Tow Lab in Spring 2022 with guest researchers Dr. Quantum Wei and Prof. Michael Plumley CAPT
Principal investigator: Emily Tow, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Olin College
Emily Tow is a mechanical engineer and visual artist. Her engineering research addresses sustainability through the study of transport phenomena at the water–energy–food nexus. Currently, Emily’s research focuses on understanding membrane fouling and improving energy efficiency in water reuse and desalination. She has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed journal publications and patents in the fields of heat transfer and water treatment. Emily is also a lighthearted visual artist who works with the experience and outcomes of repetition using various media, including soft sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and mural painting. Prior to joining the Olin faculty in 2019, Emily received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and was an ITRI-Rosenfeld Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
Student researchers:
Audrey Abraham
Anna Letcher Hartman
Jiayuan Liu
Kei Chua
Tyler Ewald
Floren Jones (Wellesley)
Lab alumni:
Bahar Maghbouleh
Diana Garcia
Brandon Zhang
Shawn Albertson
Tommy Weir
Natsuki Sacks
Adhishri Hande
Lily Jiang
Sushmit Dutta
Aleksander Jaworowski (Lund University)
Franny Wu (Wellesley)
Qq Chua (Wellesley)