
Brian Bush
Principal Scientist – Systems Engineering
Brian.Bush@nrel.gov |
303-384-7472
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2864-7028
Brian W. Bush is a member of the Systems Modeling team in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center's D.A.T.A. group.
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
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
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, Yale University
B.S. in Physics, California Institute of Technology
Prior Work Experience
Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1993–2008)
Director-Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1990–1992)
Other Affiliations
American Physical Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (including Computer Society)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Featured Publications
Biogas and Hydrogen Systems Market Assessment, NREL Technical Report (2016)
Evaluation of Methods for Comparison of Spatiotemporal and Time Series Datasets, NREL Technical Report (2015)
Hydrogen Financial Analysis Scenario Tool (H2FAST): Web Tool User's Manual, NREL Technical Report (2015)
Understanding the Complexities of Subnational Incentives in Supporting a National Market for Distributed Photovoltaics, NREL Technical Report (2014)
Biomass Resource Allocation Among Competing End Uses, NREL Technical Report (2012)
Variance Analysis of Wind and Natural Gas Generation under Different Market Structures: Some Observations, NREL Technical Report (2012)
Analytic Science for Geospatial and Temporal Variability in Renewable Energy: A Case Study in Estimating Photovoltaic Output in Arizona, Solar Energy (2011)
Estimating Solar PV Output Using Modern Space/Time Geostatistics, NREL Presentation (2009)
Using System Dynamics to Model the Transition to Biofuels in the United States, Conference Paper, Third International Conference on Systems of Systems Engineering (2008)
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