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Michael Craig
Assistant Professor in Energy Systems
Joint appointment with Industrial & Operations Engineering (IOE)
Sustainable Systems
Climate + Energy
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
Office
3010 Dana
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About
Michael is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed between the School for Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His ASSET Lab researches how to decarbonize energy systems while making those systems robust to climate change. He has received funding from several federal agencies, including an NSF CAREER Award. He serves on the advisory committees of several climate adaptation initiatives led by industry and national labs. His lab's research has been published in Nature Energy, Nature Climate Change, Joule, and other leading journals. Prior to his current position, he worked as a Research Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He received his PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2017.
Publications
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Adapting energy systems to climate change; decarbonization of energy systems; power system optimization; policy analysis; resource adequacy and risk analysis.
Education
PhD, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University (2017)
MS, Technology and Policy Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014)
BA, Environmental Studies (Ecology), Washington University in St. Louis (2010)
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