Michael Howland
Jeffrey Cheah Career Development Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Howland is a professor and environmental fluid mechanics researcher at MIT with a decade of experience applying fluid dynamics, weather and climate modeling, and optimization to improve renewable energy systems. He leads interdisciplinary research that combines simulations, lab and field experiments, and uncertainty quantification to boost the efficiency, predictability, and reliability of low-carbon energy production. His career spans top institutions—Stanford, Caltech, Johns Hopkins—and rapid academic progression from NSF- and fellowship-supported graduate work to an endowed career development professorship. Michael’s work sits at the uncommon nexus of fundamental turbulence science and practical energy-system control, translating insights from atmospheric fluid mechanics into tools for real-world renewable deployments.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Pennsbury High SchoolJohns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (16)
high-performance10
calibration9
sampling9
dns9
kalman9
uncertainty-quantification9
uncertainty9
fluid-dynamics9
stochastic9
inverse-problems9
parameter-estimation8
julia8
optimization8
bayesian-inference8
scientific-computing7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
suhasjains/VorFlow
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:30 commits in 18 days
mhowlan3/reynoldsTensorFlow
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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