Curriculum Vitae
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Joint Ph.D. in Engineering & Public Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering
Expected May 2029
Research Interests: Residential energy demand modeling; extreme heat and climate resilience; energy equity; macro energy systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Concentration in Sustainable Design) and African & African Diaspora Studies
June 2022
Honors, Fellowships & Grants
- Summer Institute for Computational Social Science (SICCS), CMU Fellow (2025)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), Honorable Mention (2025)
- CMU Rales Program Fellowship, Inaugural Cohort (2024–Present)
- GEM Fellowship (2024)
- Rhodes Scholarship Finalist (2021)
Research Experience
Carnegie Mellon University — Department of Engineering & Public Policy
Ph.D. Researcher | August 2024 – Present
Advisors: Professor Destenie Nock; Professor Xue Gao (Florida State University)
Developing a fixed-effects panel model of residential electricity consumption under extreme heat by integrating large-scale utility, meteorological, and socioeconomic datasets across over 80,000 households in Tallahassee, Florida.
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities — NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
Research Assistant | June 2021 – August 2021
Extracted and modeled experimental abrasion data in MATLAB to analyze plastic mechanical properties and nanoplastic release under environmental and UV weathering.
Stanford University — Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (SURF)
Research Assistant | June 2020 – August 2020
Built MATLAB models analyzing growth-condition sensitivity in methanotrophic synthesis of biodegradable polymer PHB.
Publications, Presentations & Talks
Rahman, E., BinAhmed, S., Keyes, P., Alberg, C., Godfreey-Igwe, S., Haugstad, G., Xiong, B. (2024).
Nanoscale abrasive wear of polyethylene: a novel approach to probe nanoplastic release at the single asperity level.
Environmental Science & Technology (Cover Feature).
Godfreey-Igwe, S. Working Towards Global Sustainability.
MIT Sustainability Researcher Lunch Series (Invited Talk), March 2022.
Godfreey-Igwe, S., Xiong, B., BinAhmed, S.
Surface Mechanical Properties of Photo-Weathered Low-Density Polyethylene.
UMN Summer Research Expo, August 2022.
Godfreey-Igwe, S., Criddle, C., Meraz, J.L.
Modeling Optimal Conditions for Methanotrophic Synthesis of PHB.
Harvard National Collegiate Research Conference, January 2021.
Professional Experience
U.S. Department of Energy — EERE Building Technologies Office
GEM Summer Fellow | May 2024 – July 2024
Analyzed DOE and PNNL tools related to energy justice and heat-pump deployment to inform equitable building technology policy for underserved stakeholders.
Science & Technology Policy Institute (STPI)
Science Policy Fellow | August 2022 – May 2024
Conducted independent research and data analysis supporting the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other federal agencies.
Selected contributions include nuclear microreactor policy analysis and NSF program data evaluation in R.
University of the Witwatersrand — Global Change Institute
Research Project Assistant | June 2022 – July 2022
Supported Africa Futures Advisory Board research through literature review and sustainability scenario analysis.
Service & Leadership
- EPP Student Facilitation Board — Elected PhD Representative
- EPP SUCCEED Program — Graduate Organizer (Climate & Energy Justice Outreach)
- CMU School of Engineering Graduate Outreach Committee — Member
Skills
Technical: R, Python, MATLAB, Excel, SolidWorks, Overleaf
Languages: French (Intermediate); Igbo (Elementary)