Chad Augustine
Geothermal Energy Engineer/Analyst
Areas of 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
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Austin Brown
Senior Analyst (Strategic Planning)
Areas of expertise
- Crosscutting low-carbon strategies
- Clean transportation technologies and policies
Primary research interests
- Clean energy research portfolio planning
- Energy and society
- Sustainable transportation systems
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Shannon Cowlin
Senior Project Leader - Sustainability Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Analysis of renewable resource potential for development goals
- Energy poverty and gender impacts of energy choices
- GHG emissions, air quality and public health impacts of energy use
Primary research interests
- Energy poverty and gender and energy
- Energy use, emissions, and health
- Renewable potential
- Renewable and appropriate energy applications
- Outreach and capacity building
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Ariel Esposito
Geothermal Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Reservoir engineering and reservoir simulation
- Geothermal, oil and gas, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) reservoir analysis
- Technology analysis, energy policy, and energy systems optimization
Primary research interests
- Alternative geothermal resources including geopressure and secondary sedimentary basins
- Geothermal reservoir engineering to determine recoverable resource and estimate costs
- Geothermal technology analysis and comparison with other renewable energy sources
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Alan C. Goodrich
Senior Analyst
Areas of 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
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Maureen Hand
Senior Engineer
Areas of 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
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Garvin Heath
Senior Scientist
Areas of expertise
- Air quality modeling
- Exposure assessment
Primary research interests
- Health and environmental impacts of energy technologies
- Life cycle assessment
- Sustainability
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David Hsu
Senior Engineer I
Areas of expertise
- Biomass to biofuels conversion technology
- Biofuels technical and economic analysis
- Life cycle assessment
- Silicon processing technology
Primary research interests
- Sustainability
- Biofuels
- Solar photovoltaics (PV)
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Ted James
Energy Analyst
Areas of 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
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Scott Jenne
Geothermal Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Thermal power systems and mechanical design
- Geothermal resources
Primary research interests
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Margaret Mann
Group Manager
Areas of 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
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Robert M. Margolis
Senior Analyst
Areas of 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
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Anelia Milbrandt
Senior Energy Resources Analyst
Areas of 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
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Kathleen Nawaz
Senior Project Leader II - Washington D.C. Office Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Deployment of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles
- Development and application of analytic tools to displace petroleum
- Legislative and policy analysis
Primary research interests
- Market transformation of alternative and replacement fuels in transportation
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Dani Salyer
Administrative Assistant/JISEA Coordinator
Areas of expertise
- Office management
- Industry research
- Proposal support
- Copy writing and editing
- Executive level administrative and project support
- Sales and marketing management
- Operational systems development
Primary research interests
- Multi-organizational administration
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Monisha Shah
Senior Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Energy, environmental, and economic modeling and analysis
- Benefits analysis (environmental, economic, health)
- Strategic analysis, program development and management, international capacity building
Primary research interests
- International and domestic climate change policy
- Intersections between energy, environment, and economics
- The impact of climate change and energy policy design on the deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Strategies to mitigate both GHGs and local emissions and further economic development in China and other developing countries
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Martin Vorum
Senior Analyst
Areas of 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
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Ethan Warner
Sustainability Analyst
Areas of 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
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Kermit Witherbee
Geothermal Energy Geologist/Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Renewable and nonrenewable energy resource assessments
- Land use planning and NEPA
- Development and implementation of minerals and energy policy
- Geothermal leasing and permitting
- Minerals exploration and development
Primary research interests
- Policy implications for geothermal resources development
- Geothermal resource assessments
- Geothermal exploration and development
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Michael Woodhouse
Solar PV Technologies and Economics Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Fundamental science of PV and Solar Hydrogen technologies
- Economics of PV - Manufacturing to levelized cost of energy (LCOE)
Primary research interests
- Technological innovations in PV
- PV manufacturing costs
- PV installation costs and financing
- LCOE estimates for different technologies and installation methods
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Katherine Young
Geothermal Energy Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Geothermal planning and opportunities
- Database planning and development
Primary research interests
- Geothermal and hydroelectric energy opportunities
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Yimin Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Areas of expertise
- Life cycle assessment
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Primary research interests
- Life cycle assessment for biofuels
- Sustainability
- Competing uses of biomass resources
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