Nov 17, 2025 | Faculty and Staff Interviews, News
An Interview with the AES Program Co-Director: Dr. Kate Anderson Center Director for the Grid Planning and Analysis Center Co-Director, Mines/NREL Advanced Energy Systems Program Dr. Anderson graduated from the AES program in 2022, the inaugural cohort of students...
Oct 21, 2025 | Faculty and Staff Interviews, News
An Interview with the AES Program Director: Dr. Robert Braun University Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering Director, Mines/NREL Advanced Energy Systems Program Dr. Braun has served as the director of the AES program for almost five years. He has extensive...
Sep 25, 2025 | Student Profiles
Follow Eliza Hotchkiss BA Geography-Geology from Vassar College and MSc in Energy Efficient Architecture from Oxford School of Architecture My research interests lie in advancing and utilizing wave energy simulators to make feasible and commercially viable wave energy...
Sep 17, 2025 | Student Profiles
FollowFollow Yiyang Chen BS in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign My research is centered on how numerical solutions to partial differential equations, particularly computational fluid modeling, can contribute to...
Sep 12, 2025 | Program News
This fall, the Advanced Energy Systems Program welcomed 24 new students, including 7 doctoral students and 17 Masters students. In preparation for classes, students participated in the traditional M Climb. After receiving their hardhats, the AES crew walked from...
