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Staff Page • Mechanical Engineer. Biography Matthew Sandlin is a mechanical engineer working in the Concentrating Solar Technologies program. Prior to working at Sandia National Laboratories, Matthew performed experimental testing and numerical validation of falling particle receiver concepts at the Georgia Institute of Technology. During his post-doctoral appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,...

Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Megan Anderson is an R&D Mechanical Engineer in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. She first joined Sandia in 2021 as a graduate student intern. Her research mainly focuses on stakeholder engagement, sociotechnical assessments of wave energy converters (WECs) for ocean-based economy applications,...

Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Melissa Meyerson is a materials scientist and chemist at Sandia National Laboratories. She completed her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park and her PhD in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin where she researched electrode materials to improve the energy...

Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Michael Devin joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2021 and is a member of the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department. He supports platform design optimization and computational hydro-structural analysis for offshore vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs). His research interests include multidisciplinary design optimization, novel wake control strategies, and...

Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Michael Rios is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in 2011 at the University of San Diego where he was a Ronald E McNair Scholar. He completed his masters and doctorate degrees at the...

Staff Page • Principal Member, Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Ropp has over twenty years of experience in research and education in power engineering, power electronics, and photovoltaics. He has authored over eighty technical publications and holds six patents. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is active in standards creation, and...

Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Michelle Bester is a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Electric Power Systems Research department at Sandia National Laboratories. Her primary research includes remote sensing analysis and modeling of fuel characteristics and vegetation treatments for wildfire grid resilience. She received her doctorate degree from West Virginia University and was...