ABOUT
Now in its 10th year, the MIT Energy & Climate Hack brings opportunities for learning, problem solving, and networking to the forefront as teams develop rapid, innovative solutions to the problems in energy and climate that our society faces today.
With challenges written for a myriad of fields and with our participants specializing across so many different disciplines, there is great opportunity for students and sponsors alike to apply their skills and learn something new.
In brief, participants will be presented with challenges from companies addressing pressing needs related to energy and the climate, and break out into teams. Those teams will then have two days to hack the challenge they’ve been assigned and present their solution to company representatives, fellow hackers, and judges. The presentations will be in the form of a short PowerPoint presentation. The judges will rank solutions and presentations and winning teams will receive prizes in various categories.
OUR TEAM
Juan Guzman
Co-Managing Director
Juan is a Co-Managing Director of this year's Hackathon and 2nd year MIT MBA student. He previously served in the Navy where he developed a passion for power generation. Juan is passionate about the possibilities of a distributed energy future and how technology can enable that.
Most excited about using AI to drive efficiencies in electricity markets and demand response.
Angela (Shu Yang) Zhang
Co-Managing Director
Angela is a 4th year undergraduate student at MIT pursuing a dual degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Finance. She was a Corporate Relations director for Energy Hack 2022 and is beyond excited to return to the Hack as a Managing Director. She is interested in battery materials -- researching and exploring their structure, properties, synthesis, and origins.
Most excited about using AI to predict optimal battery chemistries and overcome bottlenecks in battery manufacturing.
Jack O’Brien
Co-Managing Director
Jack is an MBA student who came to MIT to explore the intersection of AI and climate. Before MIT, Jack was a 2x exited founder, software engineer at Google, and got his computer science engineering degree from Princeton University.
Most excited about how AI can be used to speed up the discovery of next generation technologies.
Nick Anderson
Operations & Finance
Nick is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan. He is interested in the intersection of food, climate, and tech while at Sloan. In a previous life, he was the CFO of Call Your Mother Deli where he developed predictive tech to reduce food waste.
Most excited about developing a more adaptable, delicious, and just food system!
Olivia Chen
Operations
Hi, I'm a 2026 from NYC studying 2A. Im interested in the intersection of sustainability, industry, and design.
Most excited about decarbonization of industry systems.
Sam Hall
Operations
Sam is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan. Prior to MIT, Sam earned his Bachelor's of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, spent four years as a Consultant and Bain & Co, and most recently was the Head of Operations at Chord Commerce, an ecommerce-as-a-service provider. Sam is passionate about finding ways to decarbonize our economy and minimize the effects of climate change.
Most excited about prediction of energy usage to most efficiently produce and transmit energy in the grid.
Lilian Alves
Corporate Relations
Lilian is a MIT Sloan Fellow MBA student, class of 2024. Her focus is on energy transition and finance. Lilian's background is in the electricity and clean energy sectors, working from business development to M&A and project finance in Latin America. Before MIT, she was leading the commercial team for a power and natural gas utility in Mexico. Lilian is from Amazonas in Brazil and she enjoys cooking and being outdoors.
Most excited about using AI to help decarbonize the power sector.
Ujjwal Kumar
Corporate Relations
Ujjwal, an entrepreneur and investor is on a mission to transform the global food system to sustainably feed the world. Currently an MPA candidate and Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, he is participating in the critical discourse surrounding AI regulation and governance. An advisor to governments on agri-climate investments, his expertise lies in merging technology with sustainability.
Most excited about AI solutions in agriculture for sustainable food systems and climate resilience.
Nana Tsuchiya
Corporate Relations
Nana is an MBA candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to MIT, Nana worked at Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), where she led financial closure of energy and infrastructure projects such as LNG shipping, geothermal power plant, and railway. She is interested in how to transform the current energy system into a more sustainable one by financially supporting companies with innovative technologies.
Most excited about using AI to modernize the electricity grid.
Antonio G. Salazar-Martin
Internal Sponsorships
Medical Engineering and Medical Physics PhD candidate at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology department, seeking to advance the development of new biomedical therapeutics through cutting-edge work on modeling and analyzing vascular disease.
Most excited about utilizing AI systems to foster the growth of sustainable transportation and energy markets.
Daria Ekimova
Marketing
Graduate Researcher at MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, with a background in Economics & Power Engineering
Most excited about using AI for dynamic electricity pricing and demand-side management.
Marissa Cui
Marketing
Marissa is a first year MBA student at MIT Sloan. Her background is in product design and user research, most recently leading design at Stripe Climate / Frontier. She is interested in carbon management and the intersection of climate, tech, and design.
Most excited about MRV (measuring, reporting, verification) of carbon removal
Alaeddine Mokri
Communications
Alaeddine is with the System Design and Management Program at MIT. Alaeddine comes with an extensive background building clean-energy software companies and products in Silicon Valley.
Most excited about the applications of generative AI in decarbonizing transportation.
Claire Adoración Lorenzo
Communications
Hi! I’m Claire and I am a third year undergrad studying CS and Business Analytics, and I am one of the Communications Directors for the Energy and Climate Hack! Super excited for this event :) !!
Most excited about using AI to help find solutions to the worsening problem of forest fires and flooding!