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i
am an assistant professor in the department
of energy and mineral engineering at penn state university. i teach
undergraduate courses and advise students in the energy business and
finance
program. i also teach public policy and economics courses to
graduate students in science,
engineering and other technical fields
across the university. I have strong interests in helping
professionals and students address
policy-relevant problems
related to energy and environmental systems and technologies. you
can learn more about my interests and view some relevant publications
on my research page.
broadly, my teaching and research falls in these areas:
- energy and electric
power systems
- network and graph theory
- regulatory economics
and policy
- antitrust and
competition policy
- market power in
electricity markets
- transportation systems
and infrastructure
- environmental risk and
decision-making
- integrated design for
zero or low net-energy buildings and communities
- unconventional natural
gas
My dissertation examined several
implications of the braess paradox
for network behavior and transmission investment, planning, and pricing
in electric power
systems. i earned my ph.d. through the department of engineering and public
policy at carnegie mellon, and was associated with the carnegie mellon electricity industry
center. my dissertation was supervised by lester lave, marija
ilic, jay apt, and sarosh talukdar.
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| teaching: |
ennec
100: introduction to environmental and earth resources economics.
em sc 304: environmental management.
egee 525: theory and practice of policy analysis for engineers.
em sc 420: energy and modern society.
eme 590: energy and mineral engineering colloquium
short course on energy markets, summer 2010, vermont law school [syllabus]
73-428/19-624: the transformation of energy markets, spring 2005,
carnegie mellon. [syllabus]
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| awards/honors: |
- wilson research
initiation award, penn state college of earth and mineral sciences,
2009.
- william
w. cooper doctoral dissertation award for "outstanding doctoral
dissertation in management or the management sciences," tepper school
of business, carnegie mellon university, may 2006.
- best poster award at the
technology, policy, and management graduate consortium, cambridge ma,
june 2005. [poster pdf]
- herbert l. toor award
for "outstanding research paper submitted in the qualifying
examinations of the department of engineering and public policy,"
february 2004.
- deed technical grant,
american public power association, with chantal brandon and dmitri
perekhodtsev, december 2001.
- william larimer mellon
scholarship, graduate school of industrial administration, carnegie
mellon university, academic years 2001/2002 and 2002/2003.
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| professional: |
- assistant
professor, department of energy and mineral engineering, penn state
university.
- adjunct research
professor, carnegie mellon electricity industry center.
- postdoctoral
research fellow, tepper school of business, carnegie mellon university,
affiliated with the carnegie mellon electricity industry center, 2006 -
2007.
- ph.d. student,
department of engineering and public policy, carnegie mellon
university, supported by the carnegie mellon electricity industry
center, august 2003 - 2006.
- economist, economic
insight, inc., portland oregon, 1998 - 2001.
- editor and contributor, the
energy market report, portland oregon, 1998 - 2001.
- editor, pacific west
oil data, 1999 - 2001.
- economics intern, oregon
department of fish and wildlife, portland oregon, 1997.
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| education: |
- ph.d. department of
engineering and public policy, carnegie mellon university, may 2006.
- m.s. economics, graduate
school of industrial administration, carnegie mellon university, 2003.
- m.s. coursework in
statistics (unfinished), portland state university, 1998 - 1999.
- b.a.
mathematics/economics, reed college, 1998.
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- expert
witness and other consulting activities for the connecticut department
of public utility control, maryland public service commission,
consortium for risk evaluation with stakeholder participation, american
public power association.
- submitted comments on
the state of retail and wholesale electricity markets to ferc and the
intergovernmental task force on electric market competition with jay
apt and lester lave, november 2005.
- designed and taught
interdisciplinary course on energy markets for advanced undergraduates
and graduate students in economics and engineering, spring 2005. [syllabus]
- submitted comments on
ferc supplier margin assessment test for market power with lester lave
and dmitri perekhodtsev, january 2004.
- submitted comments on
ferc standard market design with lester lave and dmitri perekhodtsev,
november 2002.
- expert testimony on the
competitiveness of the gasoline market in portland oregon for the city
of sherwood oregon, february 2001.
- "gas and electricity in
the wscc: price levels and volatility," seminar given to the pacific
northwest gas/electric integration group, december 2000.
- "five-year outlook for
gasoline and distillates," with sam van vactor and peter stiffler,
report to the oregon department of energy, december 2000.
- "blowin' in the wind:
enso and the oregon coastal sport fishery," b.a. thesis, reed college
1998.
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