Funded Researchers
Andrew J. Whittle
- Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew Whittle is the Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has been an MIT faculty member since 1988. While primarily known for his expertise in geotechnical engineering, he has conducted research on a wide range of topics relating to infrastructure and the environment. He served as lead Principal Investigator of the SMART Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM, 2007-2017), where his research focused on applications of wireless sensor networks for monitoring water distribution networks that led to creation of a successful start-up company, Visenti, Pte. His current J-WAFS project arises from his research on water quality sensors for the Roboat project. In 2010 he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
J-WAFS-funded projects
- Novel spectrofluorometer for online early detection of harmful algal blooms
- Understanding effects of intermittent flow on drinking water quality