Laura Schaefer

Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering · Rice University · company speakers →

Dr. Laura Schaefer is the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, where she heads the Solar Communities Working Group. She was formerly the Deputy Director of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and Associate Director of the Center for Energy at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research centers on the analysis, design and optimization of energy systems, with an emphasis on improving energy efficiency and diversification for increased sustainability. Her research has received over $12 million in funding by organizations such as NSF, DOE, AFOSR, ASHRAE, PITA, and NCIIA. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the founding and former Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, and a past Chair of the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME.

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