Anurag graduated from the University of Missouri — Columbia with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, in 2006 and completed his M.S. at MIT in 2008. His current research focuses on development of selective surfaces for solar photovolaic and solar thermal applications. Previously he worked with Prof. Mehmet Toner of Harvard Medical School investigating novel techniques for single cell cryopreservation.
Matthew received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 2006 and M.S. from MIT in 2008 for research on energy and materials use in semiconductor manufacturing. During the 2008-2009 academic year, he took a leave of absence to do equipment design and process engineering for a start-up CIGS PV manufacturing company in Palo Alto, CA. He also did a three-month stint at electric sportscar manufacturer Tesla Motors. Now back at MIT, his research will focus on thermophotovoltaics and photon trapping in thin-film solar cells. Outside of lab, Matthew is an assistant coach of MIT's ultimate frisbee team.
Kimberlee graduated with B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from MIT in 2008. Her current research involves optical pump and probe, time-domain transient thermoreflectance (TDTR) measurements of nanomaterials. Using TDTR techniques, she studies ultrafast thermal transport phenomena to further the understanding of transport physics and enable the design of improved materials.
Qiang Hao obtained his B.E. in air conditioning from Tsinghua University (2001) and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2004). Currently he is working on theoretical modeling and experimental measurements of thermoelectrics.
Tom Harris has a B.E. (2000) and M.S. (2003) from Vanderbilt University. His research is focused on design, synthesis, characterization, and carrier transport in low-dimensional structures, specifically nanotubes and nanowires for energy conversion applications.
Mike received his SB from the department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in 2008. He is a Warren M. Rohsenow and Tau Beta Pi Fellow, a recipient of the Wunsch Award for academic excellence, and was selected for a Department of Defense SMART Fellowship. For his Master's thesis, he is designing a system for "clean" home lighting for use in the developing world. Mike has worked with several companies including Raytheon and Biogen Idec, and has played on the MIT varsity hockey team for five years, serving as captain in 2007-2008.
Daniel received his diploma in process engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt/Main, Germany in 2003. In 2005 he received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), Switzerland, where he graduated with a M.S. program in mechnical engineering in the Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies. Presently, he is a graduate student in the NanoEngineering Group doing research on the solar application of thermoelectric generators.
Sangyeop Lee received B.S. (2003) and M.S. (2005) from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He worked for the fuel cell research center at Korea Institute of Science and Technology from March 2005 to July 2009. He worked on PEMFC durability, fabrication of electrodes, and PEMFC system design and fabrication. He is a recipient of the Samsung Scholarship. His research at MIT is focused on thermoelectrics.
Maria received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2008. She is currently involved in pump and probe laser experiments used to gain insight into nanoscale heat transport.
Ken graduated from Cornell University in 2002 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He spent the next four years working as a teacher and a field ornithologist. From 2006 until 2008 he worked at Boston Flight Sciences as an engineering consultant. Ken's research at MIT focuses on measuring properties of thermoelectric materials.
Austin earned his B.S. degree in Engineering Science from UC Berkeley in 2006 and an M.S. degree from MIT in 2008. He is the recipient of of the Department of Defense and NSF Graduate Fellowships. Currently he is working on experimental characterization of thermoelectrics.
Andy Muto is a recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University in 2005 and his M.S. degree from MIT in 2008. His research is on thermoelectric materials and the measurement of thermal and thermoelectric properties of nanotubes and nanowires.
Poetro earned his Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, in 2006. He is a recipient of the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award. Poetro's research at MIT is focused on photovoltaic devices.
Sheng Shen has a B.S. (2000) and M.S. (2003) from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. He has worked as an assistant researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion in the Chinese Academy of Sciences from July 2004 to April 2005. Shen's research is on nanoscale fluid dynamics and heat transfer in data storage, kinetic theory, molecular dynamics and advanced data storage methods.
Shuang Tang, holding a BS of Physics from Fudan, granted the title of Permanent Honorary President of I-Ching (Zhouyi) Philosophy Association, and Committee Member of Fudan/Aegon-Industrial Fund Chinese Culture and Chinese Issues Forum, with Chinese Kungfu Degree 3, is now a candidate in DMSE, co-advised by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus and Prof. Gang Chen. He has both interests in the study of nanotubes and graphene, and of thermoelectrics.
Zhiting Tian graduated from Tsinghua University, China (2007) with a B.E. in Engineering Physics and completed her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Binghamton University, NY (2009). Her current research focuses on molecular dynamics simulations in thermoelectrics and thermal interface materials.
Jonathan graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2009. His research focuses on the thermal characterization of nanomaterials, such as nanospheres and polymer nanofibers, using a bimorph AFM cantilever as a thermal sensor.
James earned his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2008. Currently his research at MIT is focused on molecular dynamics simulations.