Amy Mueller
Assistant Professor,
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Affiliated Faculty,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 459 SN
- 617.373.8131
Research Focus
Biogeochemistry of natural and engineered systems; in-situ sensors and instrumentation for high-resolution process characterization; remediation and sustainability in natural and built coastal environments; sensor-driven closed-loop controls for resource optimization in engineered systems; signal processing and machine learning, embedded systems, and sensor networks
Education
- 2012 PhD in Environmental Chemistry at MIT
- 2003 MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2015-2016)
- MIT-Xerox Fellowship (2009)
- Geological Society of America, Graduate Research Grant (2009)
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship (2004-2007)
Professional Affiliations
- American Geophysical Union
- Geological Society of America
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Research Overview
Biogeochemistry of natural and engineered systems; in-situ sensors and instrumentation for high-resolution process characterization; remediation and sustainability in natural and built coastal environments; sensor-driven closed-loop controls for resource optimization in engineered systems; signal processing and machine learning, embedded systems, and sensor networks
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- A.V. Mueller, H.F. Hemond, Statistical Generation of Training Sets for Measuring NO3-, NH4+, and Major Ions in Natural Waters by an Ion Selective Electrode Array, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 18(5), 2016, 590-599
- A.V. Mueller, M.S. Orosz, A. Narasimhan, R. Kamal, H. Hemond, Y. Goswami, Evolution and Feasibility of Decentralized Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Systems for Modern Energy Access in Rural Areas, MRS Energy and Sustainability, 2016
- M.S. Orosz, A.V. Mueller, Dynamic Simulation of Performance and Cost of Hybrid PVCSP-LPG Generator Micro Grids with Applications to Remote Communities in Developing Countries, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Power and Energy Conference, 2015, San Diego
- A.V. Mueller, H.F. Hemond, Extended Artificial Neural Networks: Incorporation of a Priori Chemical Knowledge Enables use of Ion Selective Electrodes for in-situ Measurement of Ions at Environmentally-Relevant Levels, Talanta, 117, 2013, 112-118
- A.V. Mueller, H.F. Hemond, Towards an Automated, Standardized Protocol for Determination of Equilibrium Potential of Ion-Selective Electrodes, Analytica Chimica Acta, 690(1), 2011, 71-78
Apr 09, 2019
FY20 TIER 1 Award Recipients
25 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY20 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different projects representing up to $900K dollars of investment in research.
Aug 07, 2018
2018 MMDF Workshop Report is Out
The very productive 2018 Multimodal Data Fusion (MMDF) workshop hosted in March 2018 at Northeastern resulted in insightful discussion and productive suggestions for moving the field of multimodal data fusion forward in the coming years.
Nov 13, 2017
Mueller to Work on $2.7M DARPA Collaboration Grant
CEE/COS Assistant Professor Amy Mueller, in collaboration with University of Washington and CalTech, will work on a $2.7M DARPA grant for the “Implementation of a synthetic Anammox bio-granular technology in the main wastewater treatment line.”
Feb 28, 2017
Students Engage in Multidisciplinary Research to Protect the Environment & Improve Quality of Life
Amy Mueller, assistant professor in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Marine and Environmental Sciences, and science and engineering students in her research group are tackling environmental problems using a multidisciplinary research approach.
Sep 01, 2016
New Faculty Spotlight: Amy Mueller
Amy Mueller joins the Civil & Environmental Engineering department in Fall 2016 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.