Past Travel Grant Recipients
Jonathan Bessette
- PhD candidate
- 2022 J-WAFS Travel Grantee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jon Bessette is a doctoral student in the Global Engineering and Research Laboratory within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. His research is focused on desalination and water treatment systems for the developing world. Currently, Jon’s work focuses on designing and constructing a low-cost, deployable, community-scale desalination system for humanitarian crises.
Prior to MIT, Jon’s work has included research at Corning Inc, systems engineering at Moog, and radar-sounding to understand ice sheet dynamics and sea level rise at Stanford. Jon completed a bachelor’s degree at SUNY Buffalo. In his free time, Jon is a volunteer EMT.
Headshot photo credit: Tony Pulsone
J-WAFS-funded projects
News
- J-WAFS researchers seek to better understand water access in rural India
- J-WAFS students come together for World Water Day Event
- J-WAFS and MIT community members win IDA Innovation Forum Awards
- MIT students glean knowledge of water-related issues and solutions from Stockholm World Water Week and experts at Xylem, Inc., a J-WAFS Research Affiliate
- J-WAFS to send students to Stockholm World Water Week