She received a B.S in Mechan­i­cal and Aero­space Engi­neer­ing at Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty. There she devel­oped a nanosatel­lite mis­sion that was suc­cess­ful­ly launched into orbit. Although fas­ci­nat­ed by aero­space appli­ca­tions, the time-crit­i­cal issue of glob­al warm­ing shift­ed her focus in grad­u­ate school to explore renew­able ener­gy. Spe­cial­iz­ing in com­pu­ta­tion­al mod­el­ing of ther­mo-physics in mul­ti­phase sys­tems, she devel­oped a nov­el solar absorber tube and received her Ph.D. in Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, Berke­ley. The need for a glob­al envi­ron­men­tal solu­tion led her to do research abroad in both Japan and China.

Dr. Sunter is both a BIDS, Berke­ley Insti­tute for Data Sci­ences, Fel­low, and will begin as an Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing at Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty in July 2018.

Cur­rent posi­tion:

Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor, Civ­il and Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing, Tufts University