Ana Dyreson

Biography

Dr. Dyreson's research group studies energy resilience in northern climates both at the scale of individual technologies and through an interdisciplinary approach at the system scale. Her team's expertise includes solar PV performance and modeling, heat pump and building energy performance, thermoelectric power generation, and grid resilience modeling. Dyreson is interested in improving the resilience of future energy systems under the combined influence of changing climate, emerging technological drivers and growing electrical power demands. Dyreson's work is often in partnership with communities and collaborating with social scientists, Earth system scientists, and practitioners. Dyreson is passionate about teaching and improving the diversity of Mechanical Engineering as a discipline. She has a background in solar energy (PhD Mechanical Engineering, 2018, University of Wisconsin–Madison and MS Mechanical Engineering, 2014, Northern Arizona University) and electricity grid modeling (Post-doctoral researcher 2018-2020, Grid Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratory). Dr. Dyreson holds a BS in Engineering Mechanics from University of Wisconsin–Madison (2007) and is as a registered Professional Engineer (Wisconsin).