ACEP welcomes three new faculty
June 27, 2013
The Institute of Northern Engineering and the Alaska Center for Energy & Power recently added three new assistant research professors to their team: George Roe,
Jeremy Kasper and Marc Mueller-Stoffels.
George Roe earned his Master's of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington
and his Master's of Arts in Community Leadership from Fuller Seminary. George spent
the last 25 years at Boeing and brings extensive university training and industry
experience including a strong emphasis in mechanical engineering and system engineering
disciplines. Roe’s focus at ACEP will involve engaging communities and industry partners
in defining and solving research questions and identifying potential global opportunities
for ACEP and other Alaska-based solutions.
Jeremy Kasper holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Physics, Reed College) and a Ph.D.
in Oceanography from UAF’s School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. From 2010 until 2012, Kasper was a postdoctoral investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. Kasper’s expertise is in monitoring and understanding near-shore physical
oceanography. He will work closely with ACEP’s Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research
Center to characterize the hydrology and debris at the Nenana River in-river hydrokinetic
energy test site and other locations around the state. He is also working closely
with the City and Borough of Yakutat to develop and execute a study plan of available
wave energy offshore of Yakutat, Alaska.
Marc Mueller-Stoffels began his work with ACEP as a UAF PhD candidate in 2010 and
was appointed into a Post-Doctoral Fellow position after his graduation in the Spring
of 2012. During his time at ACEP Mueller-Stoffels was instrumental in developing
the Power Systems Integration (PSI) Laboratory and will lead the PSI program for ACEP
in this new faculty position, investigating ways to improve how renewable resources
can be successfully integrated into small, isolated power systems.