Abigail Mechtenberg

Assistant Teaching Professor,
Physics Laboratory Director

Office: 208 Jordan Hall of Science

Phone: 574-631-6285

E-mail: amechten@nd.edu

PhD in Applied Physics and MS in Physics, University of Michigan, 2004-2009
MEd in Educational Psychology, 1997-1999, University of California, Santa Barbara
BS in Physics, 1994-1997, Texas A&M University

Research Interests
My research interests include socio-technical design research involving hybrid microgrid and vehicle power management focused within an energy, sustainable development, and climate change nexus; physics education and experimental design; global health risks associated with inaccessible, unaffordable and unreliable electricity, sustainable development involving the interconnections between health, education, and economics; renewable energy; and merging traditional with technological skills and microgrid modeling with uncertainty as well as known variability for robust design and control algorithms of power management.

Key Words
Energy Systems, Sustainable Development, Smart Grid, Hybrid Vehicle Control Optimization, Energy Education

Location

46601

Disciplines

• Applied Physics

Affiliation

University of Notre Dame