Congratulations to Katy Hinkelman on passing her Ph.D. defense. Katy is the lab’s first Ph.D. graduate from Penn State. Katy integrated solid engineering research in Modelica modeling and district energy systems with novel ideas from ecosystem biomimicry to improve the efficiency and resilience of energy infrastructure. She not only published 9 journal papers but made significant contributions to LBNL’s open-source Modelica buildings library throughout her time in the lab. Katy also received 1- fellowships and awards including DOE IBUILD Fellowship and P.E.O. Scholarship and she helped Prof. Zuo to secure more than $4M in research grants from NSF and DOE. We are thankful for all the support that Katy’s committee gave her throughout her research. The SBS Lab celebrated this amazing accomplishment with dinner and a hike.
