Mike Martello is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering conducting research in the MIT Transit Lab working under Prof. Andrew Whittle. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Mike’s research is focused on infrastructure resilience and adaptation to climate change. His current work focuses on developing tools to quantify the costs of climate change to infrastructure systems, methods of valuing climate change adaptation projects that avoid these costs, and decision support tools for prioritizing adaptation investments given competing objectives and an uncertain future. His prior work has focused on quantifying the resilience of networked infrastructure to climate change and climate-related stressors. Working in collaboration with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), he is actively applying his research to address both the short- and long-term risk management and climate resilience needs of Greater Boston’s regional rail rapid transit system.
Mike holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College and an S.M. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT. He has also held several internships spanning the civil engineering profession, with prior experience in construction management, geotechnical engineering, and transportation. Outside of research, he enjoys running and biking through Boston, pulling espresso shots, and listening to audiobooks.