Graduate & Postdoctoral Fellows

Amorette Getty
Postdoctoral Fellow

Amorette Getty began a postdoctoral fellowship with the Institute for Energy Efficiency in September 2009. Getty’s work focuses on improving the energy and resource efficiency of engineering research laboratories, particularly cleanrooms, through modifications to equipment, retrofits of existing infrastructure, and end-user behavioral changes. Getty coordinates closely with UCSB's Laboratory Research and Technical Staff (LabRATS), which conducts sustainability assessments of individual laboratories and administrates a variety of projects related to lab sustainability. Prior to Getty’s appointment at the Institute, she received her bachelor's degree in Physics, and subsequently completed her PhD in Materials, both at UCSB. Getty’s graduate research focused on improving the efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for solid state lighting and related applications. Getty is also currently a member of two campus Change Agent teams for sustainability, focusing on the Build Environment and Labs, Shops, and Studios. In addition to support from the Institute, her work is partially funded by The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), a student-supported campus program.

Susmit Biswas
Graduate Fellow

Susmit Biswas is a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara and a Peter J. Frankel Fellow with the Institute of Energy Efficiency for the 2009-10 academic year. Before joining UC Santa Barbara, Susmit earned his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His research interests are energy efficient computing, memory architectures and high performance computing. His current work is directed towards designing energy proportional servers for data centers.

Michael Cantore
Graduate Fellow

Michael Cantore is a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara with the Materials Department and an Institute for Energy Efficiency Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Michael earned his B.S. in Physics at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michael’s research interests include semiconductor photonics and electro-optic materials. His current work focuses on improving energy efficiency of Light Emitting Diodes in order to develop efficient solid state lighting solutions.

Michael Georgescu
Graduate Fellow

Michael Georgescu is a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara and an Institute for Energy Efficiency Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Georgescu also earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara. His current work focuses on improving energy efficiency of commercial buildings through improving the control systems of HVAC units.

Carl Neufeld
Graduate Fellow

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Sudharsanan Srinivasan
Graduate Fellow

Sudharsanan Srinivasan is a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara and an Institute of Energy Efficiency Fellow for the 2009-10 academic year. Srinivasan received his Bachelors degree with specialization in Engineering Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. His research interest is in Silicon Photonics. Srinivasan is currently working the under the guidance of Professor John Bowers.