Research by the Trancik Lab featured in Nexus Media article on funding for clean energy research – 2/15/2018
Monthly Archives: February 2018
TRIPEnergy Patent
Patent application published based on Trancik Lab research, ‘System and Method for Estimating and Predicting Vehicle Trip Energy Consumption’ – 2/15/2018
Magdalena DOE
Magdalena Klemun presents a poster at the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office Portfolio Review - 2/12/2018
Trancik CS Monitor and Wired
Prof. Trancik discusses how to reduce gasoline consumption in transportation with Christian Science Monitor and Wired – 2/11/2018
Trancik autonomous vehicles
Prof. Trancik participates in a panel on autonomous vehicles at the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge – 2/6/2018
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler
Micah S. Ziegler is a postdoctoral associate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). His research focuses on evaluating emerging and established energy technologies. Micah earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University, with an emphasis on energy and environmental applications. In between his studies, he worked in the Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute (WRI). At WRI, he explored how to improve mutual trust and confidence among parties developing international climate change policy and researched carbon dioxide capture and storage, electricity transmission, and international technology policy. Micah was also a Luce Scholar assigned to the Business Environment Council in Hong Kong, where he helped advise businesses on how to measure and manage their environmental sustainability. He has studied environmental issues in Ecuador and interned for the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and The Nature Conservancy.
Contact: zieglerm at mit dot edu
Dr. Wei Wei
Wei Wei is a postdoctoral associate at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. She received her Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from MIT in 2022, her M.S. in the same field from MIT in 2017, and her B.Eng. in Engineering Systems and Design with a focus on Economics and Operations Research from Singapore University of Technology and Design in 2015. In between her studies, she worked on microgrid optimization with renewable integration at ENGIE in France. Her research builds data-informed models to examine technology innovations and infrastructure planning that enable low-carbon transportation and energy systems. Her doctoral research focuses on modeling travel behavior and technology performance to inform charging infrastructure expansion and power grid upgrades for enabling personal vehicle electrification. She has worked on projects related to vehicle electrification and renewable integration in the US, Japan, Indonesia, Portugal, Denmark, and France. She is a recipient of the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency from the World Resources Institute.
Contact: wwei at mit dot edu