PICS Colloquium with Michael F. Howland

I am the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. Our group studies environmental fluid mechanics and the modeling, optimization, and control of renewable and efficient energy systems. This work is focused at the intersection of fluid mechanics, weather and climate modeling, uncertainty quantification, and optimization and control with an emphasis on renewable energy systems. We use synergistic approaches including simulations, laboratory and field experiments, and modeling to understand the operation of renewable energy systems, with the goal of improving the efficiency, predictability, and reliability of low-carbon energy generation