MIT Strategic Engineering

Current Students

Abdulaziz Alhassan
S.M. Candidate, Computation for Design and Optimization (CDO)
B.Sc Computer Science-First Class Honours, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals '13
Research Area: Spatio-temporal modelling and analysis of infrastructure performance under climatic conditions
Contact: alhassan@mit.edu

Anne Collin
Ph.D. Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics
S.M. Technology and Policy Program, MIT, '16
MSc Industrial Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées '16
Research Area: Design of Neuromorphic Architectures
Awards:
- Amelia Earhart Fellowship for Women in Aeronautics, 2017
Contact: acollin@mit.edu

Edoardo F. Colombo
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, IDSS
S.M. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, '12
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano '10
Research Area: Industry platforms Design, Change Ilities, Open Innovation, Cyber-physical Systems
Ph.D. Thesis Title:"Open Innovation meets changeability: strategic design analyses for cyber-physical industry platforms" (tentative)
S.M. Thesis: "Feasibility study of an active hydraulic secondary suspension for high-speed trains"
Edoardo F. Colombo is affiliated with the Kaemart Group (Politecnico di Milano).
[2014] | Active carbody roll control in railway vehicle using hydraulic actuation , In Control Engineering Practice, 2014. [bib] |
[2015] | A simplified mathematical model for two-sided market systems with an intervening engineered platform , In IDETC Conference 2015, 2015. [bib] |
[2015] | Impact of architecture types and degree of modularity on change propagation indices , In ICED Conference 2015, 2015. [bib] |
[2014] | Complexity as information content and its implications for systems design , In DESIGN Conference 2014, 2014. [bib] |
[2013] | Study of an active hydraulic anti-roll bar device for high-speed railway vehicle , In IAVSD Conference 2013, 2013. [bib] |
Awards:
- Assofluid Award for best S.M. thesis, 2013
- ICED Conference Reviewers' Favorite Award, 2015
Contact: ecolombo@mit.edu

Alix de Monts
M.Sc. Candidate, Technology and Policy
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, MIT ’14
Research Area: Energy Infrastructure, Power Systems, Optimization
Awards:
- Fung Scholar, Victor & William Fung Foundation, 2010-2011
- China Scholarship Council Award, Chinese Ministry of Eduction, 2012-2013
Contact: ademonts@mit.edu

Sarah Fletcher
Ph.D. Candidate, Engineering Systems
S.M. Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology '12
B.A. Physics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania ’10
Research Area: Water Supply Planning, Water and Energy Infrastructure, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Systems Modeling, Simulation, Optimization
S.M. Thesis: "Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Spills in Pennsylvania"
[2017] | Water Supply Infrastructure Planning: A Decision-Making Framework to Classify Multiple Uncertainties and Evaluate Flexible Design , In Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2017. (In press) [bib] |
[2016] | National rural drinking water monitoring: Progress and challenges with India's IMIS database , In Water Policy, volume 18, 2016. [bib] |
[2015] | Energy Intensity of Water End-Uses , In Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, volume 2, 2015. [bib] |
[2011] | The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study , 2011. [bib] |
[2012] | Risk Assessment of Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Spills in Pennsylvania , Master's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. [bib] |
[2010] | The Clean Development Mechanism: Understanding Disparity in Investment , Bachelor's thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2010. [bib] |
Awards:
- Editor's Choice Paper, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2018
- Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall Meeting, 2017
- Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellowship for Water Solutions, MIT, 2017
- Best Presentation, Technology Management and Policy Graduate Consortium, 2017
- Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall Meeting, 2016
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015
- Best Thesis in Technology and Policy, MIT, 2012
- MIT-BP Energy Fellowship, 2010
Contact: sfletch@mit.edu

Veronica Foreman
S.M. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics
S.M. Candidate, Technology and Policy
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology '14
Research Area: Distributed Spacecraft Systems, Complex System Risk, Satellite Design and Optimization
[2015] | Software in military aviation and drone mishaps: Analysis and recommendations for the investigation process , In Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier Ltd., 2015. [bib] |
[2014] | Software in Military aviation and drone mishaps: analysis and recommendations , In 2014 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 2014. [bib] |
Awards:
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher, 2014
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Undergraduate Woman of Distinction, 2014
- Georgia Institute of Technology, President's Undergraduate Research Award, 2014
- Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, Stamps Leadership Scholar, 2010
Contact: vforeman@mit.edu

Marissa Good
S.M. Candidate Aerospace Engineering, MIT, '17
MBA Candidate, MIT, '17
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, MIT '12
Research Areas: Human Space Exploration, Rocket Propulsion, Novel Propulsion Systems
Awards:
- Zakhartchenko Fellowship, '15
Contact: mgood@mit.edu

Bastien Gorret
Visiting S.M. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL, '14 Research Area: Active Space Debris Removal, On-orbit experiments, Space Systems Engineering Bastien Gorret is also associated with the MIT Space System Laboratory.
Contact: gorret@mit.edu S.M. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida '16 (summa cum laude) Research Area: Space Systems, In-Space Manufacturing Matthew is also associated with the MIT Space Systems Laboratory. Awards: Contact: moraguez@mit.edu Ph.D. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.M. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ’14 Research Area: Maintenance logistics and risk for long-duration space systems and the impact of in-space manufacturing and new support strategies for human missions to Mars SM Thesis Title: “Quantitative Probabilistic Modeling of Environmental Control and Life Support System Resilience for Long-Duration Human Spaceflight” Andrew is also associated with the MIT Space Systems Laboratory, and is a Pathways trainee in the Space Mission Analysis Branch at NASA Langley Research Center Articles Awards: Contact: acowens@mit.edu S.M. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics M.B.A. Candidate, MIT Sloan School of Management B.S. Astrophysics, UCLA, '11 Research Area: Interplanetary Logistics, Space Systems Barret Schlegelmilch is also associated with the MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory. Awards: Contact: schlegbw@mit.edu PhD Candidate, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics MEng Aeronautical Engineering-First Class Honours, Imperial College London '11 MEng Capstone Project Title: "Model and Time-Domain Simulation of Lubrication Systems for Geared Turbofan Engines" (Best Computational Project Award) Doctoral Thesis Title: "Towards Concept Generation and Performance-Complexity Tradespace Exploration of Aerospace Systems Using Convex Hulls" (tentative) Research Areas: Air-Breathing Propulsion (PhD Qualifying Exam Field), cyber-physical system architecture abstraction, generation and evaluation, design under mission and budget uncertainty, tradeoffs between system complexity and performance. Awards: Current and Past Research Projects: Contact: nshoug@mit.edu S.M. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics Research Area: Space Systems Architecture, Model Based Systems Engineering Kailah is also associated with Draper Laboratory. Awards: Contact: kailah@mit.edu S.M Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology '15 Research Area: Space Systems, Space Mission Architecture, In-Space Manufacturing Awards: Contact: alextruj@mit.edu S.M. Candidate, Technology and Policy Program MEng Materials Science, University of Oxford '12 Research Area: Inclusive Wealth, Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Systems. Contact: turskaya@mit.edu PhD Candidate, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics S.M. Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT '17 B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology '14 Research Area: Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Managment (UTM), On-Demand Mobility (ODM) Aviation, Design for Ilities under Uncertainty, Technology Infusion Analysis SM Thesis Title: “Systems-Level Analysis of On Demand Mobility for Aviation” Parker Vascik is also associated with the Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative (SEAri) and the MIT International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT) Awards: Contact: pvascik@mit.edu Ph.D. Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, '15 Research Area: Evolvable Habitation Architectures for Long-duration Human Exploration Systems
Awards: Contact: swald@mit.edu
[2016] Developing a reliable capture system for CleanSpace One , In 67th International Astronautical Congress, Mexico, 2016.
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Matthew Moraguez
[2016] Size Characterization Using a Two-Dimensional Approximation for DebriSat Fragments , In 67th International Astronautical Congress, 2016.
[bib] [2015] An Imaging System for Automated Characteristic Length Measurement of DebriSat Fragments , In 66th International Astronautical Congress, 2015. ( )
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[2015] An Imaging System for Hypervelocity Impact Debris Characterization , In 16th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, 2015. ( )
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[2015] An Algorithm for Characteristic Length Measurement from Point Cloud Data , In AIAA Student Conference, 2015. ( )
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[2016] Development of an Imaging System for Automated Size Characterization of Satellite Hypervelocity Impact Debris Fragments , Bachelor's thesis, University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2016.
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Andrew C. Owens
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rice University '12 (cum laude)
[2013] Single walled carbon nanotube growth and chirality dependence on catalyst composition , In Nanoscale, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013.
[bib] [2011] Increasing the Efficiency of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Amplification by Fe-Co Catalysts Through the Optimization of CH4/H2 Partial Pressures , In Nano Letters, volume 11, 2011. (doi: 10.1021/nl201315j)
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[2016] The Threat of Uncertainty -- Why Using Traditional Approaches for Evaluating Spacecraft Reliability are Insufficient for Future Human Mars Missions , In AIAA Space 2016 Forum and Exposition, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Limitations of Reliability for Long-Endurance Human Spaceflight , In AIAA Space 2016 Forum and Exposition, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Systems Analysis of In-Space Manufacturing Applications for the International Space Station and the Evolvable Mars Campaign , In AIAA SPACE 2016 Forum and Exposition, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Increasing the Fidelity of Maintenance Logistics Representation in Breakeven Plots , In 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Sensitivity Analysis of the Advanced Missions Cost Model , In 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2016.
[bib] [2015] Automated Risk and Supportability Model Generation for Repairable Systems , In 66th International Astronautical Congress, 2015.
[bib] [2015] Comparison of Spares Logistics Analysis Techniques for Long Duration Human Spaceflight , In 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2015.
[bib] [2015] Benefits of Additive Manufacturing for Human Exploration of Mars , In 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2015.
[bib] [2014] Use of Semi-Markov Models for Quantitative ECLSS Reliability Analysis: Spares and Buffer Sizing , In 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2014.
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[2014] Quantitative Probabilistic Modeling of Environmental Control and Life Support System Resilience for Long-Duration Human Spaceflight , Master's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014.
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[2015]
The challenge of living on Mars (Andrew C. Owens and Olivier L. de Weck), AeroAstro No. 12, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, September 2015. [link]
Barret Schlegelmilch
Narek Shougarian
[2015] A simplified mathematical model for two-sided market systems with an intervening engineered platform , In IDETC Conference 2015, 2015.
[bib] [2012] Multistate Analysis and Optimization of a Geared Turbofan Engine Lubrication System , In 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, 2012. (Accepted)
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[2011] META II Complex Systems Design and Analysis (CODA) , United Technologies Corporation, 2011.
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[2011] Modeling and Time-Domain Simulation of Lubrication Systems for Geared Turbofan Engines , Master's thesis, Imperial College London, 2011.
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Kailah Snelgrove
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology '16
[2016] Toward a new spacecraft optimal design lifetime? Impact of marginal cost of durability and reduced launch price , In Acta Astronautica, volume 127, 2016.
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[2015] Toward a new spacecraft optimal design lifetime? Impact of marginal cost of durability and reduced launch price , In 66th International Astronautical Congress, 2015.
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Alejandro Trujillo
Anna Turskaya
Parker Vascik
S.M. Technology and Policy, MIT '17
[2017] Evaluation of Key Operational Constraints Affecting On Demand Mobility for Aviation in the Los Angeles Basin: Ground Infrastructure, Air Traffic Control and Noise , In 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017.
[bib] [2017] Constraint Identification in On Demand Mobility for Aviation through an Exploratory Case Study of Los Angeles , In 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017.
[bib] [2016] Assessing the Impact of Operational Constraints on the Near-Term Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Supported Market, , In 16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Program and Portfolio Affordability Tradeoffs Under Uncertainty Using Epoch-Era Analysis , In INCOSE International Symposium 2016, 2016.
[bib] [2015] Landscape Analysis Framework for Low Carbon Energy , In 15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2015.
[bib] [2015] A Method for Exploring Program and Portfolio Affordability Tradeoffs Under Uncertainty Using Epoch Era Analysis: A Case Application for Carrier Strike Group Design , In Twelfth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, 2015.
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[2017] Systems-Level Analysis of On Demand Mobility for Aviation , Master's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017.
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Samuel Wald
B.A. Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University '11
[2016] ACCESS (ArtifiCial gravity CEntrifuge Space Station) , In AIAA SPACE 2016 Conference and Exposition, 2016.
[bib] [2016] Sizing a Common Habitat for Multiple Environments and Mission Durations , In AIAA SPACE 2016 Conference and Exposition, 2016.
[bib] [2015] Advanced Habitation Strategies for Aggressive Mass Reduction , In AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition, 2015.
[bib] [2015] Evolvable Mars Campaign Long Duration Habitation Strategies: Architectural Approaches to Enable Human Exploration Missions , In AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition, 2015.
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