Alumna Dr. Carrie Meldgin Continues Fall 2017 Physics Careers Series on Sept. 15

The Fall 2017 Physics Careers seminar series continues on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 with  Dr. Carrie Meldgin of Pacific Gas & Electric:

Time: 11 a.m. on Friday, September 15, 2017 (refreshments served at 10:30 a.m.)

Location: 204 Loomis Laboratory (Interaction Room)

Title: Working for Pacific Gas & Electric Company: Building Renewables Integration Models and Tools

Speaker: Dr. Carrie Meldgin, Pacific Gas & Electric

Abstract: The increase in renewable electricity that California has experienced, most strongly since 2014, has had repercussions throughout California's electricity and natural-gas sectors.  My talk will focus on the challenges of integrating renewable electricity onto the grid, such as intermittency, uncertainty, and ramping.  I will discuss three projects I have worked on to facilitate renewables integration: day-ahead forecasting of natural gas needed by gas-fired power plants, calculating customers' costs of accepting bids to build electricity storage, and modeling future prices for electrical capacity.

Bio: Carrie Meldgin received her PhD in atomic physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016.  In May 2016 she joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company as a Senior Quantitative Analyst in the Energy Procurement Quantitative Analysis group.  She is enjoying stretching her analytical skills in new directions, including processing and analyzing big datasets, learning economics, statistics, and corporate finance, and building models that aid in reducing California’s carbon emissions.

Note: While she's in Urbana, Dr. Meldgin may be available to discuss career opportunities in the energy industry. If you would like to meet with her on Friday, September 15, please send me an e-mail, slcooper@illinois.edu, and I'll try to arrange a meeting.

You can see the rest of the Fall 2017 Physics Careers Seminar series here: http://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers/