Amanda Wachtel

Principal Member of Technical Staff

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Principal Member of Technical Staff

awachte@sandia.gov

(505) 844-1962

Biography

Amanda Wachtel is a principal member of technical staff in the Mathematical Analysis and Decision Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Her primary research areas include resilience, system-of-systems modeling and simulation, and developing analytical capabilities for DoD, DOE, defense energy, and community applications. She developed the initial prototype of the Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool (ReNCAT) to assess critical infrastructure within cities and find concentrated areas of resources capable of providing services during grid outages, and continues to lead analysis efforts in this area. ReNCAT has been used to help areas such as New Orleans and Puerto Rico identify potential locations for microgrids and backup generation to increase resilience. Amanda was awarded Sandia’s Up and Coming Innovator award in 2017 and is passionate about advancing capabilities to help communities and organizations understand and increase resilience. She has been a leader in Sandia’s energy and infrastructure resilience framework and in tailoring that framework for specific applications.

Education

  • Masters of Science in Computation for Design and Optimization, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2013
  • Bachelors of Science in Mathematics, The University of Alabama – 2010

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Publications

  • Hart, O., Wachtel, A., Lave, M., & Lave, M. (2023). Bottom-up and top-down: integrated planning to provide resilient energy solutions to meet human needs [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2430640 Publication ID: 126204
  • Gunda, T., Wachtel, A., Khadka Mishra, S., Moog, E., & Moog, E. (2023). Quantitative approaches for including equity in risk and resilience infrastructure planning analyses. Risk Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14230 Publication ID: 123872
  • Wachtel, A., Caskey, S.A., Gunda, T., Keller, E., Hart, O., & Hart, O. (2022). Application of Resilience Theory to Organizations Subject to Disinformation Campaigns [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.2172/2004732 Publication ID: 117760
  • Wachtel, A., Melander, D., Bresloff, C., Broderick, R.J., Lave, M., & Lave, M. (2022). EGRASS-DCAT-ReNCAT trifecta: progress update and next steps [Slides]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1891186 Publication ID: 80271
  • Wachtel, A., Melander, D., Hart, O., & Hart, O. (2022). ReNCAT: The Resilient Node Cluster Analysis Tool. https://doi.org/10.2172/1880920 Publication ID: 80067
  • Melander, D., Wachtel, A., & Wachtel, A. (2022). Equity-Guided Microgrid Placement with ReNCAT [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2004041 Publication ID: 115420
  • Gunda, T., Caskey, S.A., Verzi, S.J., Wachtel, A., Howell, R., Galloway, H., Gonzalez, O., Jarvenpaa, S., Srinivasan, R., Lui, A., Akinyemi, J., Wong, L., & Wong, L. (2022). Resilience to Disinformation: Quantify and Improve Organizational Security Postures [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2003630 Publication ID: 113828
  • Wachtel, A., Melander, D., Jeffers, R., & Jeffers, R. (2022). Measuring Societal Infrastructure Service Burden. https://doi.org/10.2172/1846088 Publication ID: 80479
  • Wachtel, A., Caskey, S.A., Gunda, T., Keller, E., & Keller, E. (2022). Application of Resilience Theory to Organizations Subject to Disinformation Campaigns [Conference Paper]. 2022 Resilience Week, RWS 2022 – Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS55399.2022.9984033 Publication ID: 112792
  • Wachtel, A., Jones, K., Baca, M., O’Neill-Carrillo, E., Demenno, M.B., & Demenno, M.B. (2020). Sandia’s Integrated Methodology for Energy and Infrastructure Resilience Analysis. https://doi.org/10.2172/1670523 Publication ID: 100036
  • Charani Shandiz, S., Foliente, G., Rismanchi, B., Wachtel, A., Jeffers, R., & Jeffers, R. (2020). Resilience framework and metrics for energy master planning of communities. Energy, 203(C). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117856 Publication ID: 73239
  • Lopez, E., Wachtel, A., & Wachtel, A. (2020). Resilient U.S. Land Ports of Entry. https://doi.org/10.2172/1662022 Publication ID: 99664
  • Wachtel, A., Jeffers, R., & Jeffers, R. (2019). Overview of Resilience Planning Framework [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645917 Publication ID: 64792
  • Jeffers, R., Staid, A., Baca, M., Currie, F.M., Fogleman, W.E., Derosa, S., Wachtel, A., Outkin, A.V., & Outkin, A.V. (2018). Analysis of Microgrid Locations Benefitting Community Resilience for Puerto Rico. https://doi.org/10.2172/1530167 Publication ID: 59345
  • Wachtel, A., Jeffers, R., Lawton, C., & Lawton, C. (2018). Overview of Resilience Planning Framework [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1569121 Publication ID: 59238
  • Wachtel, A. (2018). Defense Energy [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1513345 Publication ID: 62028
  • Hoffman, M.J., Wachtel, A., Gauthier, J.H., Munoz-Ramos, K., Turnley, J.G., Nelson, A.M., Speed, A., Lawton, C., Kittinger, R., & Kittinger, R. (2017). Modeling Human-Technology Interactive Effects in Systems of Systems (SoS) [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1486991 Publication ID: 54619
  • Jeffers, R., Hightower, M.M., Brodsky, N.S., Baca, M., Wachtel, A., Aamir, M.S., Fogleman, W.E., Peplinski, W.J., Vugrin, E., & Vugrin, E. (2017). A Grid Modernization Approach for Community Resilience: Application to New Orleans, LA. https://doi.org/10.2172/1510648 Publication ID: 99064
  • Turnley, J.G., Wachtel, A., Munoz-Ramos, K., Hoffman, M.J., Gauthier, J.H., Speed, A., Kittinger, R., & Kittinger, R. (2017). Modeling human-technology interaction as a sociotechnical system of systems [Conference Poster]. 2017 12th System of Systems Engineering Conference, SoSE 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSOSE.2017.7994934 Publication ID: 56277
  • Turnley, J.G., Wachtel, A., Munoz-Ramos, K., Hoffman, M.J., Gauthier, J.H., Speed, A., Kittinger, R., & Kittinger, R. (2017). Modeling human-technology interaction as a sociotechnical system of systems [Conference Poster]. 2017 12th System of Systems Engineering Conference, SoSE 2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSOSE.2017.7994934 Publication ID: 54300
  • Wachtel, A. (2017). Using Sociotechnical Modeling to Inform Focus of Human Factors Studies [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1455337 Publication ID: 56803
  • Wachtel, A. (2017). Modeling Human-Technology Interaction as a Sociotechnical System of Systems [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1455366 Publication ID: 56818
  • Speed, A., Gauthier, J.H., Hoffman, M.J., Wachtel, A., Kittinger, R., Munoz-Ramos, K., & Munoz-Ramos, K. (2017). Method for Determining the Sensitivity of a Physical Security System. Risk Analysis. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1429788 Publication ID: 98148
  • Wachtel, A. (2016). Exploring Human-Technology Interaction in Layered Security Military Applications [Conference Poster]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39399-5_23 Publication ID: 51105
  • Wachtel, A., Hoffman, M.J., Lawton, C., Speed, A., Gauthier, J.H., Kittinger, R., & Kittinger, R. (2016). Exploring human-technology interaction in layered security military applications [Conference Poster]. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39399-5_23 Publication ID: 48489
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