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About
Ocean Energy Fellow and mechanical engineering graduate student at MIT interested in efficient and accessible renewable energy technologies.
Experience
- NuScale PowerMechanical Engineer 2current2025 — presentCorvallis, Oregon, United States
- VertueLabMentor2025 — 2026
- AquaHarmonicsSystems Engineer2024 — 2025Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- PanthalassaComputational Fluid Dynamicist Intern2023Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- Prime Movers LabOcean Fellow2023
- Active SurfacesMarket Analysis Intern2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- 2023 MIT Energy ConferenceCo-Panel Director2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Ocean Motion TechnologiesResearch Engineer2021 — 2023
- Ocean Motion TechnologiesResearch Engineer Intern2021
- National Renewable Energy LaboratoryGraduate/Undergraduate Intern2022
- Pacific Marine Energy CenterMarine Energy Undergraduate Research Assistant2020 — 2022Corvallis, Oregon Area
- Marine Energy Collegiate CompetitionHydrodynamics and Moorings Sub-Team Leader2021 — 2022Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Marine Energy Collegiate CompetitionMarine Energy Collegiate Competition Co-Leader2021Corvallis, Oregon, United States
- Global Grand Challenges Summit CompetitionEnergy Team Competition Leader2019Corvallis, Oregon Area
- Computational Flow Physics LaboratoryUndergraduate Research Assistant2018 — 2019Corvallis, Oregon Area
Skills & more
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Colleagues at Prime Movers Lab
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Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Amy Kruse
Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Andre Jabban
Partner and Head of Capital Formation at Prime Movers Lab
Andrei Iancu
Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Andrew Short
Fellow, Soil Biology at Prime Movers Lab
Bill Gross
Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Blake Scholl
Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Brandon Simmons
General Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nicholas May-Varas?
- Ocean Energy Fellow and mechanical engineering graduate student at MIT interested in efficient and accessible renewable energy technologies.
- Where does Nicholas May-Varas work?
- Nicholas May-Varas is Fellow, Ocean Energy at Prime Movers Lab.
- Where did Nicholas May-Varas go to school?
- Nicholas May-Varas studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering); Oregon State University (Honors Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering); Lake Oswego High School (High School Diploma).
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