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 |
| Tom Atkinson | Sloan MBA ’94; Currently at EnerNOC |
Wind, conservation, demand management | Currently working at EnerNOC. Previously developed a project to replace diesel generators with wind and solar in remote island in the South Pacific. |
| Janeen Ault | Course 16, BS, Class of 1995; IT Software Manager, Accenture | Renewable energy in general | |
| Jessy Baker | SB Mechanical Engineering; Photovoltaics Manufacturing Engineer, Evergreen Solar |
Solar, wind, low impact hydro | Currently working at Evergreen Solar at a photovoltaics manufacturing engineer. Several energy courses at U.C. Berkeley. Masters thesis at U.C. Berkeley in energy scavenging. |
| Sara Banas | CMI Alum, MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development; Energy Consultant, The Cadmus Group |
Market transformation and social impacts of technology | Currently works as an energy consultant at The Cadmus Group. Contractor to EPA’s Energy Star program, working on vending machines, vent fans, water coolers, and the Change a Light campaign. Masters dissertation in using UK renewables to power desalination. |
| Karl Bergey | MS Aeronautical Engineering '51; Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO, Bergey Windpower |
Wind turbine design, the environment, and staying afloat during the difficult times for wind power | Founder of largest small-scale wind power company in the U.S. |
| David Berry | BS Neuroscience ’00, Ph.D, Bioengineering ’05; Principal, Flagship Ventures / Medical Student, HST |
Biological production of energy sources, particularly hydrogen, ethanol, methane, and biodiesel | Former CSO and co-founder of Biological Energy Corporation (biological production of hydrogen). |
| Karl Bergey | Aero/Astro '51; Founder/CEO, Bergey Windpower Co., Inc |
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| Sean Biggs | MS TPP ‘00; Energy Consultant, Navigant Consulting |
Finance, strategy, and R&D management | Currently at Navigant Consulting. Six years of strategy, finance, and operations experience in a broad range of industries, including electric power, transportation, IT services, biotech, and manufacturing. Current focus is helping corporations, government agencies, and investors understand the opportunities and risk in the energy sector – primarily with distributed generation and renewable energy technologies. |
| Ion Bita | PhD, Mat. Sci. '06 | Photovoltaics, fuel cells, energy storage | Advanced experience with conrolling the propagation and interaction of light with nanostructured materials, and with fabrication of nano-structured materials (organic and organic/inorganic hybrids. Worked on conductive polymers with Prof. Timothy Swager, and on organic optoelectronics at Dupont as a Graduate Student Intern |
| Jason Black | PhD ESD '05; GE Global Energy Research |
Electricity demand response, renewables, distributed generation, regulation | MIT dissertation on the adoption of demand response technologies. Focused on both the technical integration of load controls and the economic and political frameworks necessary for implementation. |
| David Boccuti | BSME, Mechanical Engineering '79; Engineering Manager at local medical device firm |
Wind power, wave/tidal power | Not much. Working with Sustainable Arlington's Wind Power sub-group. |
| Tim Brantley | Economics - BS '04; Natural Gas Analyst, Wood Mackenzie |
Natural gas, energy markets, generation, renewables, hydrogen, entrepreneurship, and storage | Just recently transistioned into the energy industry doing natural gas research at Wood Mackenzie. Main focus is on market. (www.woodmac.com). |
| Jim Butler | Aero Astro – SB ’85; SM ’87CTO, Cimetrics Inc |
Building control systems, building energy efficiency, building-utility communication | CTO of Cimetrics Inc. Development of the BACnet protocol for building control systems, and creations of a BACnet product testing program for an industry association. Development of Cimetrics’ Infometrics service for building owners, which involves long-term data collection, analysis, and reporting. |
| Haracio Caperan | Sloan Fellow MBA ’97; Managing Director, East Coast USA and Canada, CORFO (The Chilean Economic Development Organization; Managing Director, Fusionview LLC |
Renewable energy (biomass), biofuels | Currently working on identifying biomass-focused companies on the East Coast that may be interested in existing biomass/biofuel projects and companies that are based in Chile. |
| Ashley Catalano | Neuroscience, 2006 |
Renewable/Sustainable energy; Biological production of energy sources, e.g. ethanol, methane, biodiesel; Nuclear power; Energy policy; Environmental regulation | Courses in Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22) at MIT; RA for Head of Plasma Technology Division at MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, focusing on development of plasma fuel reformation technology and ethanol boosting automotive technology to increase fuel efficiency, reduce reliance on non-renewable resources (particularly foreign oil) and reduce environmental pollutants. |
| Todd Chamoy | BS Biology 1998 and BS Art and Design 1999; Currently an Associate at Industrial Economics, Inc. |
Sustainability/Renewable Energy, Green Building, Energy Economics | Graduate school internship for Renewable Ventures, LLC, in San Francisco. I developed financial models of potential solar projects for an investment fund designed to take advantage of the generous rebates and tax incentives available for renewable energy projects. |
| Kyeongaje (KJ) Cho | PhD in Physics / 1994 / Associate Professor at University of Texas at Dallas. | Nanomaterials modeling for energy technology | Founder of Nanostellar Inc. (http://www.nanostellar.com); Modeling of nanocatalysts for clean energy applications including biomass to liquid fuel technology; Research project on biomass to produce ethanol through biomass gasification and syngas-to-ethanol synthesis. |
| Anne Clemencon | MS Mechanical Engineering ’05 | Lithium batteries, nuclear fusion, renewable energy | Worked on cathode materials for rechargeable Li batteries at MIT. Research internship at French research center (Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique) in nuclear fusion. |
| Ian M. Collier | BS ME, 2005 | Renewable energy collection, storage, and transmission | Mechanical Engineer, Bose Corp. |
| Keith Collins | MIT Alum: SB '70 / CEO, PhyTrust | Renewable/sustainable energy solutions, particularly those with a biological basis (biofuels, biomass, biological carbon sequestration, etc.) | Planning to invest in some demonstration/prototype systems over the next year or so |
| Brian Crounse | MS Environmental Engineering | Carbon emission trading, solar, biofuels | MIT masters thesis on carbon sequestration. |
| Reuben Cummings | MIT Alum | President Emeritus, e-club. | |
| Thomas Curry | MS, TPP '04Policy Analyst at M.J. Bradley & Associates | Climate change policy, technology innovation, carbon capture and storage, public opinion. | Currently providing strategy support to electric generating companies on changes in federal, state, and regional climate policy. |
| Henri Daher | Principal Analyst, Transmission Regulation, National Grid - Sloan 2002 | Hydrocarbons, Electricity, Renewable, New Energy Technologies (Basically all areas of Energy) | More than 12 years of experience in all sorts of Energy |
| Anand Daniel | MBA’2007, Currently a Senior Associate at IDG Ventures Boston | Solar, Energy Storage, Energy Intelligence | Currently looking at investments in the Clean Energy space. Was an event lead for the first ever MIT Energy Conference in 2006. |
| Bahman Daryanian | Mech Eng, PhD '89 / MS '80 / BS '77, Technology and Policy, MS '87Senior Consultant, R. W. Beck, Inc. | Electric power systems, electricity market development, electricity market modeling, US and European electricity markets, renewable energy, demand response, environmenal regulation, clean coal technology, real time pricing. | 18 years in the energy/electricity area. Currently Senior Consultat, energy practice, R. W. Beck, Inc. Previously at PA Consulting Group, PHB (Putnam Hayes and Bartlette) Hagler Bailly, Hagler Bailly Consulting, and Tabors Caramanis and Associates. Experience with North American and European electricity markets modeling, electricity price forecasting, generation and transmission asset valuation, nodal LMP market and congestion analysis, FTR valuation, Market Power analysis, renewable energy, environmental regulation impact analysis, Real Time Pricing (RTP), and Demand Response under RTP. Also worked as a USAID advisor to the National Energy Commission of Ukraine in 1998, and a USAID Resident Advisor on development of Russia's Wholesale Electricity Market (1994-1997). |
| Steve Derezinski | MIT Alum, '90 SB Course 2, '06 Sloan Fellow; Advisor/Consultant to Technology Startups, University spinouts | Volunteer for the New England Clean Energy Council; Judge for the MIT CEEP; Mentor for the ICE Competition | |
| Norm Doelling | SB Physics ’53, SM Electrical Engineering ‘55 | Alternative energy, nuclear, end of oil and gas | Mostly retired. Still on investment committee of a small investment company in Portsmouth, NH and investment committee of the oldest investment club in Boston (51 years). |
| David desJardins | SB EECS ’83 | Building efficiency | |
| Cankut Durgun | MIT Alum: SB Economics '07, SB Management '07 | Renewable energy and energy efficiency | Transitioning into energy field. Energy courses. |
| Craig Edelstein | MIT Sloan Fellow, MBA 2006 -- currently job hunting | Generally interested in Cleantech/renewables as well as efficiency plays and policy related issues on all. Main focus is on the VC/financing side. | No previous experience |
| Peter Evans | PhD Political Science '05; Postdoc LFEE '05-'06Director, Global Oil/ Research Director CERA Global Energy Scenarios Forum, CERA |
Global energy markets and geopolitics | General Manager, Global Strategy and Planning, GE Energy |
| Dan Feng | MS EECS ’89Director, Biodefense Corporation | Solar, wind, and tidal energy | Some consulting for solar energy companies. |
| Ian Finlayson | MCP DUSP '05MA State Sustainability Program Manager, MA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs | Energy efficiency and conservation, renewables (esp wind, solar, biomass) | Currently working with state facilities in MA to promote broader adoption and implementation of energy, waste, and water conservation measures. Also provising technical assistance and funding support for wind and solar feasibility studies and installations in parternshi with "Clean Air-Cool Planet" and the Mass Technology Collaborative (MTC). Previous energy related experience includes work on sustainable design best practices for large affordable housing developer. |
| Jay Fiske | SM Mechanical Engineering ’98, Sloan MBA ’98Venture Capitalist | Photovoltaics, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, wind, wave, tidal, biomass, biodiesel, power control, power conditioning, engine design, and energy management and storage technologies | Principal in the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund. The Fund invests in a broad range of emerging power generation, storage, and management technologies. Currently has 5 companies in portfolio – 2 solar, 2 fuel cell, and one hydrogen reforming company. www. Massgreenenergy.com. |
| Aidan Foley | SM Real Estate ’03Real Estate Development | Wind and photovoltaics, finance and development of renewable projects | None |
| Kim Francis | Course 6, ’78 | I am working with my husband to design a radiant heating system in the basement using glycol solar collectors and to power our outside lighting with PV arrays. | I manage engineers for a golf ball company in New Bedford MA, am a memeber of ASES, and treasurer for the MIT Club of SE Mass. |
| Hudson Gilmer | MBA 2006; Director of Sales and Marketing, EnvaPower | Energy Services; Distributed Generation; Power Markets; Renewables & Carbon/Emissions Trading. | Former Director of Marketing for EnerNOC; Founder of PowerSentinel - MIT 100K Business Plan Competition Semifinalist. |
| David Golombek | MIT Alum: SB Computer Science '98 / Senior Software Engineer | Energy efficiency, solar and wind, entrepreneurship | No direct experience, past work with embedded and real-time computer control systems. |
| Steve Griffiths | MIT PhD, ChemE (2002), MIT Sloan MBA (2004); Exec. Vice President Operations, Light Pharma Inc.; Research Associate, MIT Technology Development Program | All renewable energy technologies as well as energy conservation strategies. Particular interests are renewable energy innovation and investment with emphasis on biofuels, solar and marine renewable energy technologies. | Currently a Research Associate with MIT Technology Development Program working on establishment of sustainable and renewable energy research at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates). Also on the business advisory board of Resolute Marine Energy, a startup company developing wave energy technologies. |
| Joshua Grochow | SB Course 6-3 and 18, MEng Course 6. Currently a graduate student in CS at U. Chicago. | Power grids; policy and economics of energy | None |
| Daniel Grunberg | President, Chainwave Systems/MIT Alum: EECS, SB and MS '83, PhD '86 | Private investor, consultant to startups, software, semiconductors, and general business experience. A member of the local investor group CommonAngels. | |
| Pradeep Gupta | MBA, Sloan Fellow '06Partner, WireFree Ventures | Renewable energy, cleantech, wireless power | Leading energy practice for venture and buyout related transactions. |
| Christopher Hansen | SM TPP ‘03Associate Director, Global Power Group, CERA | ||
| Mark Hanson | SB Mech Eng '65Systems Engineer, MIT-Lincoln Labs | Reducing fossil fuel use. Building energy efficiency. | Multiple home energy reduction projects executed on own home. |
| Christopher Hardin | SM TPP ‘04 Project Engineer, Select Energy Services | Building technologies, power generation, distributed energy | Project engineer at Select Energy Services, energy services company. Evaluate energy usage and recommend and develop energy efficiency measures for industry, commercial, and university customers. Experience performing evaluations of energy savings projects, identifying and developing energy conservation measures, providing energy savings calculations, developing project cost estimates, and preparing project documentation. |
| John Hodges | MIT Alum, BS Earth and Planetary Sciences '83Faculty Research Assistant, Boston University Center for Remote Sensing | Sustainable energy alternatives including extra-terrestrial resources, energy storage/delivery systems, energy beyond peak oil, and minimally energy intensive irrigation and desalinization technologies. | Former petroleum (oil & gas) and mineral exploration geophysicist, current NASA EOS biogeographer & global albedo modeler, high ground, high latitute landowner. MBTA, cyclist, pedestrian commuter. |
| Jeff Hovis | Principal at Product Genesis, Strategic Innovation Consulting; SB Chemistry, MIT 1978; SM Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1980 | Alternative, bio-based fuels, alternative transportation power systems, renewable energy sources, biotechnology-based energy solutions; green buildings | Technology, Market and Innovation Strategy Consulting. Expertise in: innovation roadmapping for alternative fuels and power systems for vehicles; bio-based fuel conversion technologies; light-weight portable power systems; market and technology feasibility for green power systems; innovation ROI for green construction practices, technology roadmap for wheaning petro-based industries off fossil fuels. |
| Qichao Hu | PhD in Applied Physics (Harvard), BS in Physics (MIT 07) | Photovoltaics for solar cell applications and energy storage devices. | None. |
| Shaheer Hussam | SB’03 Mechanical EngineeringEnerNOC | Energy ventures | Currently working at EnerNOC in its corporate development group. Previously was an associate at the MA Green Energy Fund, focusing on technology and company due diligence. Prior to MGEF, was in the Energy Markets practice at ICF International. Other work has included the design of a PV system in rural Haiti with the MIT LFEE and the Edgerton Center D-Lab, green design engineering with EMO Energy, energy economics research at ETH-Zurich, and project management with Shell Oil at an oil and gas business program in Spain. Started out analyzing energy markets (electricity, natural gas) for Levitan & Associates. |
| Tod Hynes | SB Management Science ’03Director of Alternative Energy, Citizens Energy | New ventures, energy efficiency, wind, solar, biofuels, plug-in hybrids, distributed generation, and demand response | Responsible for developing business strategy and managing operations of Citizens' wind power development company and for reviewing new alternative energy business opportunities. Managed site acquisition and project development for all of Citizens' wind projects and managed strategic partnerships with international wind development companies, U.S Tribes, and Canadian First Nations. |
| Marcie Karty | PhD, MEng, SB EECS '03/'95/'94CEO, Band Gap Engineering | High efficiency photovoltaics | 13+ years of research experience in electro-optics, semiconductors and solar cells. Interested in nanotechnology and organic electronics applied to photovoltaics. Currently working on a project to utilize interfaces to build intermediate band photovoltaics (and LEDs). |
| Shawn Kelly | MIT Alum, PhD '04 EECS; Currently Visiting Scientist at MIT | Technical feasibility of renewable energy, energy delivery | Electrical engineer; circuit designer; worked on power management circuitry and thermal energy scavenging. |
| Lauren Killian | Mechanical Engineering – BS and MSResearcher, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Nuclear and general interest in other energy technologies | Currently works in research for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Thesis on oil field development. |
| Arnold Kim | BS CS '02,Project Manager, Mok3 Inc. (MIT 3D graphics startup) | All areas of renewable energy, including solar, wind, distributed energy. | Currently transitioning into this field. |
| Tom Klein | BS, Business Management '80, MS SSM '81Entrepreneur | Interested in all areas of renewable energy, especially PV | Worked as grad student at MIT Energy Lab on commercialization of PV. Served as Exec VP of optics company (Optical Filter Corp), founder and CEO of optical sensor company (SensArray) and founder and Exec VP of biotech company (Bionaut Pharmaceuticals). Currently investigating several startup opportunities in the renewable energy area. |
| Dino Konstantopoulos | MIT degree and year, Current occupation: PostDoc, Nuclear Engineering, 1999. Currently with the MITRE Corporation | Solar energy, batteries, fuel cells | Current project: solar-cell powered dirigible |
| Matthew Lackner | SM Mechanical Engineering ‘05PhD student at Umass Amherst in Wind Power | Wind power, renewables in general | Studying wind energy at renewable energy research laboratory at Umass Amhertst. Research focuses on efficient and accurate estimation of local wind resource for wind power development. |
| Luis Laguna | Sloan MBA ’04 | Project Finance; Renewable Energy (biomass, wind, biofuels) | VP and Founding Partner, Boston National Capital Partners Inc. Specialized in arranging project financing (debt and equity) for renewable energy projects in emerging markets. Currently arranging debt and equity financing for a 2x10MW biomass-fired power plant in India |
| Minh Le | MIT Alum: SB Physics '95, SM EECS '97Manager of Technical Staff, Device Design and Analysis, Evergreen Solar | Photovoltaics and alternative energy | Operational experience at medium sized technology companies and board level and advisory experience with several startups. Currently work on technologies for efficiency improvement of solar cells. |
| Monica Lewis | SB, Aero Astro '06Manufacturing Consultant, Stroud Consulting | Small scale renewable energy generation, energy in the developing world. Also energy efficient/green buildings. | At MIT, worked on a parabolic solar engine in Lesotho and did research on green buildings on college campuses. |
| Jessica Lin | Course 6-2, '99, KSG Grad Student, MPP Candidate | Renewables, oil and gas | Biodiesel, oil and gas strategic sourcing projects |
| Henry Link | Mechanical Engineering Alum Principal, Enviro Energy Connections | Energy policy and renewable energy | Principal, Enviro Energy Connections, Hartford, CT. 860-953-7611 |
| Douglas Lopes | MIT Sloan MBA '07 | Renewable Energy and Biofuel, including ethanol and biodiesel. | Worked for 5 years at GM and FIAT during the introduction of Flex Fuel models. |
| Devon Manz | MIT Alum, S.M. Mech. Eng.'05, Sloan Automotive Laboratory | Energy security, climate change policies, renewable energy, automotive | Studied engine oil aeration at the Sloan Automotive Lab (Masters in Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 2005). Studied technologies and policies to address the energy security challenge (Masters in Technology Policy, U of Cambridge, 2006). |
| Tim McCaffery | MIT Alum: Sloan MBA '06Independent consultant/entrepreneur | Sustainable/renewable energy systems, carbon trading, distributed generation | Interned at Protonex, a MA fuel cell company. Worked on technology and market strategy for fuel cells. |
| Derek Mess | MIT Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 1989; research engineer | IGCC, SOFC, carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, high temperature materials, tar sands, petroleum and reservoir engineering, energy economics | Two years working for Amoco and Imperial Oil on tar sands projects; 6+ years developing ceramic materials for gas turbine thermal barrier coatings and solid oxide fuel cells. Studied CO2 acceptors in doctoral research. |
| Glenn Nedwin | Masters Sloan Management of Technology '87CSO, Executive VP, President - Biosciences Division, Dyadic International, Inc. | All alternative energy (to petroleum) areas, especially biofuels | $18 million Department of Energy subcontract/4 years developing cost efficient enzymes for cellulosic company. Biomass to ethanol process. |
| Frederyk Ngantung | Applied Ventures LLC, MIT Alum Course 10, PhD 2005 | Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Battery | Active investment in a number of energy start-ups |
| Ron Norman | BS Economics '86 Energy Industry Consultant, PA Consulting. | Electric power and fuel market issues. | Energy industry consultant, specializing in electric power, natural gas and coal issues, focused on markets/business end, for past 20 years. |
| Tom O'Donnell | GM 2003 (MIT Sloan); Director, Business Development TIAX LLC; todonnel@tiaxllc.com | Alternative energy technologies, energy efficiency, innovative energy management models | Currently Dir., Business Development for TIAX LLC (formerly Arthur D. Little Company). Technology areas include batteries, fuel cells, alternative energies (e.g., biomass), advanced materials, P/HEV technologies, engine / drive train technologies, energy efficient building systems (e.g., HVAC, refrigeration, etc.). |
| Ayo Olagundoye | SB, EECS '69, Sloan MBA '74 / Banking Industry | Developments in energy resources for application in Nigeria | Currently working in finance and financial management for a proposed independent (thermal) power plant in Nigeria with 2 other MIT alums. Worked as an engineer with GE and Honeywell. Recently retired from banking industry after 30 year and was CEO for 15 years. |
| Etienne Parent | SM, Nuclear Engineering / Energy Consultant | Nuclear, coal, and gas power generation. | Currently working as consultant in engineering, sourcing, and management of power plant construction projects. Advanced nuclear fuel cycles. Power plant economics. Standards and incentive programs for energy efficiency and renewables. |
| Anish Parikh | BS Aero/Astro '02 Founder, Wind Turbine Startup | Renewable energy | Currently in process of founding wind turbine startup business in Southern California. |
| Sara Passone | MIT AlumRisk Management, BP | ||
| Naimish Patel | BS and MEng 1996 Electrical Engineering | Photovoltaics, LED-based lighting, Fuel cells, Alternative fuels | Little, but growing. |
| Linda Plano | MIT Alum: SB Physics '82Associate Director, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center | Renewable energy, conservation, entrepreneurship in renewable energy, communication of renewable energy issues to the public | PhD materials work on GaAs solar cells at Stanford University. Organizer for MIT Enterprise Forum Energy Special Interest Group. Director, Massachusetts’ Ignite Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. |
| Chris Porter | Sloan MBA ’05; currently covering the solar power sector with PHOTON Consulting in Boston | Solar, renewables, energy project finance, capital markets | Covered upstream developments in the North American natural gas industry for CERA; focused on power generation fuel markets, climate change and competitive retail power markets as a Senior Associate in the Energy and Environment practice at Charles River Associates; now writing research and consulting on demand-related issues in the solar power sector |
| Ashley Predith | MIT Alum, PhD materials science and engineering '06 | Renewables, energy policy, local environmental initiatives | Thesis on materials for solid oxide fuel cells, internship at Synapse Energy Economics. |
| Brett Prince | Sloan MBA ‘05 | Currently at General Electric. | |
| Randolph Scott Punter | MIT Alum, B.S. Architecture (Building Technologies) '04; Energy Efficiency Engineer, Demand Management Institute (Newton, MA) | Building energy efficiency | Currently works for Demand Management Institute (in Newton, Massachusetts) as an Energy Efficiency Engineer. Main job concerns energy modeling and analysis for Utility companies (National Grid, NStar) and A/E/C clients. Some previous work in the energy field and cost analysis in an internship at MIT Facilities. |
| Michael Raab | PhD Chemical Engineering ‘05Founder, Agrivida. | Biomass processing | Founder of Agrivida, a biotech company out of MIT focused on cellulosic ethanol technology. |
| Jonathan Raab | MIT Alum: PhD DUSP ‘92President, Raab Associates | Energy consulting/dispute resolution | Founder and President of Raab Associates, Ltd, an energy and environmental dispute resolution firm. Prior to starting Rab Associates over 15 years ago was Assistant Director of the Electric Power Division at the MA PUC. Has taught at Stanford, University of Oregon, UMAss Boston, and MIT. Has worked on Cape Wind, RGGI, and has run the Restructuring (Electricity) Roundtable for over a decade in New England. |
| Tali Rapaport | MS Engineering '05 (Harvard / MIT); Matrix Partners | Energy Ventures | Interested in investing in energy-related companies. At MIT, worked on Natural Gas project scoping out viable potential placement in the New England area. Previously at Goldman Sachs financing companies in related fields. |
| Matt Rechtin | MIT Alum, BS Economics ‘99Managing Director in Structured Finance, William J. Mayer Securities, LLC | Wind, photovoltaics, biomass, coal & sequestration, and energy efficiency | Strong personal interest. |
| Joshua Reinert | S.M. Technology and Policy, 2005 | Treatment of Uncertainty, Energy Policy, Risk Perception and Communication, Decision Theory. | Currently Nuclear Risk Analysis Engineer, Areva. |
| Archie Roberts | SB, Political Science '92 Leadership development consulting | Conservation, renewable energy, environmentally responsible policies | No professional experience in energy. Keen personal interest in energy sector and hoping to transition into field. |
| Karen E. Robinson | EECS M.Eng 2003 | Batteries & electrical power systems | 2 yrs as EE for APC working on on-line Uninterruptable Power Supplies (power stages; lead-acid batteries); 2.5 yrs as Sr. EE for Bluefin Robotics working on (lithium-polymer) batteries and on motor drive systems, in addition to other robotic design. |
| Ravi Sakhuja | ScD Mech. Engg 1971 | Founder and CEO 81-96 of Tecogen, a packaged cogeneration and gas fired Chiller manufacturer; a subsidiary of Thermo Electron | Interested in Energy conservation, efficient utilization, packaged cogeneration and small scale power generation. |
| Bryan Sanderson | Senior Market Analsyt, Invenergy LLC; 1996 SB Chemical Engineering, 1998 MS Chemical Engineering Practice | I'm interested in cleantech and renewables in general. | My current position is focused on wind power development. As I finish up my MBA (from Kellogg) this spring I'll be heading back to the Boston area, and would like to get plugged in to renewables in the northeast. |
| Ram Sekar | MIT Alum: MS in TPP, ME '06 Motorola (energy) | Electricity markets, technology, and economics | 5 years of analysis, financing and project development experience with Independent Power Providers in South Asia. At MIT, worked on real options valuation of carbon capture ready power plants. |
| Yoav Shapira | MS in Engineering Management, 2005 | Entrepreneurship, energy technology | Director, Search Marketing Technology HubSpot, Inc. |
| Lori Simpson | MIT Alum: TPP '06Constellation New Energy | Coal and water Issues | At MIT, researched coal use and technologies in India. |
| Jim Staudt | MIT Alum: Mechanical Engineering, SM '86 & PhD '87Principal, Andover Technology Partners | Cost and performance of air pollution control technologies from combustion sources | Principal/ownder of Andover Technology Partners, a consulting business that works primariliy in the field of air pollution control. http://www.andovertechnology.com. Consulting clients include US EPA and state governments, air pollution control technology suppliers, US DOE, power plant owners, and investors. Important areas of technical interest include: mercury control from coal-fired power plants, NOx control from power plants. |
| Kim Stevenson | BS Physics 1986, MCP Urban Planning 1993 | Renewable energy, sustainable product design & manufacturing, green building | Over 10 years experience in product innovation and commercialization strategies consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. Work has focused on developing new products, improving current products, and on reducing costs, energy consumption and environmental impact. Areas of expertise include: batteries, fuel cells, electrolytic supercapacitors, monitoring and control of large manufacturing systems, consumer products. |
| Richard Stuebi | MIT Alum Econ '84, BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement, The Cleveland Foundation | ||
| Stacy Swider | BS Course 3 1989 (Materials Science & Engineering) | Areas of interest: solar, storage, coal, efficiency, startups, investing | Fuel cells, entrepreneurship |
| Hemant Taneja | Operations Research, Sloan School of Management; MEng EECS; BS Mathematics; BS EECS; BS Biology and Biomedical EngineeringHead of Energy Practice, General Catalyst. | Energy ventures | Head of Energy Practice for General Catalyst, a Cambridge-based venture capital group investing in new and existing technology businesses. |
| Milind Tavshikar | SM 06, MIT Sloan Fellow, CEO at QuantumID Technologies, a hi-tech start-up that provides secure wireless data storage systems compatible with RFID. | Solar, Photovoltaic, Flexible Solar Panels, Polymer Solar Cells | My company has Designed and Developed Products that use Felxible PVs, we are actively involved in research areas related to polymer PVs. |
| Anton Teodorescu | Sloan '85 - M.S. Management; IBM - Partner, Venture Capital Group, Acting as the link between IBM, the VC Community and its Invested Portfolio Companies. | Looking for areas of synergy between Clean Tech and IBM. | None. |
| Steven Tobias | Materials Science and Engineering – BS ’02 and MS ’05 Consultant, Navigant Consulting’s Energy Practice | Energy efficiency, energy policy | Studied novel internal architectures for lithium-ion batteries for MIT masters thesis. Since joining Navigant Consulting, has worked on multiple projects in the field of distributed generation, renewable energy, electricity transmission and distribution R & D, and carbon sequestration. One current project provides technical support for the Massachusetts Distributed Generation Collaborative (http://www.masstech.org/policy/dgcollab). |
| Ron Todd | SB,SM Electrical Engineering, 1975; Technology and business consultant | Renewable energy production: geothermal, wind, solar | I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've founded and run operations in semiconductors, instrumentation, computing, testing, imaging and technology consulting. I'm exploring renewable energy for disruptive technologies upon which a successful new venture can be formed. |
| Alicia Volpicelli | EECS – BS ’98 and M.Eng ’00Researcher, Lincoln Laboratories | Wind power | Currently working on lasercom terminals at Lincoln Laboratory. Skill set is primarily in controls, at line between mechanical and electrical engineering. Hoping to get back to school to do research on wind turbines. |
| Libby Wayman | MS Mechanical Engineering '06Founder, Synergetic Power Systems | Offshore wind power, solar power for the developing world | Currently working with Synergetic Power Systems, an MIT development startup building and installing solar concentrator electric power devices in Africa. Performed MIT masters work on stability of floating offshore wind platforms. |
| Trevor Wende | Sloan MBA ’05Senior Associate, McKinsey | All alternative energy, energy technology, energy efficiency, Climate change, carbon sequestration | Worked in 2 alternative energy start-ups and am now a consultant withing McKinsey's GEM (global energy and materials) practice specializing in alternative energy. |
| David Willis | Research Scientist, Aero/Astro, MIT; PhD. 2006, Aero/Astro, MIT. | Wind, Wave, Tidal, Hydro, Sustainable International Development, etc. | |
| Alexander Wissner-Gross | MIT Alum (SB 2003 Physics, SB 2003 Electrical Science and Engineering, SB 2003 Mathematics); Current occupation: Hertz Fellow in Physics at Harvard University | Energy and information technology | Co-founder of The CO2Stats Project (www.co2stats.com), Winner of the 2007 Dan David Prize Scholarship for Future Energy applications. |
| Ed Woll | SB Mechanical Engineering '35Aircraft Gas Turbines (retired) | Energy in general | Member, National Academy of Engineering. |
| Valerie Wong | BS Atmospheric Science and Meteorology ‘06Energy Trading, Total Gas & Power | Renewable energy, renewable energy policy | Working as an energy trader for Total Gas & Power in London. |
| James Worden | Mechanical Engineering '89 CEO, Solectria Renewables | Grid-tied renewables, specifically grid tied solar inverters | Currently CEO of Solectria Renewables, a grid-tied inverter manufacturer. Experience with electric vehicles, solar PV, PV inverters. |
| Trent Yang | 2003, MS Aero/Astro, TPP; Currently - Venture Capital | Solar, wind, clean coal, biofuel, energy efficiency, storage/battery | Venture Capital Investments. Co-host of "Clean Perspectives" - a forum bringing together legislators, entrepeneurs and investors to discuss and foster clean technologies in Massachusetts. |
| Matt Ziskin | Sloan MBA ’05 Product Development Manager, Mitsui Comtek Corp | Solar | Currently product development manager in Solar Energy Department, Digital Service Division of Mitsui Comtek Corp in Cupertino, CA. |
| Bilali Zuberi | PhD Physical ChemistryVP, Product Development, GEO2 Technologies | Renewables, thermoelectrics, emissions control from stationary and mobile sources | VP of product development for materials science company focused on emission control solutions. Has performed due diligence for investments in fuel additives, renewable energy sources, thermoelectric nanomaterials. Entrepreneurship, management, and VC fundraising experience. Expertise in the science and engineering of advanced materials. PhD research in oxide and non-oxide ceramics. Expertise in gasoline and diesel automotive emissions, megacity air pollution, and microphysics of atmospheric pollutants. |