Clayton Barrows
Postdoctoral Researcher
Areas of expertise
Primary research interests
- Power and energy systems
- Complex system optimization
- Network science
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Nate Blair
Group Manager
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- Building and system simulation tools, especially the TRaNsient SYstem Simulation Program (TRNSYS)
- EES
- Concentrating solar power system modeling
- Experimental solar water-heating experience
Primary research interests
- Macroeconomic energy-impact analysis
- Wind-power market modeling
- Transient power system modeling
- Building performance measurement
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Greg Brinkman
Energy Analysis Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Unit commitment and dispatch modeling of electric power systems
- Emission estimation from electric power systems
- Air quality modeling
Primary research interests
- Integration of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and enabling technologies into the electric power system
- Environmental impacts of renewable energy and energy efficiency
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Brian W Bush
Principal Strategic Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Energy and infrastructure modeling, simulation, and analysis
- High performance computing
- Software architecture, design, implementation, and testing
- Discrete-event and continuous simulation
- Statistical analysis
- Geographic information systems
Primary research interests
- Energy modeling methodologies
- Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for multidisciplinary models and simulations, including understanding the limits of predictability
- Graph and network analysis
- Approximate reasoning
- Knowledge engineering
- Mining and visualization of massive data sets
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Stuart Cohen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Areas of expertise
- Electricity system analysis
- Optimization and data analysis in GAMS and MATLAB
- Carbon capture and sequestration
Primary research interests
- Multi-scale electricity systems modeling and optimization (e.g. ReEDS)
- Optimizing complex systems involving science, technology, economics, and policy
- Sustainable energy
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Carolyn Davidson
Economic Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Using data to inform policy and market analysis
- Econometrics and statistical methods
Primary research interests
- Impact of policy on renewable penetration
- Renewable energy project finance
- Low Emissions Development Strategies
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Paul Denholm
Senior Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling of electric power systems, including interaction of renewable and conventional energy technologies
- Environmental life-cycle analysis
- Analysis of energy storage systems utilized with conventional and renewable generation
Primary research interests
- Effects of large-scale renewable energy deployment in electric power systems
- Renewable energy enabling technologies including energy storage and long distance transmission
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Victor Diakov
Senior Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Geographic diversity of wind and solar power generation
- Wind and solar energy in the grid
- Energy and power systems, vehicular hydrogen
- Computer models integration
Primary research interests
- Renewable energy generation and carriers
- Energy infrastructure modeling
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Aron Dobos
Programming Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Detailed modeling of PV, CSP, and solar water heating systems
- Flat-plate PV and HCPV modeling and engineering
- Systems simulation using TRNSYS and SAM
- Economic analysis of renewable energy systems
- Power system scheduling and economics
Primary research interests
- System modeling tools, particularly the System Advisor Model (SAM)
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Easan Drury
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling the U.S. photovoltaics (PV) market
- Quantifying the impacts of state and federal incentives on PV adoption
Primary research interests
- Developing market penetration models for renewable technologies
- Analyzing large-scale renewable energy deployment
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Kelly Eurek
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- Mathematical programming
Primary research interests
- Capacity expansion and dispatch modeling of the electricity sector, e.g. the Regional Energy Deployment Systems (ReEDS) model
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Janine Freeman
Energy System Modeling Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Solar instrumentation
- PV energy production modeling
- Solar resource estimates
- Vertical axis wind turbine analysis/wind tunnel experimentation
- PVsyst
- CAD modeling
- Campbell Scientific LoggerNet
- Matlab
Primary research interests
- Wind and solar power improvements
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Melissa Hudman
Administrative Assistance
Areas of expertise
- Media relations
- Project coordination
Primary research interests
- Renewable fuels and vehicles
- Residential energy efficiency
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Marissa Hummon
Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Temporal and spatial characteristics of solar irradiance
- PV power production datasets for large scale integration studies
- Quantitative/statistical analysis and modeling
Primary research interests
- Deterministic approaches to downscaling spatial-temporal datasets
- Market and variable generation technology interactions
- Transmission, distribution, and variable generation studies
- Smart grid technologies, demand response modeling, and production cost modeling
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Jennie Jorgenson
Energy Systems Modeling Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Energy systems modeling with SAM
- Unit commitment and dispatch modeling for determining the air quality effects electric vehicle adoption
- Quantitative analysis modeling
Primary research interests
- System modeling tools
- Data processing and analysis
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Leah Kaffine
Numerical Analysis and Modeling
Areas of expertise
- MatLab
- Monte Carlo simulation
Primary research interests
- Time-series analysis
- Principle component analysis
- Energy forecasting
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Jordan Macknick
Energy and Environmental Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Renewable energy technological characterizations
- Database development
- Policy analysis
Primary research interests
- Interface of energy and water in policy planning
- Environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
- Renewable energy deployment in developing countries
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Trieu Mai
Energy Engineer - Electricity Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Electric sector capacity expansion modeling
- High penetration renewable scenario analysis
- Linear programming
Primary research interests
- Implications of large-scale deployment of renewable energy
- Integration of renewable technologies into the power system
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Emily K. Newes
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Investigating the relationship between fossil and renewable resources by development of the Stochastic Energy Deployment System (SEDS)
- Analyzing variation in renewable energy deployment with potential policy implementation
- Utilizing system dynamics modeling to explore energy system behaviors
Primary research interests
- Strategies for increasing the share of non-traditional fuels in the marketplace
- Environmental implications of using renewable versus conventional generation
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Sean Ong
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Technical, policy, and economic analysis and modeling of photovoltaic (PV) systems
- Analysis of land use requirements of solar and wind energy systems
- Interaction between utility rate structures and PV systems
- Renewable energy analysis and tool development using Microsoft VBA and MatLab
Primary research interests
- Potential of PV in national energy markets
- Economic and technical optimization of small, medium, and large scale PV installations
- Large scale deployment of various renewable energy technologies
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David Palchak
Energy Systems Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Electrical load forecasting with artificial neural networks
- Demand-side management optimization with Matlab
Primary research interests
- Demand response and renewable energy deployment modeling (PLEXOS)
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Daniel Steinberg
Energy and Environmental Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling of interactions between climate change and the energy sector
- Climate change policy analysis
- Econometrics
- GIS/Remote Sensing
Primary research interests
- Interrelationship between energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy
- Environmental and energy market impacts of energy and environmental policy
- Impacts of climate change on global energy supply and demand
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Patrick Sullivan
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- System equilibrium modeling in Matlab, including treatment of chemical species with Cantera
Primary research interests
- Development of detailed market penetration models for renewables
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Aaron Townsend
Energy Systems Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Unit commitment and dispatch modeling of electric power systems
- Linear and mixed-integer programming
- Competitive and regulated electricity markets
- Interaction of renewable and conventional energy technologies
- Electrical energy storage
Primary research interests
- Electricity and natural gas market design and implementation
- Impact of market structure and out-of-market incentives on market outcomes
- Optimizing complex systems involving science, technology, economics, and policy
- Integration of renewable energy and enabling technologies into the electric power system
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Laura Vimmerstedt
Senior Environmental Analyst - Transportation, Fuels, and Environmental Impacts Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Climate change policy analysis
- Renewable energy modeling
- Air-quality regulatory implications for energy technologies
Primary research interests
- Environmental effects of energy technologies and systems
- Impact of policies and environmental issues on renewable energy markets
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Andrew Weekley
Software Engineer
Areas of expertise
- MATLAB
- Expert systems
- Scientific data analysis
Primary research interests
- Time series segmentation and classification
- Image segmentation and classification
- Machine intelligent algorithms
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Owen Zinaman
Electricity Systems Modeler
Areas of expertise
- Quantitative/statistical analysis and modeling
- Nuclear reactor and fuel cycle technologies
Primary research interests
- Capacity expansion and dispatch modeling of the electric sector, e.g. the Regional Energy Deployment Systems (ReEDS) model
- Effects of large-scale renewable energy deployment in electric power systems
- Economic and environmental impacts of energy policy
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