Curriculum Vitae Alexander Mitsos, Ph.D. - MIT Department of ...

ACADEMIC
RESEARCH
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA: Department of Mechanical
Engineering
• Assistant Professor (tenure-track); 01/2009-present
Optimization of Energy Systems. Projects include concentrated solar power (CSP), seawater de-
salination, oxy-combustion of coal, oxy-combustion of natural gas, bilevel and semi-infinite opti-
mization, phosphoproteomics
• Visiting Scientist (part-time); 09/2008-12/2008
RWTH AACHEN, AACHEN, GERMANY: Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational
Engineering Science (AICES)
• Junior Research Group Leader (tenure-track); 01/2008-12/2008
Performed independent research in energy systems and mathematical programming
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA: Department of Chemical En-
gineering
• Research Affiliate (part-time); Energy Systems, supervisor: Paul I. Barton; 07/2006-12/2007
Developed a Lagrangian duality framework in thermodynamics. Devised and implemented algo-
rithms for semi-infinite programs with nonconvex lower-level problems.
• Research Assistant (full-time); Micropower Generation, supervisor: Paul I. Barton; 02/2002-
06/2006
Modeled man-portable fuel cell systems and developed a methodology for optimal design and op-
eration. Devised and implemented algorithms for (i) parametric mixed-integer optimization, and
(ii) for the global solution of bilevel programs with nonconvex lower-level problems. Supervised
undergraduate students Michael M. Hencke and Ruth Misener in research projects during their
sophomore year.
KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
• Undergraduate Researcher (full-time); Aerosol Deposition; supervisors: Arne Manthey and Karl-
heinz Schaber; 09/1998-03/1999
Measured aerosol concentration profiles in an air-steam condenser using a three wavelength ex-
tinction technique. Developed fluid dynamic models in FORTRAN and FiDAP. Developed models
for the deposition of aerosol particles.
• Undergraduate Researcher (part-time); Rheology; supervisors: Sigrun Stein and Hans Buggisch;
10-12/1997
Modeled the rising velocity of pulsating air bubbles in incompressible Bingham Media.
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