Trieu Mai
Trieu Mai is a member of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.
Energy Analyst - Energy Markets Section Supervisor
On staff since May 2009
Phone number: 303-384-7566
E-mail: trieu.mai@nrel.gov
Analysis expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- C programming for simulations of physical systems
Primary research interests
- Capacity expansion and dispatch modeling of the electricity sector, e.g. the Regional Energy Deployment Systems (ReEDS) model
Education and background training
- Ph.D. in physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 2007
- M.S. in physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 2004
- B.S. in physics, University of California, Davis, CA, 2002
Prior work experience
- Patent Agent, Lumen Patent Firm, Palo Alto, CA (2007-2009)
- Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (2002-2004)
Other affiliations
- American Physical Society member
Selected publications
Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader
Mai, T., A. Dhar, and O. Narayan. (2007). "Equilibration and Universal Heat Conduction in Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Chains." Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 184301.
Mai, T. (2006). "Phenomenological model for a melt-freeze phase of sliding bilayers." Phys. Rev. E 73, 051403.
Deutsch, J.M. and T. Mai. (2005). "Mechanism for nonequilibrium symmetry breaking and pattern formation in magnetic films." Phys. Rev. E 72, 016115.
Pierce, M.S., C.R. Buechler, L.B. Sorensen, J.J. Turner, S.D. Kevan, E.A. Jagla, J.M. Deutsch, T. Mai, O. Narayan, J.E. Davies, K. Liu, J. Hunter Dunn, K.M. Chesnel, J.B. Kortright, O. Hellwig, and E.E. Fullerton. (2005). "Disorder-induced microscopic magnetic memory." Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 017202.
Personal interests/hobbies
Photography, hiking, traveling, volleyball, surfing
