Alexander Mitsos

mitsos [at] mit.edu
Visitin scientist (Rockwell International Career Development Professor up to Sep 2012)
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Alexander Mitsos has moved to RWTH Aachen as a full professor. He grew up in Athens, Greece. He received his Dipl-Ing from University of Karlsruhe in 1999 and his Phd from MIT in 2006, both in Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on optimization of energy systems and development of enabling numerical algorithms. His prior appointments include military service, free-lance engineering, involvement in a start-up company and a junior research group leader position in RWTH Aachen.

Janice M McCarthy

jmcc [at] mit.edu


Room 1-107

Working on: administration
01/2012 -

Jun Fu

junfu [at] mit.edu

Jun graduated from Concordia University in 2009 with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. His current research is on mathematical programming algorithms with an emphasis on semi-infinite programming (SIP) under nonconvexity and their applications. He is a founding member of MIT Postdoctoral Assoication (PDA), and is Chair of Information Flow & IT Committee of PDA. He is transitioning to NEU in China as an associate professor

Working on: Optimization Algorithms
12/2010 -

Amin Ghobeity

ghobeity [at] mit.edu
(NSERC fellow) | 01/2009-12/2010 | Profesor, Sheridan College

Hadi Ghasemi

hghasemi [at] mit.edu

Hadi graduated from University of Toronto with a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering. His current research focuses on modeling of geothermal-solar energy systems with an emphasis on optimization and new conceptual designs for hybrid energy systems. Outside his research, Hadi enjoys reading, listening to music, playing soccer, tennis, swimming, traveling and hanging out with friends. Hadi has transitioned to the lab of Gang Chen at MIT

12/2011 -

Angelos Tsoukalas

tsouk [at] mit.edu

Angelos graduated from Imperial College London in 2009 with a Ph. D. in Optimization. Before joining MIT he spent 18 months as a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Australia. His research interests include mixed integer programming, bi-level optimization and applications. Click here for his publications. Outside his research he enjoys sports.

Working on: Desalination, Optimization.

Annelies Vandersickel

vandersa [at] mit.edu

Annelies graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) of Zurich, Switzerland in 2011 with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. Her B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees, she obtained at the K.U.Leuven in Belgium. Currently, her research focuses on thermal solar systems with an emphasis on the modeling of new conceptual designs for both solar receivers as well as geothermal-solar hybrid systems. In her free time, she enjoys reading and experimenting in the kitchen. Annelies has transitioned to TUM in Germany

Working on: Thermal Solar Systems

Tawfiq H. Dahdah

tdahdah [at] mit.edu

Tawfiq graduated from the American University of Beirut in 2011 with a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in economics. He got his SM in 2013 for his research on the optimization of hybrid co-generation facilities for both power and water. Outside of research, Tawfiq loves participating in outdoor sports, travelling and getting to know new cultures and activities, hanging out with friends and building gigantic snowmen. He now works with Bayne in Boston

Working on: Desalination (Optimization of Hybrid Co-generation Facilities for Power and Water)
09/2011 -

Surekha Gunasekaran

surekhag [at] mit.edu

Surekha graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India in 2011 with a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering. She got her SM in 2013 based on her research on system design of oxy-fuel combustion using an integrated oxygen ion transport membrane. Outside of research and classes, she enjoys reading, sleeping and listening to music. She now works for Exxon Mobil in Texas

09/2011 -

Enrique Lizarraga-Garcia

elizaga [at] mit.edu

Enrique graduated from the Public University of Navarre in 2009 with a degree in Industrial Engineering, specialized in mechanical. He finished the S.M. in May 2012 based on his research on thermal energy storage systems for solar-thermal power plants with an emphasis on system design and optimization. Outside of research and classes, he enjoys reading, playing basketball, and hanging out with friends. He is now a doctoral student with Jacopo Buongiorno

09/2010 -

Nicholas D. Mancini (Nick)

ndmancini [at] alum.mit.edu
08/2009 - 05/2011 | SM Mechanical Engineering | R\&D engineer, Creare

Corey J. Noone

noone [at] mit.edu
08/2009 - 08/2011 | SM Mechanical Engineering | Research Engineer, Cummins

Elysia J. Sheu

ejsheu [at] mit.edu

Elysia graduated from Cornell University in 2010 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. She got her SM based on her research on hybrid concentrated solar-fossil fuel power generation with an emphasis on system design and integration. Outside of research and classes, she enjoys reading, playing tennis, and riding roller coasters. She is now a doctoral student with Ahmed Ghoniem

09/2010 -

Christopher M. Williams (Chris)

cwilli [at] mit.edu
08/2009 - 08/2011 | SM Mechanical Engineering | Technologist, TIAX LLC

Daniel Williams (Dan)

willid [at] mit.edu

Dan graduated in 2006 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Dan completed his MIT course work while working full time as a turbo machinery design engineer for GE Aviation in Lynn MA. His current research is focused on improving the efficiency of geothermal power stations. In his free time Dan enjoys hiking, reading and boating.

09/2010 -

Gina M. Zak

ginazak [at] mit.edu

Gina graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. She finished her S.M. in May 2012 and continued to work as a part-time researcher for several months. She worked on the optimization of hybrid-cogeneration facilities for power and water. In her free time, Gina enjoys cooking, dancing, and playing music. She is now working for Veolia

Working on: Desalination (Optimization of Hybrid Co-generation Facilities for Power and Water)
09/2010 -

Hussam Zebian

hzebian [at] mit.edu

Hussam got his B.S. from American University of Beirut in 2009. He got his S.M. from MIT in 2011 and his PhD at 2013 working on oxy-combustion of coal. He is now in California working for a major company

09/2009 -

John Boghossian

09/2010 - 01/2011 | BSc Mechanical Engineering | Primary Supervisor: Randy Field

Adrian Dobson

02/2011 - 05/2011 | BSc Mechanical Engineering

Ragheb El Khaja

ragheb [at] mit.edu

07/2011 - 05/2012 | BSc Mechanical Engineering | Masters student BE @ MIT

Rashid Alshatti

ab9 [at] mit.edu

Fellow KUMIT Center | 06-07/2012

Abhishek Bajpayee

ab9 [at] mit.edu

Research Assistant | 09/2011-05/2012 | SM student with Alex Techet ME @ MIT

Callum James Corbett

Visiting Student | 03-04/2009 | (from RWTH Aachen)

Matthew Davidow

Part-time programmer 06-08/2011

Phillip H. Daniel

docphil [at] mit.edu

UROP student 2011-2012

Brian Doyle

UROP student | 06-07/2011

Latifah H. Hamzah

UROP student | 09/2009-04/2010

Alex Pak

UROP student | 09/2009-05/2010 | Graduate Student at UT Austin

Vincent Weistroffer

Visiting Student | 09/2009-01/2010 | (from Ecole des Mines ParisTech)