People of PERG
Director
Prof Alexander H. Slocum77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 3-445 Cambridge, MA 02139 slocum@mit.edu | Personal Site Interests: MEMS, Nanotechnology, Precision Engineering; Machine Design; Product Design; Going faster on my snowboard, staying down longer SCUBA diving! |
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Staff
Dr. Nevan HanumaraResearch Scientist Rm 3-470 | +1.617.258.8541 Medical Device Innovation Center Interests: Medical Devices, Mechanical Design, Industrial Design, Entrepreneurship, Decent pastries |
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Dr. Antoni GilRm 4-370 Project: Concentrated Solar power on demand Interests: Thermal and mechanical engineering, Solar energy, Life cycle assesment, coaching, discover sports, balance between stress with zen calm, capture the moment with my camera." |
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Deborah AlibrandiAdministrative Assistant II Rm 3-359 | +1.617.258.8541 |
Doctoral Students
Nikhil Padhye, MSRm 4-370 npdhye@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Thin-film tablet manufacturing Interests: Engineering design, optimization, manufacturing processes, pharmaceuticals |
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Alison Greenlee, MSRm 3-470 Project: Wave Energy Interests: Things Solar |
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Tyler Wortman, MSNational Science Foundation Research Fellow Rm 3-470 wortman@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Skin Cancer Detection Interests: Design, Entrepreneurship, Movies, Recreational Sports, Hunting/Fishing |
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Douglas Jonart, MSRm 3-438 Project: Submarine propulsion shaft life Interests: Corrosion, metallurgy, ice hockey, alternative energy, games of every kind. beer brewing |
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David Taylor, MSTata Center for Technology and Design Fellow Rm 3-470 Project: Distributed Water Demand Management in Large Indian Cities Interests: The Intersection of International Development, Engineering, and Systems Thinking; Windsurfing; West African Cuisine |
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Jocelyn Kluger, MSNational Science Foundation Research Fellow Rm 3-470 jociek@mit.edu | Personal Website Project: Ambulatory vibration energy harvester Interests: Renewable energy, System dynamics, Socializing, Chocolate |
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Maha Haji, MSNational Science Foundation Research Fellow Rm 3-438 Project: Extraction of uranium from seawater Interests: Ocean engineering, Renewable energy, Entrepreneurship, Underwater hockey |
Master's Students
Kevin Simon, BSkevinpsi@mit.edu | Personal Website Rm 3-438 Project: TBD (any recommendations?) Interests: Energy, Bicycling, Emerging Economies, Food, Climbing, Compliant Actuation |
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Jonathan Abbott, BSTata Center for Technology and Design Fellow Rm 3-470 jabbott@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Beekeeping Technology for India Interests: International Development, Church, Joggling, Trumpet, Ultimate |
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Megan Lynn O'Brien, BSAbdun-Nur Presidential Fellow Rm 3-470 obrienm@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: TBD Interests: Energy, climate change, skiing, mountain biking, dessert |
Bachelor's Students
Charles Francois Marie VitryCambridge - MIT Visiting Student Rm 3-438 Project: Harvesting uranium from seawater Interests: Energy, Manufacturing, Running, Startups |
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Recent Alumni
Nikolai Begg, PhD (2014)Rm 3-470 nikolai@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Puncture Access, Remote Tissue Sampling, Surgical Instruments Interests: Medical Device Design, Invention, Mechanism Design, Skiing, SCUBA Diving, Ice Hockey. |
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Folkers Rojas, PhD (2014)Rm 3-470 Project: HAWK Nest GATES Millennium Scholar Interests: Snowboarding, Scubadiving, Triathlons |
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Brandon Hopkins, MS (2014)Rm 3-438 bhopkins@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Design of Flow Batteries Interests: powerlifting and visual and performing arts |
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Nicholas Sondej, MS (2014)nsondej@mit.edu | Personal Site Rm 3-470 Project: Continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing for Novartis-MIT CCM Interests: Triathlons, skiing, biking, building gizmos, woodworking |
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Anthony Wong, MS (2014)Rm 3-438 Project: Spherical Hydrostatic Bearings Interests: Machine Design, Barbeque, Running |
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Prof. Just HerderVisiting Professor, TU Deflt 2013 - 14 Rm 3-470 | +1.617.258.8541 |
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Jacob Bayless, MS (2014)Rm 3-438 jbayless@mit.edu |
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Melanie Hoehl, PhD (2014)Rm 3-438 melanie@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Low cost diagnostics Interests: Engineering, healthcare in developing countries, entrepreneurship, travel, skiing, music, dogs |
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Brian Heberley, PhDRm 3-470 Project: Hydrostatic bearing Interests: Hunting, fishing, golf, outdoor sports, Philadelphia Eagles |
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Omar Carrasquillo, MSRm 3-470 Project: Light-weight, portable solar concentrator Interests: Basketball, skiing, traveling, beach |
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Emily Gorbaty, MSTata Center for Technology and Design Fellow Rm 5-414 Project: Diesel-powered Submersible Pump for Groundwater Irrigation in Eastern India Interests: International development, Traveling, SCUBA diving, Hiking, Blogging, Hindi |
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Gokhan Dundar, MSRm 5-309 Project: Ocean renewable energy storage (ORES) Interests: Renewable energy and design, diving, biking, sailing, tennis, baklava |
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L. Daniel Bridgers, MSRm 3-470 bridgers@mit.edu | Personal Site Project: Brain containment device Interests: Cycling, bike framebuilding, clever mechanical mechanisms, sustainable engineering, GTAW |
Alumni
Fadi Abu-Ibrahim | Daniel Frey | Luis Muller | Kate Thompson |
Shorya Awtar | Heinz Gaub | Samir Nayfeh | A Zachary Trimble |
Asha Balakrishnan | Marc Graham | Don O'Sullivan | Ryan Vallance |
Eberhard Bamberg | John Hart | Andreas Pfahnl | Tim Vanderpoel |
Daniel Braunstein | Chris Ho | Jin Qiu | Felipe Varela |
Keith Breinlinger | Carsten Hochmuth | Melissa Read | Conor Walsh |
Mike Chiu | Stephen Hou | Alec Robertson | Alexis Weber |
Danny Codd | Nathan Kane | Matt Rosario | Jaime Werkmeister |
Roger Cortesi | Sepehr Kiani | Gerald Rothenhofer | James White |
Martin Culpepper | Sami Kotilainen | Gaurav Rohatgi | Patrick Willoughby |
Keith Durand | David Levy | Paul Scagnetti | Onnik Yaglioglu |
Farooq Ellahi | Jian Li | Mike Schmidt-Lange | Xue'en Yang |
Greg Fennell | Hongshen Ma | Joachim Sihler | Julia Zimmerman |
Stacy Figueredo | Eric Marsh | Micah Smith | James Meredith |
David Freeman | Sean Montgomery | Alexander Sprunt |