The aim of Steven’s research is to make aviation cleaner and quieter. He is also interested in reducing pollution from other sectors of the economy. His research areas include:

• Climate and air quality impacts of aviation
• Aircraft emissions
• Contrail avoidance
• Biofuels for aviation and ground transportation
• Electric aircraft design
• Low emissions and noise aircraft propulsion technologies
• Novel propulsion technologies for future aerospace vehicles
• Impacts of aircraft noise
• Air pollution impacts of ground transportation
• Atmospheric modeling and sensing
• Environmental policy assessment

Most of the research Steven Barrett is involved in is undertaken in the MIT Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment and/or as part of the MIT Electric Aircraft Initiative.