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is project manager for
the development of a wind energy systems
engineering (WESE) software research tool at
the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL) of the National Wind Technology Center
(NWTC). She has also worked as adjunct faculty
in a Power Systems Master's Degree Program at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
Katherine's academic passions lie at the cross-
section of engineering and social science. She has a BS Cum Laude in
Economics and Statistics from the Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania and BS Cum Laude in Electrical and Materials
Science, University of Pennsylvania. She did her MS in Electrical
Engineering and in Agricultural, Environmental and Develop-
mental Economics at the Ohio State University and received a PhD
from the Engineering Systems Division of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 2013. The dual background in engineering and
economics allows her to employ methods from both fields for an
integrated approach to the research of technology innovation,
difusion and design.
Katherine's research interests and projects include system
dynamics simulation-based modelling of socio-technical systems,
with emphasis on technology innovation and difusion; power
systems operation and planning, with emphasis on new technology
integration (utility-scale wind energy, distribution-side techno-
logies); integration of technical and financial models for system
design; and design of complex technical systems and their social
influences, technology standards, and co-evolution of science and
technology.
Katherine
Dykes
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