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Prof. Tonio Buonassisi
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Primary DLC
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MIT Room:
35-213
(617) 324-5130
buonassisi@mit.edu
https://www.buonassisigroup.com/
Assistant
Douglas Foley
dougfole@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Photovoltaics
Sustainable Materials
Autonomous Labs
Research Summary
Professor Buonassisi’s research interests include autonomous labs, energy materials, applied machine learning and sustainability. His lab, the Accelerated Materials Lab for Sustainability, is focused on developing autonomous research tools that combine automated hardware, machine learning, and deep materials expertise. He directs the ADDEPT Center, devoted to making perovskite-silicon modules durable. We nurture a globally diverse community of individuals proficient in data science, materials science, systems design, and soft skills. We translate foundational research by engaging industry partners devoted to sustainability.
See Recent Work:
https://news.mit.edu/2023/moving-perovskite-advancements-lab-manufacturing-floor-0420
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonio-buonassisi-7854543/recent-activity/posts/
https://www.technologyreview.com/magazines/fast-forward/
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/04/18/ai-method-learns-from-experienced-staff-on-perovskite-solar-production-lines/
Recent Work
Projects
February 11, 2014
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thin Cost-Effective Silicon Wafers for Heterojunction Based Photovoltaic Devices: High Throughput Surface Passivation
Principal Investigator
Tonio Buonassisi
November 28, 2007
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Photovoltaics Research Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Tonio Buonassisi
Video
4.28.22-AI-Manufacturing-Sustainability
April 28, 2022
Conference Video
Duration: 122:52
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William H. Green
Hoyt Hottel Professor in Chemical Engineering, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Jeffrey Cheah Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Markus Buehler
McAfee Professor of Engineering, Civil and Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Tonio Buonassisi
Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor, and MIT Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Xinterra
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