About
Praveen Subramani is a graduate student and researcher with the Changing Places group (formerly Smart Cities under Prof. William J. Mitchell) at the MIT Media Lab, focusing on the development of battery technologies and urban electric charging infrastructure for a system of lightweight, electric vehicles designed for dense cities. Praveen, originally from San Diego, CA, holds the S.B. in electrical engineering with a minor in urban design & planning from MIT. He is a fellow of the MIT chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, & Eta Kappa Nu, a member of the Arts Scholars program, and plays sabar drums with the MIT Rambax Senegalese Drumming Ensemble. As an undergraduate, Praveen was involved in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), served as an ambassador for the MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program, and sang tenor in an a cappella group, the MIT/Wellesley Toons. His personal interests include exploring cities, food & cooking, making music, and traveling.
Research Interests
- Electrification of the transportation system, design and urban deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure
- Urban sensing, urban mobility systems, responsive city growth, and the digital city movement
- University campuses as urban testbeds and exploratory centers for novel design, architecture, & planning
- Devices and vehicles that challenge typical user-interaction paradigms, particularly nontraditional input devices and systems