Due to its interdisciplinary nature, research conducted in the Daylighting Lab attracts students from many disciplines including Building Technology, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and others, which provides a dynamic framework of collaboration and interaction between people with a large range of backgrounds and interests.
Marilyne Andersen is a physics engineer whose principal research interests are the use and optimization of daylight in buildings. After completing her PhD in 2004 at EPFL in Switzerland, with a year as a Visiting Scholar at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2001-2002, she joined the MIT faculty in the summer of 2004. She currently teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in Daylighting and Building Technology and conducts research on advanced glazing and shading systems, on interactive daylight simulation methods and on emerging metrics in lighting design.
Sian Kleindienst - Building Technology (PhD, SMBT): Sian Kleindienst hails from Scottsdale, AZ. She got a B.A. in physics from Harvard, and a Masters in Building Technology from MIT, where she is currently working on her Ph.D. Although her research has focused on daylighting, she has a general interest in operational energy efficiency in buildings
Jaime Lee - Building Technology ( PhD BT): Jaime Lee is currently working on the LightSolve project, researching goal-driven optimization processes for architectural design using daylighting simulation. She holds degrees in engineering (BA, Harvard) and architecture (MArch, MS; UPenn).
Eleanor Stokes- Mechanical Engineering (SM): Kellie Stokes is a MechE MS student working with the daylighting lab on the development of the MIT Heliodome. Kellie graduated from Dartmouth, majoring in Math and Studio Art. A native Alabamian, she worked for two years designing and building $20,000 houses with the Auburni Rural Studio in Newbern, AL.
Christopher Pechacek - Building Technology (SMArchS): Pursuing a SMArchS, Chris hails from Virginia Tech (BArch 01) with 5 years experience in healthcare projects with the USAF Surgeon General office. His interests include environmentally conscious design, impact of the built environment on wellbeing, architectural technology, and urban design.
Lu Yi - Computation (SMArchS): Lu Yi is a SMArchS student in the Computation Group with a B.Arch and B.E in Computer Science from Huazhong Univ. of Science & Technology in China. She is interested in the application of digital technologies to design practice and is working with the Daylighting Lab on the development of the LightSolve interface.
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Rosa Urbano - Harvard GSD (MDesS): Rosa Urbano is an architect interested in technology and design. She is a MDesS candidate at Harvard University and a PhD candidate at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)-University of Plymouth (UK). With the MIT Daylighting Laboratory, she is working on a database of light interacting strategies.
Christopher Pechacek - Building Technology (SMArchS), 2008
Lu Yi - Computation/Building Technology (SMArchS), 2008
Keith Molina - Mechanical Engineering (BS), 2008
Javier Burgos - Mechanical Engineering (BS), 2008
Nicholas Gayeski - Building Technology (SMBT), 2007
Roselin Osser - Building Technology (SMBT), 2007
Timothy Koch - Mechanical Engineering (BS), 2007
Courtney Browne (Phillips) - Mechanical Engineering (SM), 2006
Edward Rice - Building Technology (SMArchS), 2006
Dean Ljubicic - Mechanical Engineering (BS), 2006
Molly McGuire - Building Technology (SMBT), 2005
UROP STUDENTS
Gerhard van der Linde (Architecture (MArch level I), summer 2008), Elizabeth de Regt (Freshman, summer 2008), Sharon Gochenour (Architecture, summer 2008), Nathan Brei (Freshman, summer 2008), David Li (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, summer 2007), Samuel Kronick (Building Technology, fall 2007), Jason Ku (Mechanical Engineering, summer-fall 2007), Javier Burgos (Mechanical Engineering, summer 2007-spring 2008), Keith Molina (Mechanical Engineering, summer 2007-spring 2008), Danh Vo (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, summer 2007), Timothy Koch (Mechanical Engineering, summer 2006-spring 2007), Zachary Clifford (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, fall 2005-spring 2006), Mahalia Miller (Freshman, IAP 2006), Dean Ljubicic (Mechanical Engineering, summer 2004-fall 2005).
