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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

• Design and execute randomized control trial (RCT) experiments to investigate the use of serious games to accelerate diffusion of energy efficiency and residential solar PV technology
• Quantitative analysis and statistical modeling of original datasets applying Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) theory and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to residential energy efficiency and solar energy decision making
• Develop and write content for energy efficiency and solar PV consumer education, including resources for available rebate and incentive programs and continued independent research
• Project management of technical and marketing teams to launch pilot and full programs of Energy Games
• Research under DOE Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) as part of the SunShot initiative

Austin, TX

• Managed project planning for $24M Department of Energy (DOE) funded smart grid demonstration that will generate the world’s deepest database of residential energy usage and provide a platform for demand response.
• Managed technology deployments including home energy management systems, revenue-grade electric and water meters, photovoltaic systems, electric vehicles and residential battery storage for up to 500 homes in the.
• Coordinated a cross-functional team consisting of 12 industry affiliates, The University of Texas, Austin Energy, Austin Water Utility and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop project management.
• Provided earned value management, risk management, progress reports and build metrics reports for DOE compliance reports
• Developed software configuration and installation process to integrate web-service (RESTful interface) programmable Digi ERT gateway hardware to collect 1-minute granularity utility usage data

Austin, TX

• Provided strategic planning and managed day-to-day departmental operations, including IT, print marketing/web design, lab and facilities (total of 12 staff members), for the largest department in the Cockrell School of.
• Developed data-driven strategies as member of senior management team to steer the department through severe cutbacks (~25% over three years) with minimal impact on staff or services, including staff re-organization
• Designed requirements and managed projects for both customer-facing and internal administrative web applications
• Established budgets for IT operations, teaching budget, Equipment Fund and Edison Lecture Series (STEM outreach); total budgets over $3M
• Developed standards and algorithms to equitably distribute teaching budget funds with consideration to specific course needs
• Coordinated, planned and wrote the department’s accreditation report (300+ page document) for compliance with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); developed program assessment procedure and.

Austin, TX

• Dissertation: Wide Band Gap Avalanche Photodiodes for Ultraviolet Single Photon Detection
• Published over 30 journal articles and conference proceedings
• Designed, fabricated and characterized the first Geiger mode SiC single photon counting avalanche photodiodes (SPADs), operating at 325nm
• Demonstrated the first UV enhanced quasi-direct band gap GaP APDs
• Employed measurement techniques including current-voltage, capacitance-voltage, quantum efficiency (QE), 2D Raster scan and single photon counting; familiarity with avalanche noise, low temperature current-voltage and.
• Researched UV quantum efficiency enhancement, gain uniformity and single photon counting

Phd, Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Wide Band Gap Avalanche Photodiodes for Ultraviolet Single Photon Detection

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: HKN IEEE