Something new on the grid: the origins of municipal aggregation in Massachusetts
David Hsu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
David's research and teaching focuses on understanding the relationship of cities to their infrastructure and environment through technology, data, and analysis. Much of his work seeks to assist a wide range of actors -- local policymakers, planners, advocates, as well as academics -- directly with design, planning, policymaking, and policy implementation.
Topics of particular interest include the design, planning, governance, and operation of energy and water networks; energy access and adoption of new technologies; information policies such as disclosure and user feedback; new technologies and strategies to control distributed energy sources; and data analysis.
He taught previously at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, and worked in engineering, finance, and in the city governments of New York and Seattle. He holds a B.S. from Yale University in physics, a M.S. from Cornell University in applied and engineering physics, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in city design and social science, and from the University of Washington in Seattle, a Ph.D. in urban design and planning and a certificate in social science and statistics.
He grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts near Puffer’s Pond!
