Deputy Director
Scientist Profile: David Chassin, PhD/MASc
February 4, 2019 | Federal Research in California Â
Staff Scientist
GISMo Laboratory
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
PhD/MASc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria
BS, Building Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. David Chassin leads GISMo R&D on modeling, simulation and analysis of power systems. He managed the development of the DOE’s GridLAB-D simulation system, which is widely used to study smart-grid and renewable energy technology integration in electricity distribution systems. He led the design of the transactive control systems for DOE’s smart-grid demonstrations, and serves on the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation Load Modeling Task Force.
Dr. Chassin can speak and advise on the following technical fields:
- Demand response and building system performance.
- Agent-based energy system modeling and simulation.
- Data-driven distributed energy resource integration.
- Flexible load-to-grid services.
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Updated: 2019.02.04
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