
Brian Mirletz
Researcher III-Software Engineering
Brian Mirletz is a member of the Distributed Systems and Storage Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center. He joined NREL in 2020 and brings experience in modeling, optimization, and controls from the robotics industry to techno-economic performance models for the System Advisor Model.
Research Interests
System analysis and modeling
Technoeconomic analysis for photovoltaic and storage systems
Robotics
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Professional Experience
Anthropomorphism Engineer, Catalia Health (2015–2020)
Featured Work
"Goal-Directed CPG-Based Control for Tensegrity Spines with Many Degrees of Freedom Traversing Irregular Terrain,” Soft Robotics (2015)
Towards Bridging the Reality Gap Between Tensegrity Simulation and Robotic Hardware, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2015)
Adaptive Central Pattern Generators for Control of Tensegrity Spines with Many Degrees of Freedom, Ph.D. Dissertation for Case Western Reserve University (2016)
Patents
Method and system for patient engagement, U.S. Patent No. US10452816B2 (2019)