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Trieu Mai

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Trieu Mai is a member of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

Energy Analyst
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

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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

 

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