Hi! I am a PhD student at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. My work involves building a technology assessment framework to evaluate the environmental impacts and costs of ownership of different types of cars. I use a combination of systems analysis, statistics, and energy simulation to gauge factors that influence the environmental and economic performance of these technologies, such as travel patterns, geographical conditions, vehicle properties, and driving style. The resulting framework allows me to inform pathways towards fleet to meet transportation emission targets.
I also build interactive data visualization tools that enable a wide audience to explore my research results. Find my first project, carboncounter.com, under Data Visualization.
In my spare time, you'll sometimes find me behind the viewfinder of a camera, especially when travelling. I've allowed myself to share a couple of pictures. Enjoy!
Data Visualization
Carboncounter.com
Carboncounter.com is a website that lets users compare the lifecycle emissions and costs of 125 vehicle models against other cars and against climate targets.
I built carboncounter.com using AngularJS and D3.js as an interactive version of figure 1 in our Environmental Science & Technology article.
In the News
- · Letter · 2017-11-20 Reality is that most EVs emit less CO2 than petrol cars over their lifetimes
- · 2016-09-27 An App to Help Save Emissions (and Maybe Money) When Buying a Car
- · 2016-09-28 New MIT app: check if your car meets climate targets
- · 2016-09-27 It May Not Cost You More To Drive Home In A Climate-Friendly Car
- · 2016-09-27 Study: Low-emissions vehicles are less expensive overall
- · 2016-09-27 Low-emission cars a better value than polluters · study
Publications
Journal Publications
- · Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 2017 TripEnergy: Estimating personal vehicle energy consumption given limited travel survey data
- · Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management · 2017 Water Supply Infrastructure Planning: Decision-Making Framework to Classify Multiple Uncertainties and Evaluate Flexible Design
- · International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · 2017 Integrated environmental and economic assessment of current and future fuel cell vehicles
- · Environmental Science & Technology · 2016 Personal vehicles evaluated against climate change mitigation targets
Technical Reports
Book Contributions
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