Technology Systems and Sustainability Analysis

The following includes summary bios of staff expertise and interests in analysis related to infrastructure and systems; Sustainability assessment; technoeconomic assessment; and water requirements.

Chad Augustine
Shannon Cowlin
Stacey Dolan
Alan Goodrich
Maureen Hand
Garvin Heath
David Hsu
Kelia Kehoe
Ted James
Margaret Mann
Robert Margolis
Anelia Milbrandt
Selya Price
Monisha Shah
Martin Vorum
Ethan Warner
Katherine Young

Chad Augustine Geothermal Energy Engineer/Analyst Analysis expertise Techno-economic modeling of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Geothermal resource assessment High pressure, high temperature reaction systems Primary research interests EGS demonstration and deployment Advanced drilling systems research Thermodynamics and process modeling of binary power plant systems More information on Chad Augustine Shannon Cowlin Project Leader Analysis expertise Quantitative analyses Cost-benefit and risk analyses Constructing bottom-up and top-down inventory analyses Primary research interests Energy use and air pollution Air quality and public health More information on Shannon Cowlin Stacey Dolan Renewable Energy Life Cycle Analyst Analysis expertise Life cycle assessment Thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, energy analysis System dynamics, emergy synthesis Primary research interests Sustainability, renewable power generation, environmental impact assessment Green building design, eco-cities and eco-villages, sustainable community development Natural resource management, conservation More information on Stacey Dolan Alan C. Goodrich Senior Analyst Analysis expertise Materials and manufacturing technology commercialization strategies Manufacturing economics and technology strategy Techno economic analysis in support of R&D portfolio management Market analysis and forecasting Primary research interests Distributed solar energy technologies Low cost manufacturing strategies Commercialization and business development strategies More information on Alan C. Goodrich Maureen Hand Senior Engineer Analysis expertise Active control systems for utility-scale wind turbines Advanced control systems Numerical modeling and control system design Assessing future wind technology cost and performance estimates Survey methods for estimating the value of wind energy Primary research interests Developing transparent cost model for wind energy Electric system modeling scenarios Wind technology development risk analysis Wind turbine cost and scaling model development More information on Maureen Hand Garvin Heath Energy Analyst II Analysis expertise Air quality modeling Exposure assessment Primary research interests Health and environmental impacts of energy technologies Life cycle assessment Sustainability More information on Garvin Heath David Hsu Senior Engineer I Analysis expertise Biomass to biofuels conversion technology Biofuels technical and economic analysis Life cycle assessment Silicon processing technology Primary research interests Sustainability Biofuels Solar PV More information on David Hsu Kalia Kehoe Senior Administrative Specialist Analysis expertise Green power research support Electricity market research support Policy research support Contract/procurement Foreign travel Financial management Interpersonal relations Primary research interests Impacts of global warming Green power planning More information on Kalia Kehoe Ted James Energy Analyst Analysis expertise Knowledge of clean energy policy and solar technologies Environmental and regulatory strategy International trade and governance experience Primary research interests Market impacts of energy and environmental policy Linkages between climate change mitigation and competitiveness More information on Ted James Margaret Mann Group Manager Analysis expertise Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis Environmental Analysis Strategic planning for market development Primary research interests Life cycle assessment of renewable energy and conventional technologies Public/private sector techincal support Evaluation of technical, policy, and programmatic benefits More information on Margaret Mann Robert M. Margolis Senior Analyst Analysis expertise Energy-economic-environmental modeling, including national and global-scale models Economic and market analysis of renewable energy technologies R&D planning and evaluation Long-term scenario development Primary research interests Science and technology policy Research, development, and demonstration policy Energy technology Environmental policy More information on Robert M. Margolis Anelia Milbrandt Senior Energy Resources Analyst Analysis expertise Biomass resource assessment Geospatial modeling and analysis Integrated resource, infrastructure, and market analysis Primary research interests Sustainable biomass resource development Global natural resources and population dynamics Renewable energy programs in developing countries More information on Anelia Milbrandt Selya Price Senior Energy Analyst Analysis expertise Lead the analysis effort for the Solar Energy Technologies program Provide technical and analytical support to the President's Solar America Initiative Primary research interests Lead effort to better quantify the benefits and cost of distributed photovoltaics More information on Selya Price Monisha Shah Senior Project Leader Analysis expertise Energy, environmental, and economic modeling Quantitative analyses for market and policy analysis Idea generation, program development, and training Primary research interests International and domestic climate change policy Intersections between energy, environment, and economics Building capacity in developing countries to conduct analysis of policy measures which reduce GHGs and local emissions — technical collaborator for USEPA's Integrated Environmental Strategies program More information on Monisha Shah Martin Vorum Senior Analyst Analysis expertise Formulating conceptual and detailed engineering designs of integrated energy and manufacturing process systems Evaluating operability, economics, and off-design (troubleshooting) scenarios for integrated systems designs Developing quantitative models of physical/chemical phenomena and process systems, including their economics in large-scale, industrial applications Developing pilot-scale systems to demonstrate technologies for proof-of-concept applicationsand for comprehensive commercialization testing Expanding technology transfer opportunities by adapting and evolving energy systems, manufacturing technologies, and analytical methods to new applications Applying risk analysis through system models Managing field construction and plant operations Primary research interests Integration of management, economic, and technologic issues for planning, building, and operating systems Troubleshooting design issues that handicap systems' stability, productivity, competitiveness, and safety More information on Martin Vorum Ethan Warner Environmental Impacts Analyst Analysis expertise Life cycle assessment System dynamics modeling Energy policy Policy analysis Risk analysis Primary research interests System dynamics modeling of renewable technologies and energy systems Technological, social, economic, and environmental impacts of energy policy Sustainability and life cycle assessment More information on Ethan Warner Katherine Young Geothermal Energy Engineer Analysis expertise Geothermal planning and opportunities Database planning and development Primary research interests Geothermal and hydroelectric energy opportunities More information on Katherine Young

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