somethin’s rotten in the state of denmark…
TPPers Ananda (actor) and Daniel (lighting)
hamlet opens this weekend, reserve your tickets here: tinyurl.com/msw4t7sm
Flyer with event details superimposed over a photo of Georgina Campbell Flatter.
Tuesday, 3/17 at 5:15pm: Join us for MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with TPP alum Georgina Campbell Flatter SM '11, CEO of Greentown Labs, the world’s largest climate and energy startup incubator.
This event is open to the MIT community.
Register: bit.ly/mitei-flatter
Kali Benavides ’15, SM ’23 spoke to MIT students about why she applied to the MIT Technology and Policy Program at this week's @mitcareers Infinite Careers program.
capd.mit.edu/people/kali-...
Christine Ortiz wearing a black dress and beige cardigan standing in the lobby of The Engine.
On this beautiful warm and sunny day in Cambridge, MA, TPP Director, Christine Ortiz spoke at the MIT Sloan School of Management Women on Boards program at The Engine, MIT’s tough‑tech incubator and accelerator.
Ellan Spero, Christine Ortiz, Anana Santos Figueiredo, Eli Duggan with the US Capital in the background.
TPPers Ananda and Eli traveled to DC with TPP Director Christine Ortiz and TPP instructor Ellan Spero to attend Reinventing the Triple-Helix: A Workshop on Establishing a National Network of Tripartite Regional Bioeconomy Institutes.
National Science and Technology Challenges flyer
TPP alum Darío Gil SM '00, PhD '03
From advanced manufacturing to smarter buildings, faster nuclear deployment, and a stronger grid, we’re using AI to turn ideas into impact.
Dive deeper into the National Challenges here:
www.energy.gov/documents/ge...
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TPP Director Christine Ortiz moderated the first panel discussion: Democratic Processes and Public Policy. See the full program and watch live here: www.widscambridge.org
MIT & Microsoft New England are proud to collaborate with Women in Data Science Worldwide to bring the regional conference here.
In our latest Researcher Profile, MIT CS3 PhD student Chris Womack describes how he became interested in advancing more efficient, reliable #climate #emulators, how he is doing just that at MIT, and how this work may ultimately enhance human well-being. 🧪
Strahinja Janjusevic wearing a black sweater over a white collared shirt leaning on a railing in the Stata building at MIT.
Enhancing maritime cybersecurity with technology and policy
Strahinja Janjusevic brings an international perspective and US Naval Academy education to his graduate research in the MIT Technology and Policy Program.
tpp.mit.edu/news/enhanci...
Lucia Huo in a maroon shirt holding a yellow mug in front of the Calla Lilly Clinical Care sign.
Lucia Huo interned with Calla Lily Clinical Care, a women’s health startup in London, UK, focused on improving drug delivery for women. She worked closely with Vinh-Thang Vo-Ta ’98, the startup founder and MIT alum.
tpp.mit.edu/news/improvi...
TPP student Alicia Ouyang ’19, SM ’26 worked at Maryland’s AI Enablement Team, and experienced the whole pipeline of researching technology to write recommendations for public policy, to actually drafting and implementing public policy at a government agency.
tpp.mit.edu/news/technol...
Xiaoyang Cao wearing sunglasses and white shirt standing on a beach with the waves rolling in.
RE-PO: robust enhanced policy optimization as a general framework for LLM alignment
TPP student Xiaoyang Cao SM ’27 publishes first-author paper on improving LLM alignment.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24159
graphic of a heat pump
Electrifying boilers to decarbonize industry
AtmosZero, co-founded by TPP alum Addison Stark SM ’10, PhD ’14, developed a modular heat pump to electrify the centuries-old steam boiler.
tpp.mit.edu/news/electri...
Yassine Lahlou-Kamal MAP ’25 (left) and Kevin Power MAP ’25 photo by Emma Perakis
How an online MIT course in supply chain management sparked a new career
Current TPP student Kevin Power MAP ’25, SM ’27 shares what brought him to MIT.
tpp.mit.edu/news/how-an-...
Roxana Leal headshot and Dylan Cohen headshot
Dylan Cohen SM ’19 received the 2025 David S. C. Chu Award for Excellence in Research.
www.ida.org/en/careers/l...
Michael Lenox PhD ’99, who started with TPP in the fall of 1994 as Technology Management and Policy (TMP) doctoral candidate and graduated with his PhD in 1999, was recently named the interim dean of UVA’s Darden School of Business.
news.virginia.edu/content/mich...
“Technology has advanced significantly, but the policy environment has not kept pace,” says Anthony Valiaveedu, TPP student and lead-author of the new report.
tpp.mit.edu/news/mit-mar...
Ananda Santos Figueiredo (far right) and two other people wearing blue hardhats and safety vests drinking from large green coconuts on a beach in brazil.
Combining a scientific mindset with a passion for community impact, current TPP student Ananda Santos Figueiredo’s research explores how sustainable development and food systems can improve lives without compromising the planet.
tpp.mit.edu/news/a-journ...
Hafsa Akbar wearing all black standing in front of her poster at the Women in Machine Learning (WiML) workshop.
Current TPP student Hafsa Akbar presented a paper at the Women in Machine Learning (WiML) workshop during the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). The paper is based on a research project she completed during her undergrad experience at LUMS.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.20420
Martin Staadecker wearing a green coat with green foliage in the background.
The best professors teach humility
Thanks to Professor David Autor’s class, TPP student Martin Staadecker SM ’26 rediscovered his passion for economics.
tpp.mit.edu/news/the-bes...
Ben Wettstein wearing a black MIT jersey playing lacrosse.
Connecting the technical and policy dimensions of cybersecurity and emerging technologies
Ben Wettstein SM ’25 shares what brought him to TPP.
tpp.mit.edu/news/connect...
Anthony Valiaveedu wearing an orange shirt standing in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
Through interdisciplinary research on energy system deployment in Ukraine, TPP student Anthony Valiaveedu SM ’26 explores how structural engineering, data analytics, and policy can support sustainable reconstruction.
tpp.mit.edu/news/support...
At the CEEPR Fall Research Conference, TPP alum Abigail Randall SM ’24, Dr. Ilenia Gaia Romani, and Professor Christopher Knittel presented on the critical mineral industry in relation to fair trade, economic security, and community resilience.
ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/u...
Supported by the MISTI India program, TPP student Grant Lee explored how ReNew, one of India’s largest renewable energy producers, can strategically participate in the newly opened ancillary services market.
tpp.mit.edu/news-archive/
Bringing together voices from around the world, TPP marked its 50th anniversary with a landmark symposium celebrating a half-century of education, research, and impact — while looking ahead to the defining technology policy issues of the future.
tpp.mit.edu/news/celebra...
Current TPP students Anthony Valiaveedu SM ’26 and Nat Edmonds SM ’27 co-author the first-of-its-kind handbook that serves as a guide for design safety for civilian nuclear ships as part of the MIT Maritime Consortium.
tpp.mit.edu/news/mit-mar...
9/29 U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 led a forum on energy policy. Anthony Valiaveedu, Clara Park, and Daniel Xue (TPP Class of 2026) posed questions on U.S. energy policy related to grid resilience, renewable integration, and global competitiveness.
news.mit.edu/2025/secreta...
US Naval Academy alum and TPP student Strahinja Janjusevic SM ’26 held an internship at Vectra AI where he expanded this work by exploring how AI agents can be used in offensive security.
tpp.mit.edu/news/securin...
During a summer internship with the Essex County Community Foundation, TPP student Hannah Rajput SM ’26 investigated how people understand risk, and how to better communicate risk to the community.
tpp.mit.edu/news/transla...
At CERAWeek’s inaugural NextGen program, Adam Ali SM ’25 shared his research with global energy leaders, sparking valuable discussions on the pathways for achieving a low-carbon energy future.
tpp.mit.edu/news/empower...
