engines, distributed generation, advancd batteries, energy efficiency, demand side management, hybrid vehicles | Worked at Solectria Corporation for 8.5 years, focused primarily on EV’s and HEV’s. Current work at APC includes evaluating opportunities in PV, external combustion engines, UPS with advanced batteries, energy efficiency, and real time demand side management. |
| Stephen Hallowell | Principal, Commonwealth Capital Ventures (early-stage VC fund located in Waltham). | Interested in investment opportunities in the energy space. | Academic background in energy storage and conversion. Hold a patent related to hybrid / electric vehicles. |
| Berl Hartman | Founder of Hartman Consulting and entrepreneur whose focus is on Cleantech and Clean Energy companies. | Policy issues re: Renwables and Efficiency; also trends in new development and investment | Co-founder & Chapter Leader - New enlgand Chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2); Co-Chair of Policy Committee - New england Clean energy Council. |
| Nader Hawa | Masters Student, International Relations and Environmental Policy, Boston University | Transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy access | Looking at what are the industry/macroeconomic factors that influence OPEC quotas. |
| Robert Hermann | Director, Renewable Energies and Resources / Healthcare / Chemicals, Invest in Germany | All segments of renewable energy focussing on: biofuels, GTL, BTL, solar PV, solar thermal BIPV, biobased materials | PhD on new processes for manufacturing biofuelos and screening process optimiyation; 5 years activity in renewables with a strong focus on all kinds of biofuels and coal gasification technologies; 3 years activity in PV/BIPV. Support on business in Germany, matchmaking with key industry players and associations, detailed studies and business planning on biofuels in Europe. |
| Blossom Hoag | Northeast Regional Co-Chair, Chapter Energy Committee, Sierra Club | MIT co-founder of the Working Group Recycling Committee. Owner of Prius. PV installed on home’s roof. | |
| Ethan Hoag | Retired. MS, BS Electrical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley. PhD work at MIT in ‘62 | Developed high energy industrial lasers at AVCO Energy Research and WJ Schaffer Associates. Holds numerous patents in the laser field, has worked on fuel cell research. Greater Boston Group Energy Chair, Sierra Club. | |
| Cyrus Hodes | Harvard MPA Mid-Career Student, KSG | Geostrategic value of the energy sector from state and no-state actors' stance. Impact of energy policies and environmental changes in geopolitics. | Strategy consulting in the Oil and Gas sector. Member of HBS Energy Club . |
| Warren Hogarth | Harvard MBA Student '08 | Commercialisation of technology: Fuel cells, solar (PV & thermal), biofuels, cleaner coal technologies | PhD developing PEM fuel cells (The University
of Queensland, Princeton,
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems), 2 provisional US patents, UBS M&A (alternative energy projects) |
| Douglas Hurley | Research Associate, Synapse Energy Economics | Solar energy, renewables in wholesale markets | Represent solar, energy efficiency, and landfill gas companies in wholesale market design stakeholder process with ISO-NE. |
| Lauren Inouye | Tufts Masters Student, International Policy and International Business and Economic Law, Fletcher School. BA International Relations, Stanford University ‘02 | Broad energy interests. Particularly interested in renewables, end-use efficiency, and climate modeling | Experience: Worked for one year at the Clean Energy Group at Winrock, an international development NGO in Washington, DC, helping to promote renewable energy for rural income generation in developing countries. Worked for one year as a contractor to the US Department of the Interior on the Hydrogen Fuel Cells Program, especially assisting with the International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy. Spent one year in Indonesia on a Fulbright doing research on renewable energy and rural electrification, looking at < 1MW power generation projects and analyzing why most energy projects there have failed. Expertise: Social/economic aspects of energy. Also works with SustainUs, a network for students and young professionals in sustainable development (www.sustainus.org). |
| Mateo Jaramillo | VP, Business Development, Gaia Power (peak shaving hardware company). BA Economics, Harvard. | VP of Business Development at Gaia Power, start up providing hardware for electricity peak shaving. New York, New York. | |
| Mike Kaelin | Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments | Solar energy, low power devices, biodiesel | Home has 1kW off grid solar array. Formerly the project manager for a company that made solar inverters |
| Stella Karavas | CPA; Vice President, MagCap Engineering | Alternative energy | Experience in business, IP, and light technical end of clean energy technology. Current Project: Tree power. |
| Azin Kavian | Environmental Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection | Energy-related environmental issues: clean and emerging power generation, transmission, and distribution; energy economics, renewable energy, distributed energy, energy conservation | Currently works on energy-related environmental issues at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Works with photovoltaic technologies. Solid state physics background. |
| Rashid Khan | Energy Technology, Development, amd Commercialization; Saudi Aramco | All areas of clean energy | Five years with U.S. Dept of Energy, 13 years with Texaco, and 5 years with Saudi Aramco. Contributed to upstream land downstream areas, and clean energy projects. |
| Juha Kiviluoma | Harvard fellow 07-08, Energy Technology Innovation Project at KSG | Wind power, electric vehicles, solar, energy sources and resources, passive buildings, energy efficiency, climate change | I have been doing a dissertation on wind power integration while working as a researcher at VTT Technical Centre of Finland for the last three years. I've also been involved in a small wind power company and an energy saving company for quite a few years. I've been interested in energy issues for many years and I hope something has stuck from all the reading. |
| Daniel Klingenfeld | Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; 2008 Master in Public Policy Candidate: Environment and Natural Resources | Renewable energy sources, global climate policy | Work experience with Total: Supply and Refining, Strategy and Development during my previous Master's in Management studies |
| John Kluza | Senior Consulting Engineer, The MathWorks | Hybrid vehicles, solar power and biofuels. Also, consumer acceptance and practical methods for implementation and financing. | Hybrid vehicle design (FutureTruck team member, ChallengeX judge), power converter modeling in Simulink, robotic/mechatronic design and implementation. |
| Naoki Kobayashi (Mr) | Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (2007-2008), Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. | Electric Power: power quality, grid-interconnection of distributed generators | Working for Distribution Department in electric power company; Engaging in power quality problems, distributed energy, and distribution automation system in distribution system |
| Alwin Kopse | Alternative energy, bioenergy, biofuels | Communication around biofuels and bioenergy, public affairs and biofuels | |
| Rume Kragha | Validation Engineer; B.S. Electr. Engineering | Alternative (Solar) | |
| Sandra Kreis | The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MALD '09, International Environment & Resource Policy, International Business Relations | Private sector renewable energy initiatives, concentrated solar power, China. | Co-Founder of the Fletcher Energy Consortium |
| Jacob Krich | PhD student in Physics at Harvard | Renewable energy and energy policy | |
| Karen Krucik | Investment Manager, Vision Holdings | All energy sectors | Developing green building projects in the Middle East. |
| Christine Kuta | Patent Attorney and Principal, Bergman Kuta LLP | Usage, conservation, alternative energy sources, particularly interested in biodiesel | Studied mechanical engineering in college and worked for many years in advanced product development in electronics. |
| Benjamin Lee | Harvard PhD Student, Applied Physics | Alternative energy (wind, solar, biomass), energy storage, climate change | Currently building an experimental wind turbine with Sig Jaggi (postdoc at MIT) |
| Jim Lerner | Software Consultant, Broad Institute, Cancer Genomics Informatics Department | Recycling, alternative energy, and alternative transportation. | Biologoy/computer science bacground. Initial programmer for Zipcar. Currently working on developing a rail-with-trail in Meredith, NH. Currently looking into using geothermal source for domestic heat and hot water. |
| Chuck Lewin | CEO, Performance Motion Devices. BS Biology, Brandeis University | Renewables | Planning to develop an investment vehicle for people to buy debt notes that will be applied toward renewable energy projects |
| Dave Lewis | Harvard GSD: Masters of Urban Planning | Renewable/alternative energy law and financing; Transportation policy in community and urban development | Assisted litigation efforts to compel coal-fired power plants to clean up emissions; worked on advocacy efforts to reform various departments of transportation throughout southeast US |
| Hiu Liu | MBA Student, Hult International Business School | Renewable Energy | 10 years working experience in wind energy and solar energy mainly in China and some in Germany, expertise in business development and marketing. |
| Greg Lucas | Bain Capital Ventures. | Renewables; infrastructure and management; storage | Active as venture capital investor. |
| Desmond Lun | Computational Biologist at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Research Fellow in Genetics at Harvard Medical School; MIT EECS PhD '06 | Renewable energy, particularly biofuels | Currently working on using synthetic biology to engineer microorganisms for petroleum production. |
| Danielle Lundgren | Director, Business Development, Seahorse Power Company. Harvard Business School Alumna. | Seahorse Power makes a solar product, the BigBelly solar-powered waste compactor. | |
| Jessie Ma | Master in Public Administration (MPA) Candidate at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. | Energy policy; Electricity policy | Power systems planning engineer from Ontario, Canada. Most recently connected new renewable generation to Ontario's distribution system. |
| Josh Magee | Senior Analyst, North American Wind Energy Markets, Emerging Energy Research | Renewables, with particular focus on wind energy; Climate change policy implementation in energy sector; Carbon capture and sequestration | Summer 2006—present: Senior Analyst, North American Wind Energy Markets, Emerging Energy Research (Cambridge, MA); Winter 2004—summer 2006: Wind Project Developer, Horizon Wind Energy (Houston, TX and Albany, NY); Summer 2003—fall 2004: Clean Energy Campaign Manager, Green Corps (Tampa, FL and Ann Arbor, MI) |
| Keith Magee | Marketing Manager, athenahealth | Ênergy conversion efficiency, turbines, creating hydrogen, hydrogen cells, energy economics,Êimpacts to nature, energy history, micro production | General interest and self-study |
| Armando Mann | MBA 2008 Candidate - Harvard Business School | Biofuels | Feedstock and transportation solutions |
| Jaclyn Marks | Masters Student, Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University | Rural electrification in Latin America through renewable energy | Currently a Research Assistant for the Energy Technology Innovation Project at Harvard KSG working on energy and transportation issues in China. Harvard College Wind Power Initiative Leader (http://hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/energy. Community Energy Inc (2003-4): sales and marketing for wind energy developer/marketer. Worked at the Centro de Investigaciones en Energia de UNAM of Mexico. |
| Elizabeth McCarthy | Wind Consultant, Mass Energy | Wind, solar, alternative technologies | 3 years in energy investment banking, 3 years in energy trading/merchant finance/fund manager (coal, gas, oil) for international energy company. Expertise: international energy finance, corporate finance, M&A, trading, project finance, private equity, 1 year energy think tank work in electricity, base metals, analytics. Current Projects: developing, sourcing, and financing community wind projects in New England in conjunction with the creation of wind investment fund (early stage). |
| Kevin McCarthy | MBA candidate, Babson College | Renewable Energy and clean technologies relevant to both developed and developing economies | No direct Energy-related experience, equity research sales and start-up experience |
| Mark McVay | VP Sales & Marketing PowerAdvocate (received BSEE from Naval Academy, MS Mech E and MBA from Stanford) | Supply Chain for Utilities, Green Energy generation, Transmission | Navy Nuclear Engineer aboard an aircraft carrier, Energy practice at BCG, Business Development at Stone & Webster, current role at PowerAdvocate. |
| J.R. Mellin | Boston Univeristy Dept. of Microbiology, 4th yr Ph.D candidate. | Biofuels. Synthetic Biology. Thermoconversion of feedstocks coupled to biological fermentation processes for fuels production. | Molecular biology, genetic engineering. Non-energy related however. |
| Bob Metcalfe '68 | MIT SB Industrial Management 1969, MIT SB Electrical Engineering 1969; Venture Capitalist, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners, since 1/1/1 | Interested in everything, especially taking an Internet-inspired ("The Enernet") approach to meeting the world's accelerating needs for cheap and clean energy | On the board of Polaris-backed "enertech" start-ups: (OK, some of them are an enertech reach): Mintera: 40Gbps+ long-haul optical data transmission, enabling massive substitution of light-speed communication for CO2-generating transportation; SiCortex: Highly integrated and tightly connected ultra-low-power Linux superclusters for scientific computation in energy research; SiOnyx: Fempto-second sulfur-doped "black silicon" for enhanced photosensitivity, maybe applied someday in photovoltaics; Ember: ZigBee protocol software and 802.15.4 semiconductor radios for networking embedded microcontrollers in energy management: lighting, HVAC, meter reading, intelligent grid; Infinite Power: thin-film solid-state lithium-ion micro-batteries for ultra-distributed energy; 1366: Higher-efficiency lower-cost silicon photovoltaics; GreenFuel: recycling concentrated CO2 from flue gasses to make feed, food, and fuel, especially biodiesel. |
| Michael Mettler | Senior Associate, In-Q-Tel. | Distributed generation, SOFC systems, thin film photovoltaics | VC investing in energy technology. |
| Yevgeny Meydbray | Engineer, SunPower. Boston University Alumnus, MS Electrical Engineering | Solar energy and other technologies | Currently works for SunPower, a high efficiency Si solar company. |
| Andy Meyer | Bowdoin College, BA Chemistry, 1985 | energy efficiency and renewable energy | 22 years in B-to-B, high-tech Sales and Marketing (IBM and IDEXX) |
| Lincoln Miara | Graduate Student at Boston University in Materials Science. | Renewable energy technology | I work on solid oxide fuel cells |
| Matthew Mirande | Product Manager Cakewalk / Twelve Tone Software, Inc. | Distributed Solar or Wind / Personal Energy Generation / Consumer Energy Products | None. |
| Martin Mittermaier | PhD Candidate, TU Berlin, Germany, Institute of Energy Engineering | Solar cooling, absorption chillers, alternative energy, renewable energy, climate change | Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, work experience in upstream oil & gas, RWE (utility) |
| Meghan Morris | Masters Student, Harvard Law School and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University | International investment in oil, gas, and coal extraction | Environmental and social impact of extractive industry projects on communities (most recent experience involving a communities and oil project in South America). Current related work involves research on cases involving mining and oil projects abroad. |
| Liz Moyer | Research associate in atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University; as of 2008 will be faculty at University of Chicago | Climate science and policy, energy usage and economics | Currently doing research in climate science (on water vapor, the largest greenhouse gas). In past have worked on environmental economics and climate-change policy. |
| Jeremy Munday | PhD candidate in physics, Harvard | Renewable energy, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, energy storage, etc | None. |
| Lauri Murphy | Volunteer, Watertown Environment and Energy Efficiency Committee | Transition to renewable energy/alternative energy sources, energy efficienct products and services | Completed Greenhouse Network/Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Change Speaker Training. |
| Jon Nash | Non-MIT. ColbyBA/Babson MBA. Currently at BigBelly Solar - Business development/strategy | All clean/green tech | BigBelly Solar - Business development/strategy. |
| Scott Nguyen | PhD Student, Physics, Harvard University | Energy policy, water resource management, sustainable development | Currently studies atomic and molecular processes at low temperatures. |
| Neha Nukhi | Grad Student at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) ( Dept. of Environmental Health) | Energy, Environment and Health Linkages | Intern, UNDP- Energy and Environment Group ( May 2007- Current); Research Project at HSPH: Environmental equity for air pollution risk assessment - quantitative measures of environmental equity for evaluating diesel retrofit strategies in Boston; Intern, TERI - Center for Global Environment Research (Dec 2005 - Feb 2006). |
| Tracey O'Connor | Software Designer, OpenLink Financial | Energy trading software | Currently work at OpenLink Financial in Houston, TX. OpenLink implements "straight-through-processing" software for a varity of clients in in the energy industry. Individual specialty in designing, configuring, and implementing energy trading and scheduling software. Previously, worked for CMS Energy Corporation's marketing division, CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company, where gained experience in scheduling elecgtricity transactions. |
| Elizabeth Newton | SB (biology), SM (math and operations research) | Conservation, green building, alternative energy sources and energy solutions for developing countries. | My experience is limited to living off the grid in Trinidad. |
| Zeng O'Neill | Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University. Energy Analyst, Cimetrics. | Design, modeling, simulation, and optimization of building mechanical and energy systems. | Prior to joining Cimetrics, was a research assistant in the Building and Environmental Thermal Systems Research Group of Oklahoma State University, focusing on geothermal technology and building energy simulation. Currently responsible for energy simulation and modeling for Infometrics projects, establishment of scaleable energy modeling standards, and helping in development of modeling and analysis tools. |
| Anastasia O'Rourke | Yale University, Ph.D. Candidate & Consultant on Cleantech | Cleantech venture investing; eco-design & purchasing. | Recent consultant to: Cleantech Venture Network; SVB Alliant; The Carbon Trust. Previously lived in Sweden, France and Australia working on corporate environmental strategy, ecodesign & sustainability. Organises the "Cleantech in Connecticut" network. |
| Michelle Park | International Business: MBA - Babson College 2007 | General | Helped coordinate the first Entrepreneurial Energy Expo (4/07) at Babson College; have done some academic projects on geothermal systems; have done general research on renewable energy. |
| Tamin Pechet | Harvard Business School Student, '07 | Energy entrepreneurship, biofuels, clean coal, wind, oil and gas, and coal efficiency | Founded and ran Goldman Sachs E & P Capital, currently working in cleantech venture capital, looking for opportunities to start a business in the space. |
| Sierra Peterson | Graduate Student, Harvard | Policies of energy efficiency and climate change mitigation. Demand-side management in quickly-developing economies and urban infrastructures; renewable energy production in fossil-fuel-exporting states; electricity market regulation; design of regulated systems. | Experience in energy efficiency policy analysis, carbon credit trading system design, EU ETS 2.5 years analytical work at the International Energy Agency in Paris Editor, writer, collaborator on several books and publications regarding energy efficiency and climate change policy. |
| Mike Phillipps | BSEE from WPI; Self-employed entrepreneur | Interested in Stirling engines, heat engines, biofuels, solar thermal & photovoltaics | Experience withembedded system R&D; Currently persuing independent research. |
| Kevin Poulsen | Entrepreneur | All and micropower generation, ultracapacitors, biofuels, hydrogen distribution solutions | Biofuels, algae, CO2 capture. |
| Bogdan Prokopovych | PhD candidate in Business Administration, College of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island | Development of markets for renewable energy | Working on a study of renewable energy market in Rhode Island |
| Matthew Richards | Managing Director, DanePartners | Co-chair, TiE EC SIG (TiE Energy & Cleantech Special Interest Group) | DanePartners provides recruiting services for renewable and clean energy companies |
| Matthew Ritter | Systems Engineering, Olin | The systems-level problem of managing the entire nation's energy production and needs | Interning at Green Mountain Engineering, a sustainability-centered mechanical engineering consulting firm |
| Beth Robinowitz | Stanford University, B.S., Science, Technology and Society; Columbia University, MBA | Renewable Electricity & Fuels; Energy Efficiency and Innovation | Currently: Manager, Project Evaluation & Business Development for Enel North America, Inc., a renewable power producer with over 70 operating projects consisting of Hydroelectric, Wind, Geothermal and Biomass. ENA is a subsidiary of the Italian energy company, Enel SpA, which has ~100,000 MW of generating capacity around the world. |
| Gil Rodgers | Senior Director, Energy Group, Global Insight Inc.; BEE/MS Electrical Engineering; PhD Management Science and Engineering, Stanford; Graduate Certificate in Business, Harvard University | Global climate change, energy and international security, alternative energy sources | At Global Insight, he is a Senior Director of Energy Services with responsibility for developing applications and consulting engagements that address the strategic and tactical issues currently facing energy clients. He directs Global Insight's international forum on global climate change. Prior to joining Global Insight, Dr. Rodgers was a Director with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), where he was responsible for building and managing the company's strategic advisory service for electric transmission, emerging energy technologies, and retail energy. In this role, he developed new strategic information services, multi-client studies, and client proprietary projects that covered a variety of critical topics, including deregulation of electric and gas markets, applications for new energy technologies, market restructuring, and business opportunities for power generation and transmission. |
| Stephen Rubin | Founder and President of MMI a corporation doing business in North America and Europe since 1989. | To identify innovative alternative energy and renewable energy technologies that can be used to launch start-up business ventures. | No prior experience in the energy field. However, I do hope to apply over 17 years of financial success and business skills to deliver commercially viable alternative energy products to the market. |
| Amlan Saha | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Alumni (2007) - studied public policy and international security; currently at M. J. Bradley & Associates. | Energy Security and Geo-politics; Climate Change Legislation | Currently working at M. J. Bradley & Associates, a strategic energy/environment consulting firm in Concord, MA. Conduct strategic, environmental, and policy analyses of U.S. federal energy and climate change legislation. Provide advisory services to public and private sector clients on regulatory and legislative proceedings. |
| Kenneth J. Sauer | B.S. Candidate, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University | Biofuels, fuel cells, wind, solar | Fuel cell research at CGFCC, biogas research at Cornell, biodiesel & ethanol consultation in India. Currently taking courses in wind and solar. Currently constructing a continuous biodiesel processor. |
| Anne-Christelle de Savignac | Analyst, Cimetrics | Energy efficiency in buildings | Currently at Cimetrics. Experience includes continuous commissioning, building performance analysis and optimization, sales of building automation systems, and project development for a performance contracting/energy services company. |
| Dan Sellan | University of Toronto, MASc Candidate, Mechanical Engineering | Energy transport and conversion in solid state devices | Challenge X - University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team Alum. |
| Peter Shannon | Venture Capitalist - Atlas Venture | Venture investor focused on energy and clean technologies as well as enabling business models. | Have been investing in energy and cleantech since 2005, including solar, biofuels, industrial processes, energy storage, and financial instruments. |
| David Shakespeare | Environmental Analyst for MA Department of Environmental Protection Enforcement | Renewable energy and energy efficiency | Member of Massachusetts State Energy Conservation Task Force 2006, established by MA Executive Office for Administration and Finance. Member of Melrose Energy Commission, which advises Mayor of Melrose on optimal ways to reduce energy use and associated costs to the city. Member of MA DEP Sustainability Team and the State Sustainability Council. Publication: "Renewable Energy in Massachusetts: Current and Emerging Regulatory Realities," Proceedings of the 8th World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver, CO, September 2004. |
| Patricio Silva | Consultant. Juris Doctor, University of Arizon | Upstream and downstream petroleum markets, energy efficiency, renewables, alternative fuels for transportation | Extensive federal/state policy advocacy experience. Particular emphasis on energy project siting, particularly for natural gas infrastructure. Current project includes potential alternative fuel options for municipal fleets. |
| Ankit Singhvi | Harvard MBA Student '07 | Cleantech, demand side management, power systems | Energy consulting - biofuels, Finance - Ministry of Power, India. |
| George W. L. Sousa | Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (Virginia Tech, 2004) | Enterprise Design and Renewable Energy Production | Currently coordinating the design and construction of an agroindustrial enterprise devoted to sugar cane ethanol production in Brazil. |
| Nate Soles | Automation and control systems consultant. BSME & Engineering Management- Tufts University | Energy management & efficiency, distributed generation, renewable sources, emerging tech. | Networked load control & automation systems with web based monitoring/management, construction management. |
| Guilherme Sousa | 2008 Babson College MBA Candidate | Areas of energy interest: development of bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas, and solar | Energy-related experience / expertise / current projects: Entrepreneur, working for 2 years on developing a start-up ethanol plant in Brazil. |
| Robert M. Speiser | Boston University, M.A., International Relations and Environmental Policy; Independent Consultant - energy, climate change, and climate change regulation. | Policy mechanisms that encourage widespread renewable energy deployment, Latin American energy security and sustainable development (particularly Chile), utilities and the power market, geothermal energy for district heating, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). | Experience as consultant and intern with Global Insight: worked on carbon footprint model for the American Chemistry Council, analysis on the biofuels boom, provided side-by-side analysis of current US climate change and energy bills, providing detailed assessment of US states' renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS). Also, research at BU on climate change science, econometric models of road energy demand, CDM of Kyoto Protocol, energy security and Chile. |
| Sarayu Srinivasan | Ignition Ventures, Partner | Bio and alternative fuels plus spectrum of energy-related issues in general | Assess, invent, consult, and grow energy companies. |
| Bill Staby | CEO. Resolute Marine Energy Inc. | Wave Energy | Management of start-up technology companies. |
| Jill Stonehouse | Harvard College 2003, cum laude, BA in Economics | Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Microturbine, Fuel Cell, Biomass, etc. I'm interested in mechanical breakthroughs and in networking with engineers and developers to provide financing for their deals. | I do renewable energy tax credit transaction advisory, which includes modeling the complicated tax concepts, sharing connections for debt and equity, and investor due diligence. |
| Josh Suskewicz | Research Associate, Global Research LLC. Alumnus, Harvard University ‘05 | Alternative energy, electric grid, clean coal | Has performed qualitative alternative energy analysis. |
| Georges Sassine | Harvard University -- John Kennedy School of Government. Master in Public Policy (expected graduation 2009). Emphasis: Energy and Infrastructure Finance | Renewables, Oil & Gas, Electricity, Energy Policy, Technology and Markets. | Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering; Interned at 600 MW Electric Power Plant; Woked with: (1) UNDP and Ministry of Energy (solar energy, energy efficiency, demand side management strategy, energy audits); (2) Shell Oil (developed 5-year business strategy for refining operations and development of offshore oil & gas discoveries.) (3) American Enteprise Institute for Public Policy Research (energy policy: research and analysis of Coal to Liquids) (4) Environmental and Energy Study Institute (energy and climate policy: researched and analysed carbon taxes, carbon markets -- cap and trade system, coal to liquids and carbon capture and sequestration technologies). |
| Sneha Sriwastava | M.S Energy Engineering(Solar option) at University of Massachusetts Lowell | Green buildings, Energy efficiency | Worked on energy efficient building materials at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India. Worked for RENET (Network for Renewable Energy Research for the Built Environment and Technology Transfer). Am participating in the ongoing projects in green buildings at UML. |
| Elliot Swan | Former Venture Capitalist with TD Capital Ventures and Intel. Former Senior Marketing and Business Development executive with Intel. MBA, University of Chicago. BS, EE, Princeton | Energy efficiency/intelligent management, cellulosic ethanol technologies | Software and systems technology. Experienced executive looking for leadership role in an early stage energy company. |
| Christine A. Telyan | HBS, MBA 2009 | General energy interest but specifically the global gas market; energy efficiency technologies; how to bring new technologies to market; financial strategies for risk mitigation; advanced oil/gas recovery techniques | Previously worked for the Russian & Caspian Energy Group and the Global Oil Group at Cambridge Energy Research Associates. |
| Jodi Tucker | COO, Lighthouse Academies | Varied, sources of alternative energy | Attorney, entrepreneur |
| Katya Varlamova | Financial strategy and business development professional, Fordham MBA in Finance, 2000. | alternative energy | Valued oil and gas projects. Interested in the alternative energy projects and start-up companies. |
| David Vatalaro | SQA, Automation and Customer Support Experience. MSEE 1993 from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell. | Alternative Energy Generation, Photovoltaics, Wind Power, Conservation | Member of the UMass - Lowell Solar Club. Graduate School - Concentrated in Power Electronics - Alternative Energy. My theseis topic was a Photovoltaic Supplemented Automobile Battery Charger. I designed and built a data acquisition and control system to allow photovoltaics(solar panels) to charge an automobile battery and take data on the power from the photovoltaics and alternator and power going from the car battery to the car. |
| Karina Veliz | BU, MA in Energy and Environment Student | Energy Policy, Renewable Energy and Power Markets. | Energy-related experience: 5 years of experience in the Chilean Energy sector. Worked for 2 years for the Chilean Energy Commission, the government institution that regulates the energy sector, doing regulatory work. Worked for 3 years for the main Chilean Oil Company and also worked as consultant. |
| Dylan Voorhees | Harvard Masters Student, Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government | ||
| Nick Wachtel | Lux Capital | Coal, Nuclear, Alternative Fuels, Electrification of automotives, Solar, Small portable power, Lighting efficiency, Investments in early stage energy companies. | |
| Yu-Ann Wang | Economics major Biology minor, AB Harvard College 2008 | Solar PVs, algae, cellulosic ethanol, wind and wave power | Alternative energy tutorial |
| Mark Warner | Carpenter | Green building and alternative energy | Experienced in green building techniques. Seeking to increase knowledge of all forms of alternative energy. |
| Clinton White | MBA Candidate, Babson College (2008) | Renewable Generation (Solar and Wind) | 2008 Co-President of Babson's Energy and Environmental Club. Net Impact CGI rep at Babson College. |
| Sam White | -- | Off-grid renewable energy and PPA's in US. | Helped launch 2 MIT based energy start-ups - Redwood Power (CoGen) and Promethean Power (cold storage for off-grid farms using passive solar and biomass). |
| R. Scott Whittemore | Manager of Energy Supply & Planning for the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, Taunton, MA 02780 | New technology generation resources, advances in the renewable resource technologies especially PV & deep geothermal, power portfolio analysis using Monte Carlo / stochastic modeling | 25 Years in the electric utility production resource business, 2 Years with nuclear submarine power systems, expertise with Monte Carlo / stochastic analysis. |
| JJ Williams | J & J Enterprises | All areas | Saving/monitoring energy through home automation electronics. |
| Claire Willscher | Harvard School of Public Health: MS Environmental Health | Renewable Energy | None |
| Anthony Winiewicz | Principal, AEW Engineering and Design | Interested in building a new company focused on renewable energy | Entered 2005 Ignite Clean Energy Competition. |
| Felipe Witchger | Notre Dame BA in Energy Studies and Economics; CERA Environmental Strategy Intern | Carbon Markets (and other CO2 mitigation options); Sustainability of Biofuels; Energy and Development in Latin America; Ecological Economics; Efficiency and Conservation | Cambridge Energy Research Associates - Tracked Dynamics of the SO2 and NOx allowance markets, Forecasted CO2 emissions from power generation sector, RGGI Analysis (Leakage, Auctions, Offsets); Notre Dame Energy Center - Fellowship to study the Brazilian Ethanol Industry--Sao Paulo Ethanol Summit 2007, Cellulosic Ethanol Summit 2006, Curriculum development for Energy Policy Seminars in Washington 2007 |
| Xiaolu Yu | Harvard PhD student | Climate and air pollution science and policy, energy policy and energy engineering (boosting energy efficiency and averting global climate crisis, addressing energy-related environmental or supply security issues, and hence correspondingly helping integrate sustainability into investing). | Two years as a research assistant and master/Ph.D candidate at University of Toronto, with a background in geophysical fluid dynamics, leading a modern climate change simulation with focus on Northern Hemisphere mid and high latitude. Ph.D. student at Harvard Environmental Sciences and Engineering working on man-made air pollution and climate interactions in order to track down sources of various pollutants and try to figure out approaches to reduce them. |
| Melissa Zgola | Ventures Intern, Conservation Law Foundation. BS, Environmental Engineering and French, Cornell University | Solar and wind, especially how to make these energy sources financially appealing | Preparing to work on solar oven design and production in Senegal for summer 2006. |
| Oleg Zhdaneev | Senior Research Scientist, Schlumberger Doll Research, Cambridge, MA; Physics PhD, General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow | International oil and natural gas market, trends and forecasts; nonconventional energy sources (including nonconventional oil reservoirs); CO2 sequestration; oilfield service technology; international and national oil companies; energy market in developing countries | Direct involvement in new Wireline technology implementation in North and Barents seas; New technologies development for formation evaluation (novel sensors for oilfield service). |
| Lillian Zhao | Harvard KSG '06; Booz Allen Hamilton | Renewables | Consulted to Expansion Capital Partners, a cleantech VC firm |
| Lincy Zhu | Master of Public Administration / Int'l Development, Havard Kennedy School of Government | Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Environmental Policy in Developing Countries | As president of Peking University Entreprenuer Asso., promoted green business projects, such as solar battery and automobile end-gas nano-purifying-catalyst. Three-year working experience in venture capital/private equity field; have envolved in environmental or energy-related investment cases, e.g. trans-genetic grass, iron ore processing plant, mongolia wind farm, etc. |
| Carmen Zimmer | Analyst, The NorthBridge Group | All (but especially renewables and oil) | Energy consulting experience in the electricity industry |