About

Manxi Wu is a third-year doctoral student in the Social and Engineering Systems program in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS) at MIT. Previously, she obtained B.S. in Applied Math from Peking University (2015) and M.S. in Transportation from MIT (2017). She focuses on developing system-theoretic tools for the efficiency and resiliency of transportation and energy systems. In her PhD research, she is developing models for strategy learning, information design, and pricing mechanisms, with the goal of improve socially desirable outcomes even under disruptions (security attacks and extreme weather events). Manxi is a MIT IDSS Hammer Fellow awarded in 2018. Her master thesis was awarded the Council of University Transportation Center?s Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award in 2017.

Education

MIT

Ph.D. , Energy Science

Class of 2021

Awards & Publications