Graduate Research Assistant at MIT's Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sep 2012 - May 2014 (1 year 9 months)
Published aerospace researcher. Nominated to the US delegation task force to the UN technical body on global aviation (ICAO). Investigated the feasibility of using LNG as a supplemental aviation fuel for Lockheed Martin C-130H and C-130J transport aircraft (published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences). Assessed water consumption footprint and land requirements of alternative diesel and jet fuel production (published in Environmental Science & Technology). Pioneered research on the economic and environmental tradeoffs associated with renewable and non-renewable resource usage (published in Applied Energy and Energy & Environmental Science).