Ian Lindberg
PhD Candidate
Energy Team
Email: ilndbrg@mit.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-lindberg/
Research Interests
As a graduate student at MIT, Ian’s primary research area is the clean energy field, with time spent on the development of a high-temperature preloading mechanism for use in Solid Oxide Electrolyzers employed in green hydrogen production. While working on his masters, he also participated in multiple projects relating to hardware design and technoeconomic analysis for electrification of heavy commercial vehicles. Ian also has experience in the medical space on the design of surgical devices and regenerative medical devices and has additionally worked on multiple projects in marine robotics. Outside of traditional engineering areas, Ian has also conducted interdisciplinary work on multiple projects with historians and archaeologists.
Education
S.M. Mechanical Engineering – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minors in History and Computer Science - University of New Hampshire, 2023
Honors and Awards
Donald O’Brien Fellow at MIT, 2025-2026 & 2026-2027
Heidenhain Scholar – euspen 24th International Conference and Exhibition, 2024
University of New Hampshire Presidential Scholar, 2019-2023
University of Melbourne Student Research Experience Program, 2022
University of New Hampshire Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2022
Hobbies
Outside of his work at MIT, Ian enjoys reading, photography, traveling, hiking, skiing, and watching F1.