Steven Barrett - CV

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Born November 1982, London

Education

  • PhD, Engineering (Aerospace and Environmental), Cambridge University (2006 - 2009)
    Visiting Graduate Student, MIT (2007 - 2008)
  • BA (Hons) MEng (Hons w/Distinction), Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, and Electrical), Cambridge University (2002 - 2006)
    Exchange Student, MIT (2004 - 2005)

Experience

  • Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2023 - present)
  • H. N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2023 - present)
  • Associate Department Head, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2021 - 2023)
  • Head, Air Sector, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2020 - 2021)
  • Full Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2020 - present)
  • Visiting Professor, Seoul National University (2019 - present)
  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2016 - 2020)
  • Visiting Professor, Energy Institute, University College London (2016 - 2020)
  • Associate Professor without Tenure, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2014 - 2015)
  • Associate Principal Investigator, Singapore Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (2013 - 2018)
  • Director, Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment, MIT (2012 - present)
  • Associate Director, Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER) FAA Center of Excellence (2011 - 2015)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (2010 - 2014)
  • University Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University (2008 - 2010)

Committee and Service Roles (Current)

  • Chair, Space Management Council, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Council, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
  • Member, Faculty Steering Committee, MIT Climate Change and Sustainability Consortium  
  • Member, Faculty Advisory Network, MIT Technology and Policy Program
  • Member, Oversight Committee, MIT Reserve Officers' Training Corps
  • Member, Monitoring and Compliance Committee, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
  • Member, Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act Implementation Advisory Committee
  • Member, ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) Impacts and Science Group
  • Member, Aviation Emissions Characterization Roadmap Coordinating Council
  • Editorial Board Member, Nature Scientific Data
  • Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power
  • Co-Rapporteur, Impacts and Sciences, ICAO CAEP