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

Baris Kale

Postdoctoral Associate

bkale@mit.edu


Ph.D. Aeronautical and Space Engineering (Cum Laude)

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2024


Master-After-Master level [Research Master] (Hons)

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 2019


M.Sc. Heat and Fluid

Istanbul Technical University, 2017


B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

Istanbul Technical University, 2014

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


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

PhD students

Skylar Gering

Graduate student

sgering@mit.edu


B.S., Joint Computer Science and Mathematics 

Harvey Mudd College, 2022

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


Masters students

Nithyaharini Suresh

Graduate student (MEng)

nhsuresh@mit.edu 


B.S., Environmental Engineering

Rutgers University, 2024

Kiley McClure

Graduate student (MIT-Navy program)

kiley147@mit.edu 


B.S. Ocean Engineering

United States Naval Academy, 2024

Undergraduate Students

Wilhem Hector

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 

(exp. 2025)


Reyna Ayala

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 

(exp. 2025)


Alumni

Jaime Liew

Postdoc alumni (2024)

First position after Howland Lab: Senior Engineer at Nordex 


Sara Porchetta

Postdoc alumni (2024)

First position after Howland Lab: Assistant Professor, TU Delft


Hannah Johlas
Postdoc alumni (2022)

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

Bo Tignol

Graduate student alumni


BSc, Civil Engineering

Delft University of Technology, 2023

MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2024


Thesis title: 

Effect of turbine motion on floating offshore wind

turbine aerodynamics

First position after Howland Lab: Boston Consulting Group

Ana Fiallo

Graduate student alumni

S.B., Computer Science

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

MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2023


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

Former lab visitors

Paul Hulsman

Ph.D. candidate

ForWind - Center for Wind Energy Research

Dr. James Carroll

Reader (Associate Professor) 

University of Strathclyde 

Website

Undergraduate student alumni

Grace Harrington

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