People

Faculty

Michael F. Howland


Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

mhowland@mit.edu

617-253-2894

Postdoctoral Scholars

Kerry Klemmer

Postdoctoral Associate

kklemmer@mit.edu


Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Princeton 2022

MSc, Aeronautics

Imperial College London, 2015


B.A., Physics, Astronomy, Studio Art

Wesleyan University, 2013


Jaime Liew

Postdoctoral Associate

jliew@mit.edu


Ph.D. Engineering (Wind Energy)

Technical University of Denmark, 2023


M.Sc. Engineering (Wind Energy)

Technical University of Denmark, 2018


M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

Delft University of Technology, 2018


B.A. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, Finance

University of Adelaide, 2015


Sara Porchetta

Postdoctoral Associate 

sarapo@mit.edu


Ph.D., Civil Engineering

KU Leuven & von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 2021


M.S., Civil Engineering

KU Leuven, 2015


B.S., Civil Engineering

KU Leuven, 2013


Liying Qiu

Postdoctoral Associate

lyqiu@mit.edu 


Ph.D., Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2021


B.S., Environmental Science

Sun Yat-sen University, 2017



Graduate Students

Kirby Heck

Graduate student

kheck@mit.edu


B.S., Engineering Mechanics

UW-Madison, 2021

Storm Mata

Graduate student

storm@mit.edu


A.B., Engineering Sciences

Dartmouth College, 2019

YoungIn Shin

Graduate student

youngin@mit.edu


S.B., Mechanical Engineering

Yonsei University, 2022


Ilan Upfal

Graduate student

iupfal@mit.edu 


Sc.B, Electrical Engineering 

Brown University, 2022


Undergraduate Students

Grace Harrington

B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, (exp. 2024)

Wilhem Hector

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 

(exp. 2025)


Alumni

Ana Fiallo

Graduate student alumni

S.B., Computer Science

S.B., Urban Studies and Planning MIT, 2022

MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2022


Thesis title: 

Forecasting Wind Direction Across Very Short and Short Term Time Horizons for Wind Turbine Control

First position after Howland Lab: Tesla, Inc.


Emily Condon
Graduate student alumni

S.B., Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2021

MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2022


Thesis title: Characterizing the Influence of Turbulence Intensity on Energy Production at the Vineyard Wind 1 Farm

First position after Howland Lab: Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith

Hannah Johlas
Postdoc alumni (2022)

First position after Howland Lab: Energy Security Analyst at ISO New England Inc.

Former lab visitors

Paul Hulsman

Ph.D. candidate

ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research

Dr. James Carroll

Reader (Associate Professor) 

University of Strathclyde 

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