Krystal Garcia Email & Phone Number

Northampton, MA, US

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

• Established a long-term capacity model that integrated resource adequacy metrics and SRP’s sustainability goals to produce actionable resource portfolios.
• Performed stochastic analyses using a production cost model to update planning reserve margin levels and create effective load carrying capability curves defining resource adequacy contributions for renewables and.
• Quantified the resource adequacy and financial impacts of limited fuel availability.
• Assessed the NPV of generating resources and resource portfolios bid into an all-source RFP.
• Created a SQL database and Power BI dashboard for reporting production cost metrics such as financial costs, energy, capacity, emissions, and water consumption for 40+ resource portfolios.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona

• Developed machine learning algorithms and regression models in R to evaluate energy savings from energy efficiency and demand response rebate programs.
• Designed an experiment to evaluate energy savings from a behavioral demand response pilot program. The analysis resulted in the termination of the pilot, as it was shown that there was no significant change in consumer.
• Developed a random forest regression model in R to forecast customer energy consumption, with a MAPE of 5%.
• Created customized reports that statistically and visually summarized solar customer energy consumption patterns in Tableau.
• Created spatial-temporal visualizations in Tableau of the growth of new technologies in SRP service territory to assist management in understanding the impact of their adoption to the grid.
• Evaluated effectiveness of price plans in changing customer behavior by using propensity score matching with k-means clustering as the method to match customers in the treatment group to customer in the control group.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Tempe, AZ

Tempe, AZ

Developed a mathematical framework that incorporates natural, human-caused and disease-induced mortality as well as interference competition between two species of predators. The outcomes generated by this theoretical framework are used to explore the impact of competition and death-induced mechanisms on predators coexistence.

Berlin Area, Germany

Collaborated with an international team to investigate innovative machine learningtechniques for image processing to be integrated with Amira software. Implemented random forest regression voting algorithm in C++ for object detection and tested code using BioID data.

Colombia

Collaborated with a team to conduct research in computational modeling. I developed and analyzed a spatially-explicit, time dependent agent based model using Netlogo to describe the fission-fusion dynamics of primates.

179 Amory St, Brookline, MA 02446

Worked with a team to provide technical support and excellent client service to the 43,000 students and faculty on the Boston University campus. As a technical consultant, I helped troubleshoot software and talked clients through a series of actions over the phone or in person to resolve issues.

Greater Boston Area

Greater Boston Area

Course assistant for CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science I, where I provided assistance in 1 hour lab and responsible for 3 hours of office hours to aid undergraduate students in developing a solid foundation in Java programming.

Developed a discrete-time non-linear compartmental model to explore how quarantining offenders may help hinder the spread of offensive messages on social networks. Parameterized model using data collected from Twitter to investigate the implications of the model in real life.

Texas

Participated in research experiences for undergraduates in mobile cyber-physical systems.

New York

Designed a program to simulate molecular interactions and mobility of computationally designed biosensors based on green fluorescent protein. I then worked in the lab to develop and test the biosensor.

Master Of Science (Ms), Applied Mathematics For The Life And Social Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Women in Computer Science (WISE) at Boston University - President (2013-2014)