Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab
Columbia University · Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
PhD in Mechanical Engineering (MS/PhD, PhD)
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 15, 2026
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Prof. Vijay Modi at Columbia University Mechanical Engineering lists Energy resources and energy conversion technologies, energy infrastructure design and planning, solar energy, energy efficiency in agriculture, data analytics spanning urban settings to remote rural settings as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- The role of aggregated EV battery storage in managing future load peaks: A New York state case studyNewApplied Energy · Oct 29
- From foundational models to interpretability: a comparative study of embeddings and feature engineering for smallholder irrigation detection in Sub-Saharan AfricaFrontiers in Remote Sensing · Aug 28
- Characterizing New York State renewable energy curtailment to support decarbonization technology growthEnvironmental Research Energy · Jan 21
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