Caitlin MuellerMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Director of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and Associate Professor at MIT in Architecture and Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she directs the Building Technology Program and leads the Digital Structures research group. Her work integrates architecture, structural engineering, and computation to develop innovative, low-carbon, and human-centric building design and fabrication methods. Current projects explore circular construction, structural optimization, and machine learning–driven design. Mueller holds degrees from MIT and Stanford and has authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications. Her awards include the 2021 ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence and the 2022 ACSA Diversity Achievement Award.