Amy Kaczur

Amy Kaczur is our group administrator at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Prior to coming to MIT in January 2017, she worked administratively in education, the visual arts, and culinary industries. Her accomplishments include: helped to achieve Green Business Certification for US Foods, Los Angeles; cooperatively established processes and advocacy in the newly created Dean of Faculty’s office at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (now part of Tufts University); and developed media workshops and technical demonstrations at University of California, Irvine. In her free time, Amy also produces video art grounded in environmental concerns. Amy is a graduate of Tufts University and UC, Irvine.

Contact: akaczur at mit dot edu

Shannon Hwang

Shannon Hwang is a PhD student in the Social and Engineering Systems (SES) program at MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). She received her MEng. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and minor in Energy Studies from MIT, and interned at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory prior to starting graduate school. Her research explores methods for reliably providing energy under variability and uncertainty in deeply decarbonized energy systems.
Contact: hwangys at mit dot edu