Rabab Haider

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
• BS (Bachelors of Applied Science and Engineering), Engineering Science – Energy Systems, University of Toronto, 2018

My research is motivated by the climate change crisis which has been recognized by the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7): the need for affordable and clean energy access at a global scale. In alignment with the SDGs, the U.S. has set aggressive targets of 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 (goal set in 2021). Achieving this goal requires an unprecedented decarbonization effort that will transform our present-day grid to one exclusively transporting electrons generated from renewable energy. The energy transition presents an unparalleled opportunity to redesign the grid, a complex large-scale network of systems to meet green, resilience, and equity goals. 

• Operations, planning, and control of decarbonized electric power systems
• Distributed energy resources and smart grids
• Electricity market design and analysis, with a focus on retail markets and pricing
• Energy justice, with a focus on energy access and affordability
• Methods: optimization, machine learning, control theory, energy economics
• Engagement: system operators, utilities, communities, policy-makers, national labs and academic institutions

I am involved in the following professional organizations:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Power and Energy Society
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences  (INFORMS); Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment section
• International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
• Association for Computing Machinery (SIGEnergy)
• Women’s Energy Network

Selected Awards:

• Aarav Amar Bajpayee Memorial Prize, MIT, 2023
• MIT Energy Fellow, 2023
• MIT- MathWorks Mechanical Engineering Fellowship, 2021
• Hansen Fellowship, MIT, 2018

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N_-rfRMAAAAJ&hl=en 

CEE Connections & Directions Podcast, 2024: https://youtu.be/ElghV8A6_s4