Andrew C. Eilbert Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Modeling lead for mobile-source emission analyses, particularly related to innovative policy and technology, with federal and state clients

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Spearheading input development of tailpipe and upstream criteria pollutants, health effects, and emission damage costs for new light-duty vehicle rulemakings on fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Lead research on the operational and environmental benefits of vehicles equipped with cooperative and adaptive cruise control technologies
• Serve as the lead developer and technical reviewer for a series of tools to demonstrate emission reductions of proposed project eligible for federal grants under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ).
• Independently validate non-volatile particulate matter estimates of mass and particle number for a new feature of the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT)
• Calculate emission inventories from transit vehicles operating in the national parks
• Update upstream highway emissions data for future rulemakings

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Supported the US Department of Transportation in the modeling of emissions from highway vehicles and aircraft at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Greater Detroit Area

• Updated emission rates for compressed natural gas city transit buses in the Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) with dynamometer measurements through various testing programs through a summer Weinberg fellowship
• Continued at the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality through funding from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) program to update vehicle population and activity data in MOVES
• Provided modeling support on greenhouse gas standards for heavy-duty vehicles

Detroit, MI

• Initiated and led a graduate student team project to evaluate the performance of DTE Energy’s residential energy optimization (EO) program and recommended strategies to improve customer participation and program.
• Developed a MySQL script to automate calculations of climate-normalized energy savings over 106 pilot houses

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and wrote a scoping paper on the economic and environmental impact of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in the Washington, DC metropolitan area
• Gathered greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant data for a proposal to retire an inefficient coal plant in Alexandria, VA

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted the Natural Gas and Sustainable Energy Initiative (NGSEI) by conducting research, generating graphics for their publications, and helping review and edit their upcoming briefing papers and report
• Contributed and wrote regularly for Worldwatch’s climate and energy blog, ReVolt

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote a grant proposal and constructed web prototypes for an online database and tracking system for renewable energy educational programs, research, and installation projects on American college campuses
• Helped organize and run an international renewable energy technology conference and trade show in Las Vegas, RETECH 2009, and a renewable energy finance forum in New York, REFF-Wall Street
• Designed and produced a concluding report for RETECH 2009
• Recorded and edited video interviews with attendees at ACORE events for the DREAM campaign (Doubling Renewable Energy in America) and uploaded the clips to YouTube

Ms, Natural Resources And Environment: Sustainable Systems

Activities and Societies: Sustainable Systems Track Leader; Class Assistant, Energy Markets and Politics (NRE 527); Mobile Charging Team.

Bs, Physics

Activities and Societies: Community Advisor, Department of Residence Life; President and Founding Member, Peers Educating about.