Mary Anne Bitetto

Current

• Graduate Student at Drexel University

Past

• Organizer/Team Member at MIT Vehicle Design Summit
• Math Tutor and Residence Life Staffer at College Bound

Education

• Drexel University
• The College of New Jersey

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Connections

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Industry

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Websites

• Drexel Research
• MIT Vehicle Design Summit

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Summary

I have always had many interests, but I have a passion for design and the environment. I gained a lot of experience from designing the roll cages for two Mini Baja competitions at The College of New Jersey, and I was able to mesh this design work with an environmental cause: designing and building "green" cars in an intense two-month summit at MIT. During the course of those few months, I realized the limitations of current alternative energy systems available. Through my work at Drexel University, I hope to improve current technology so that new types of energy can be more readily accessible.

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Specialties:

3D CAD modeling, "green" technology, structural mechanics, piezoelectric materials, machining, computer programming, finite element analysis, welding

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Experience

• Graduate Student

  Drexel University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  I work in the Hybrid Power Systems Lab in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics department. My current research involves the optimization and design of piezoelectric composite structures for macro-scale energy harvesting applications. I recently co-authored “Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting - A Green and Clean Alternative for Sustained Power Production”, which was accepted by the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society in May 2008.

• Organizer/Team Member

  MIT Vehicle Design Summit

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Fifty students from over thirteen universities across the world convened at MIT to build, from scratch, four commuter vehicles that implemented "green" technology in a span of two months. A one-hour documentary was made by the Discovery Channel that aired on their HD station, and their satellite channel, Turbo, created a website documenting the project.
  
  I co-managed the team who built Pulse, an all-electric vehicle, and designed the complete frame and roll cage as well. I also contributed early on in the project, working with organizing team to raise $500,000 for the project by contacting large corporations and MIT alumni.
  
  Pulse was on display at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts through August 2007.

• Math Tutor and Residence Life Staffer

  College Bound

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  June 2005 — July 2005 (2 months)

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Education

• Drexel University

  MS/PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 2007 — 2012 (expected)

• The College of New Jersey

  BS, Mechanical Engineering, 2002 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  All College Theater, Mini Baja Team, AI Robot Team

Additional Information

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Websites:

• Drexel Research
• MIT Vehicle Design Summit

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Interests:

art, design, engineering, green technology, environmental issues, management, problem solving, cars, transportation, alternative fuels, hybrid power systems, alternative energy

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Groups:

ASME, SWE, SAE

•    The College of New Jersey

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