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Center for the New Energy Economy

The Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) is an energy policy thinktank, under the Energy Institute, that works directly with legislators, regulators, utilities, state energy offices, and communities, to provide non-partisan technical and strategic assistance. 

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METEC Team

METEC is a unique and renowned test and research facility for emissions leak detection and quantification (LDAQ) technology development, field demonstration, hands-on LDAQ equipment training, and protocol and best practices development. The METEC facility is operated by the Energy Institute and is located on CSU’s foothills campus.

Name	Title	Email
Dan Zimmerle	METEC Director	[email protected]
Jeff Fotsch	METEC Assistant Director of Operations	[email protected]
Anindita Chakraborty	Research Associate	[email protected]
Bryan Rainwater	Research Associate	[email protected]
Wendy Hartzell	Project Manager	[email protected]
Anna Hodshire	Research Scientist	[email protected]
Tim Vaughn	Research Scientist	[email protected]
Jenna Brown	Research Associate	[email protected]
Kate Patterson	Research Associate	[email protected]
Teagan Bailey	Research Associate	[email protected]
Michael Moy	Research Scientist	[email protected]
Ezra Levin	Research Scientist	[email protected]
Kira Shonwiler	Research Scientist II	[email protected]
Chiemezie Ilonze	Software Modeling Engineer	[email protected]
Fancy Cheptonui	METEC Data Analyst	[email protected]
Sam O’Donnell	Postdoctoral Fellow	[email protected]

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Powerhouse Energy Campus Researchers

Researchers based out of the Powerhouse Energy Campus or another Energy Institute facility or program.

First Name	Last Name	CSU Department
Todd	Bandhauer	Mechanical Engineering
Tami	Bond	Mechanical Engineering
Thomas	Bradley	Systems Engineering
James	Cale	Systems and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ellison	Carter	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Maggie	Clark	Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Tim	Coburn	Systems Engineering
Garrett	Cole	Mechanical Engineering
Steve	Conrad	Systems Engineering
Matteo	Da Valle	Mechanical Engineering
Jeremy	Daily	Systems Engineering
Ciprian	Dumitrache	Mechanical Engineering
Kamran	Eftekhari Shahroudi	Systems Engineering
Tolu	Fosudo	Mechanical Engineering
Erika	Gallegos	Mechanical Engineering
Shane	Garland	Mechanical Engineering
Jonah	Greene	Mechanical Engineering
Tim	Hansen	Systems Engineering
Daniel	Herber	Systems Engineering
Anna	Hodshire	Systems Engineering
Mozhdeh	Hooshyar	Mechanical Engineering
Noah	Horesh	Mechanical Engineering
Xingfeng	Huang	Chemical & Biological Engineering
Joe	Huyett	Mechanical Engineering
Shantanu	Jathar	Mechanical Engineering
Drew	Jones	Mechanical Engineering
Christin	Kreml	Mechanical Engineering
Phillip	Lax	Mechanical Engineering
Zongrun	Li	Mechanical Engineering
Xiaoying	Li	Mechanical Engineering
Braden	Limb	Mechanical Engineering
Christian	L’Orange	Mechanical Engineering
Erika	Miller	Systems Engineering
Dalton	Moore	Mechanical Engineering
Reza	Nazemi	Mechanical Engineering
Dan	Olsen	Mechanical Engineering
Vincent	Paglioni	Systems Engineering
Ken	Reardon	Chemical & Biological Engineering
Jack	Smith	Mechanical Engineering
Misa	Soto	Mechanical Engineering
Ky	Tanner	Mechanical Engineering
Graeme	Troxell	Systems Engineering
Jacob	Turner	Mechanical Engineering
Frank	Van Gessel	Mechanical Engineering
John	Volckens	Mechanical Engineering
Zongjie	Wang	Systems Engineering
Bret	Windom	Mechanical Engineering
Yinshuang	Xiao	Systems Engineering
Azer	Yalin	Mechanical Engineering
Bonnie	Young	Mechanical Engineering
Peter	Young	Systems Engineering
Derek	Young	Mechanical Engineering
Andrew	Zdanowicz	Mechanical Engineering
Jianguo	Zhao	Mechanical Engineering

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Affiliated Researchers

The Energy Institute has affiliated experts in a wide range of topics who are not based out of the Powerhouse Energy Campus.

First Name	Last Name	CSU Department
Ajay	Menon	CSU Strata
Chuck	Anderson	Computer Science
Mazdak	Arabi	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rick	Aster	Geosciences
Lynn	Badia	English
Jeff	Bandar	Chemistry
Kurt	Barth	Mechanical Engineering
Ross	Beveridge	Computer Science
Thomas	Borch	Soil and Crop Sciences
Ken	Carlson	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Anping	Chen	Biology
Richard	Conant	Ecology
Daniel	Cooley	Statistics
Thomas	Dean	Business and School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Susan	De Long	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bruce	Draper	Computer Science
John	Elder	Finance & Real Estate
Don	Estep	Statistics
Delphine	Farmer	Chemistry
Jay	Hamm	Soil and Crop Sciences
Chuck	Henry	Chemistry
Jim	Ippolito	Soil and Crop Sciences
Anura	Jayasumana	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gaofeng	Jia	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Joshua	Keller	Statistics
Amber	Krummel	Chemistry
Jan	Leach	Bio agricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Tony	Maciejewski	Electrical and Computer Engineering
John	McKay	Bio agricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Andy	McNally	Chemistry
Jessica	Metcalf	Animal Sciences
Hong	Miao	Finance & Real Estate
Garret	Miyake	Natural Sciences
Jeff	Muhs	Institute for Entrepreneurship
James	Neilson	Chemistry
Jamie	Neilson	Chemistry
Svetlana	Olbina	Construction Management
Craig	Partridge	Computer Science
Mark	Paschke	Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Sudeep	Pasricha	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Robert	Paton	Chemistry
Keith	Paustian	Soil and Crop Sciences
Jennifer	Peel	Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Josie	Plaut	Institute for the Built Environment
David	Prawel	Mechanical Engineering
Amy	Prieto	Chemistry
Don	Radford	Mechanical Engineering
A.R. Ravi	Ravishankara	Chemistry
Indrajit	Ray	Computer Science
John	Ridley	Geosciences
Bonnie	Roberts	Mechanical Engineering
Jorge	Rocca	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Matt	Ross	Ecology
Walajabad	Sampath	Mechanical Engineering
Ryan	Scott	Political Science
Sybil	Sharvelle	Civil & Environmental Engineering
John	Sheehan	Chemical & Biological Engineering
Matthew	Shores	Chemistry
Scott	Shrake	Institute for Entrepreneurship
Bill	Shuster	Management
Rayeedul	Siam	Mechanical Engineering
Steve	Simske	Mechanical Engineering
James	Sites	Physics
Holly	Stein	Geosciences
Lisa	Stright	Geosciences
Sally	Sutton	Geosciences
Joe	Von Fischer	Biology
Matthew	Wallenstein	Soil and Crop Sciences
Ander	Wilson	Statistics
Mostafa	Yourdkhani	Mechanical Engineering
Patricia	Young	Psychology

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