Biography
Kyle is pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to MIT, he graduated from Rutgers University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. At Rutgers, he worked under Dr. Jonathan Singer on the rheology of thin-film polymers exhibiting glass-transition behavior via Focused Laser Spike (FLaSk) dewetting.
At MIT, Kyle is working on the Thermal Energy Grid Storage (TEGS) project, which aims to design and test a long-duration energy storage technology for the electricity grid. His current work focuses on developing a laboratory-scale prototype of this technology to better understand the system integration challenges associated with combining a high temperature solid-phase sensible heat storage medium, molten metal heat transfer fluid, and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) heat engine. He is interested in heat transfer, energy storage, and electricity grid decarbonization.