Eric Anderson Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Provide clients with power system analysis, renewable energy valuation and capacity expansion modeling.Leverage cutting-edge technology, including Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP) and the Cloud, to build optimization models used to operate day-ahead and real-time markets, value power system assets, and plan for the future in an uncertain economy. Services include: ✓ Valuation of power generating assets including natural gas plants, wind turbines and coal plants✓ Optimization modeling and programming for planning, forecasting and usage of power related assets✓ Performing large-scale, root-cause analysis on power system problems✓ Building unique, custom models to solve pressing issues✓ Integrating optimization solvers with existing process flows✓ Market Modeling for long-term planning and capital investment decisions✓ Providing direction to in-house modeling and optimization teamsSpecialties: Modeling of power grid problems, Optimization (linear, nonlinear, stochastic, mixed integer), Stochastic Modeling, Power Systems, Alternative Energy Systems, Lean ManufacturingProgramming Workflows: C/C++, Python, SQLite, HTML/CSS, Javascript, D3.js, Git, Linux, Armadillo, MATLABOptimization Software: IBM Concert, IBM CPLEX, FICO Xpress, GAMS, IPOPT, Gurobi, MatpowerAWS Associate Certifications: Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps AdministratorFor more information, visit andersonoptimization.com

Boulder, Co, Us

Ascend offers physical and financial modeling for power system assets in an integrated analytics suite to enable decision making for utilities and merchant power producers on the U.S. power grids.✓ Helped leverage advanced optimization solvers and integrated into existing processes.✓ Developed and implemented robust and flexible new framework and models.✓ Delivered solutions that enabled customized client requests to be fulfilled quicker and more accurately.

Madison, Wi, Us

Power Systems and Risk✓ Characterizing the risk of power system operating points for different generation dispatch profiles and exploring the cost-risk frontier.✓ Computationally tractable joint chance constraints for system risk measures to solve the program in a timely manner. ✓ Extensive analysis of grid operation under net injection uncertainties.Cascading Power Failures✓ Derivative free optimization of mathematical models for cascading power fail-ures in relation to a priori design decisions. ✓ Modeling decision dependent uncertainty for multi-stage stochastic programs. ✓ Long term design decisions for transmission expansion and energy storage location problems.

Employed for summers and winters while school is out.✓ Custom machine building for chemical and other high precision processes✓ Custom metal work, spot-welding, stainless steel work, custom part fabrication✓ Design of exhaust system for thin film solar panel production process

Employed for three summers and occasional work throughout school year.Worked on 3 team RCI/Kaizen events, including mapping company value stream ✓ Developed plan to re-layout facility✓ Developed AutoCAD drawings of what-if scenarios✓ Started facility re-layout, moving several assembly lines and improving flow.✓ Reduced work-in-progress by 50%, reduced floor space required by 30%, and✓ Reduced minutes per piece by 34% for pedestal assembly line

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrial And Systems Engineering

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Operations Research

B.S., Applied Math, Engineering, And Physics

Mathematics