Tunca Alikaya
’24 E-MBA, Sloan
Expanding Celsius Energy, a Schlumberger New Energy start-up that provides geo-energy technology for zero-carbon heating and cooling of buildings, to the US market.
Jason Chen
’25 Mechanical Engineering & Literature
Jason Chen is an undergraduate senior at MIT double majoring in mechanical engineering and literature and minoring in computer science, and member of student Geo@MIT team that won two DOE Geothermal Technologies Office awards. He is passionate about accelerating energy transition through research and commercialization of technologies.
Olivia Chen
’26, Mechanical Engineering
Olivia Chen is an undergraduate junior at MIT majoring in Mechanical Engineering, and member of student Geo@MIT team that won two DOE Geothermal Technologies Office awards. She is passionate about energy, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.
Megan Lim
’24, Business Management
Megan is an MIT business management graduate as of May 2024, and member of student Geo@MIT team that won two DOE Geothermal Technologies Office awards. She has spent the past 4 years involved with the Undergraduate Association, where she served as chair of the Committee on Innovation, helped run a 24/7 student space named Banana Lounge, served on the Presidential Advisory Cabinet, and worked on a wide range of student issues. She interned at the MIT Office of Sustainability during the summer and is working at MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative.
Susan Murcott
’90, ‘92 Civil and Environmental Engineering
Susan is an environmental engineer specializing in sustainable water, wastewater, energy, and earth systems. For over 3 decades at MIT, she has held research and teaching/senior lecturer positions in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and as a Lecturer at D-Lab.
Rick Clemenzi
’81, Computer Engineering
Rick Clemenzi is a Systems Engineer specializing in Advanced Thermal Systems. He is a Certified GeoExchange Designer (CGD) and principal engineer at Geothermal Design Center a licensed geothermal specialty engineering firm, and co-founder of Net Zero Foundation
