Nicholas May-Varas

Experience

1. NuScale PowerMechanical Engineer 2current2025 — presentCorvallis, Oregon, United States
2. VertueLabMentor2025 — 2026
3. AquaHarmonicsSystems Engineer2024 — 2025Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
4. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
5. PanthalassaComputational Fluid Dynamicist Intern2023Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
6. Prime Movers LabOcean Fellow2023
7. Active SurfacesMarket Analysis Intern2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
8. 2023 MIT Energy ConferenceCo-Panel Director2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
9. Ocean Motion TechnologiesResearch Engineer2021 — 2023
10. Ocean Motion TechnologiesResearch Engineer Intern2021
11. National Renewable Energy LaboratoryGraduate/Undergraduate Intern2022
12. Pacific Marine Energy CenterMarine Energy Undergraduate Research Assistant2020 — 2022Corvallis, Oregon Area
13. Marine Energy Collegiate CompetitionHydrodynamics and Moorings Sub-Team Leader2021 — 2022Corvallis, Oregon, United States
14. Marine Energy Collegiate CompetitionMarine Energy Collegiate Competition Co-Leader2021Corvallis, Oregon, United States
15. Global Grand Challenges Summit CompetitionEnergy Team Competition Leader2019Corvallis, Oregon, United States
16. Computational Flow Physics LaboratoryUndergraduate Research Assistant2018 — 2019Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Education

1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science, Mechanical Engineering2022 — 2024
2. Oregon State UniversityHonors Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering2018 — 2022
3. Lake Oswego High SchoolHigh School Diploma2014 — 2018

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHTHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBFBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDADelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Also attended Oregon State University32

MCMandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalEHElliot HershbergScientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of BiologyPMPaula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital VenturesSWShane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at FusionMGMaurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech VenturesANAndrew NealonPartner & CTO at Joyance Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at NuScale Power2

MGMaurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech VenturesBRBrett RampalInvestor at Veriten

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology271

ALAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMHMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmSBScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)NANoubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVRVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRLRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

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Also worked at Prime Movers Lab28

DSDakin SlossFounder & General Partner at Prime Movers LabZHZia HuqueGeneral Partner at Prime Movers LabAJAndre JabbanPartner and Head of Capital Formation at Prime Movers LabJBJustin BriggsPartner & VP of Biology at Prime Movers LabGMGavin MathisPartner & Chief of Staff at Prime Movers LabRCRoger CarterVP of Engineering at Prime Movers Lab

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Also worked at National Renewable Energy Laboratory13

AWAndrew WilliamsonManaging Partner at Cambridge Innovation CapitalIEIra EhrenpreisFounder and Managing Partner at DBL PartnersEBEric BielkeDirector (former Temasek) / Investor at FathomABAndrew BeebeManaging Director at Obvious VenturesPWPhoebe WangPartner at WI Harper GroupLHLong HeMentor at Lair East Labs

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