Ashwini BHARATKUMAR

Ashwini BHARATKUMAR

Academic Background:

• 2015 - present • MIT, ESD: PhD student in Engineering Systems
• 2012 - 2015 • MIT, ESD & EECS: SM in Technology & Policy, SM in Electrical Engineering
• 2008 - 2012 • University of Wisconsin-Madison, BS in Operations Research & Information Systems

Work Experience:

• 2012 - Present • MIT Energy Initiative • Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Research Assistant, MITEI Utility of the Future Study
• 2014 - Present • IHS CERA • Cambridge, MA, USA,
  • Associate, CERA Week Energy Innovation Pioneers Program
• 2011 - 2012 • Wisconsin Public Utility Institute • Madison, WI, USA
  • Student Program Assistant
• 2011 - 2011 • Argonne National Laboratory • Argonne, IL, USA
  • Research intern, Energy Systems Division, Transportation Research Group

Research Domain:

electric power systems operations and planning, electricity pricing, power sector regulation and market design

Research Methodology:

optimization, systems science and control, regulatory economics

Research Description:

Ash's research focuses on power systems modeling and power sector regulation. She is particularly interested in the design of markets and policy to enable decarbonization and innovation in the electric power sector, relying upon the development and use of operational and planning models to inform policy and market design.

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