Fueling our Transportation Future

John B. Heywood

John Heywood is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Sun Jae Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Malcolm Weiss

Parisa Bastani - pbastani [@mit.edu]

Parisa Bastani is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, UK and MIT's Sloan Automotive Laboratory. Her research assesses the uncertainties in advanced engines and powertrain technology performance and emissions improvements in the next 40 years.

Ingrid Bonde Akerlind - akerlind [@mit.edu]

Ingrid Bonde Akerlind is Masters student in the Technology and Policy program at MIT. Having previously worked in Beijing, she is researching the Chinese automotive market's policies, fleet, fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Don Mackenzie - dwm [@mit.edu]

Don MacKenzie is a PhD candidate in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. He is researching how state and federal greenhouse gas policies influence advanced technology adoption, vehicle size and performance levels, and pricing strategies in the automotive sector.

Stephen Zoepf - szoepf [@mit.edu]

Stephen Zoepf, a former employee of Ford and BMW, joined our group in 2009. His work examines rates of deployment of new safety, powertrain, and comfort & convenience technologies--with an eye to informing future fuel economy strategies.

Anup Bandivadekar

Anup completed his doctorate with the Engineering Systems Division at MIT in 2008. He evaluated fuels, vehicle technologies and policy alternatives that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet in the next thirty years.

Irene Berry

Irene completed her dual Masters in Mechanical Engineering and the Technology and Policy Program in 2010. Her research focused on the interactions between driving style, vehicle performance, and on-road fuel consumption.

Kristian Bodek

Kristian completed his dual Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Technology and Policy Program in Fall 2007. He worked on a model to assess fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions from the European passenger vehicle fleet.

Lynette Cheah

Lynette completed her PhD in the Engineering Systems Division in Summer 2010. Her research focused on transitioning towards lighter automobiles.

Fernando de Sisternes - ferds [@mit.edu]

Fernando de Sisternes is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division. His master's research focused on policy implications for the full-range deployment of electric vehicles. In the past he has worked on various aspects related to wind power.

Christopher Evans

Chris graduated from the Technology and Policy Program in 2008. His research evaluated how policy options and new technologies can contribute to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption of the U.S. vehicle fleet.

Tiffany Groode

Tiffany successfully defended her Mechanical Engineering doctoral work in Fall 2007. Her project looked at the sustainability aspects of biomass-based fuels in the United States.

Valerie Karplus - vkarplus [@mit.edu]

Valerie Karplus defended her doctoral dissertation in MIT's Engineering Systems Division in February, 2011. Her work focused on integrating bottom-up technical detail of the transportation sector into a computable general equilibrium modeling framework.

Emmanuel Kasseris

Manolis was a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering department. His research assessed technological improvements in automotive powertrains over the next 25 years.

Michael Khusid

Mike graduated from the System Design and Management program in 2010. He researched opportunities for plug-in hybrids and clean electricity and explored options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the complete system.

Matthew Kromer

Matt graduated from the Technology and Policy Program at MIT in 2007. His research quantified the potential for electric powertrains to achieve reductions in fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Jeff McAulay

Jeff McAulay completed his Masters in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT in 2009. He conducted research on efficiency improvements and deployment strategies for flex fuel vehicles in the US light duty vehicle fleet. 

Eriko Nishimura - eriko_n [@mit.edu]

Eriko Nishimura completed her Masters in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT. Her research examined scenarios for meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets in Japan.