Publications
Kelley L. C., Gilbertson, E. Sheikh, A., Eppinger, S., and Dubowsky, S., "On the Feasibility of Solar Powered Irrigation,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14 December 2010, 2669-2682.
Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, and E. Colina, "Failure Mode and Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Lift Valves," 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Shanghai, June 2010. (Full Text, PDF)
Eric Gilbertson, Gas Lift Valve Failure Mode Analysis and the Design of a Thermally-Actuated Positive-Locking Safety Valve, Masters Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. (Full Text, PDF)
Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, J. Arellano, and B. Freeman, "Design of a Thermally-Actuated Gas Lift Safety Valve," ASME International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering (OMAE), Rotterdam, June 2011. (Full Text, PDF)
Gilbertson, E., F. Hover, and B. Freeman, "Sharp Phase Change in Shape Memory Alloy Thermal Actuators for Subsea Flow Control," ASME International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Artic Engineering (OMAE), Rio de Janiero, Brazil, July 2012.
Gilbertson, E., F., Hover, and B. Freeman, "A Thermally-Actuated Gas Lift Safety Valve," SPE Production and Operations Journal
(in review)
AC Transmission System Planning on Large Scale and Realistic Systems (in review)
Patents
Thermally-Actuated Gas Lift Safety Valve, US Patent Application 13/075424, filed March 30, 2011
Sharp Phase Change in Shape Memory Alloy Thermal Actuators, Provisional Patent filed Dec 12, 2011
Brief C.V.
Education
Masters in Mechanical Engineering, thesis on "Gas Lift Failure Mode Analysis and the Design of a Thermally-Actuated Gas-Lift Safety Valve", MIT 2010
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, MIT 2008
Scholarships and Awards
Beverly Hamilton Moran Scholarship 2004
Mechanical Engineering deFlorez Award in Graduate Engineering Design, 2011
Work Experience
Trail Crew Volunteer with Student Conservation Association, Inyo National Forest, CA, June-Aug 2005
Mechanical Engineer Intern, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, June-Aug 2007
Research Assistant, MIT Field and Space Robotics Lab, Cambridge, MA Sept 2008 - March 2009
Research Assistant, MIT Hovergroup Lab, Cambridge, MA March 2009 - present
Teaching Assistant, MIT Dynamics and Control class, Sept - Dec 2011
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