Ramteen Sioshansi
Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Courtesy Appointment, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ramteen Sioshansi is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He also serves as the director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and is a faculty affiliate of Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
Prior to joining CMU, Sioshansi was a professor in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, founding director of the EmPOWERment National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, and an associate fellow in the Center for Automotive Research at The Ohio State University.
His research focuses on the integration of advanced energy technologies, including renewable energy, energy storage, and electric transportation, into energy systems. He works also in energy policy and electricity-market design, especially as they pertain to advanced energy technologies. He is an IEEE Fellow and served three two-year terms on the Electricity Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and chaired its Energy Storage (Technologies) Subcommittee.
Finding the Smoothest Path to a Green Energy Transition
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WESA
Sioshansi discusses the cost of nuclear power
ECE/EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with WESA about the benefits and drawbacks of using nuclear power. “When you compare the cost of supplying customers using nuclear and you compare it to other electricity generation technology, it’s very difficult to justify that cost economically,” Sioshansi explains.
Engineering and Public Policy
Seed grant spotlight: Improving electric-power resilience
College of Engineering researchers Maryam Hamidi, Ramteen Sioshansi, and Granger Morgan are developing a robust optimization model that is capable of analyzing threats to the grid and providing commensurate responses that improve its resilience and mitigate supply disruptions.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Seed grant spotlight: Improving electric-power resilience
College of Engineering researchers are developing a robust optimization model that is capable of analyzing threats to the grid and providing commensurate responses that improve its resilience and mitigate supply disruptions.
Marketplace
Sioshansi quoted on battery energy
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Marketplace about using battery energy as an alternative, sustainable source of energy. Sioshansi specifically discussed how batteries currently cannot completely replace fossil fuels. “The handful of hours when the wind and solar is not producing enough, well, we still have gas generators that can basically fill that gap,” he said.
Marketplace
Sioshansi quoted on durability of the national power grid
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi was quoted in Marketplace on the durability of the national power grid.
Carnegie Mellon University
Seven Engineering faculty awarded grants from Scott Institute
Seven faculty from the College of Engineering received project funding from this year’s Scott Institute Seed Grants.
Marketplace
Sioshansi speaks about the risks to the electric grid during heat waves
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Marketplace about the strain that high summer heat puts on electric grids.
Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Scott Institute seed grants advance clean energy research at Carnegie Mellon University
ince the Scott Institute’s founding in 2012, a core initiative has been the Seed Grants for Energy Research program. With this funding, researchers across the university receive important early-stage support for developing cutting-edge energy research.
Scripps News
Sioshansi comments on wildfire prevention power shut offs
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Scripps News about the potential negative consequences of shutting down power lines which have been the main source of wildfires in recent years. Sioshansi discusses the predicament of people being completely reliant on electricity, while also being in danger of those electrical sources.
ScholarGPS
Sioshansi ranked on ScholarGPS
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi ranked #26 in the energy storage specialty on ScholarGPS. Highly Ranked Scholars™ are identified by career productivity levels (number of publications), as well as the quality and impact of their work.
CNET
Sioshansi talks about electricity rates in Texas
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi talks to CNET about electricity rates in Texas. “I think the biggest advantage in Texas is you can find some fairly exotic price structures that you just would not have found pre-restructuring [pre-deregulation],” he says.
CMU Engineering
Modeling energy storage for a decarbonized future
Recent study reviews challenges associated with electricity-system planning and suggests how systems could balance eliminating carbon emissions, affordability, and system reliability.