Randy Brost

Concentrating Solar Optics Laboratory Lead

(505) 284-1483

Biography

Randy Brost leads optical metrology research within Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Technologies group. His work focuses on developing improvements to indoor and outdoor heliostat optical metrology to benefit the CSP industry, research and education. He is trained as a computer scientist, and throughout his career he has developed computational tools supporting robotics, precision manufacturing, image analysis, optical metrology and concentrating solar optics. Randy also is a key design contributor to the SkyTrough, an advanced parabolic trough collector developed at SkyFuel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Publications

Braden Smith, Randolph Brost, (2022). Sandia Optical Fringe Analysis Slope Tool (SOFAST) Improvement Effort (Final Report) https://doi.org/10.2172/1855054 Publication ID: 79918

Randolph Brost, (2021). HelioCon Roadmapping Workshop — Advanced Manufacturing Breakout Session Recap https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1899281 Publication ID: 76736

Laura McNamara, Randolph Brost, Daniel Small, (2021). Estimating the Value of Automation for Concentrating Solar Power Industry Operations https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1890890 Publication ID: 76094

Laura McNamara, Randolph Brost, Daniel Small, (2021). Estimating the Value of Automation for Concentrating Solar Power Industry Operations (Final Report) https://doi.org/10.2172/1824743 Publication ID: 76144

Laura McNamara, Randolph Brost, Daniel Small, (2021). Estimating the Value of Automation for CSP Industry Operations https://doi.org/10.2172/1887727 Publication ID: 75716

Randolph Brost, (2021). Distortion Effects in CSP Mirror Reflections https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1890850 Publication ID: 75979

David Novick, Randolph Brost, Daniel Small, Noah Jackson, (2021). Here Comes the Suns – Flight Safety for Unmanned Aircract Over Active Heliostat Fields https://doi.org/10.2172/1887739 Publication ID: 75729

Randolph Brost, (2021). Distortion Effects in CSP Mirror Reflections https://doi.org/10.2172/1888702 Publication ID: 75731

Randolph Brost, Pavlos Apostolopoulos, Daniel Small, David Novick, Noah Jackson, Micah Mann, Eirini Tsiropoulou, (2021). High-Speed In-Situ Scanning of Heliostat Fields https://doi.org/10.2172/1888689 Publication ID: 75733

David Novick, Randolph Brost, Daniel Small, Noah Jackson, Micah Mann, (2021). Here Comes the Suns ? Flight Safety for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over Active Heliostat Fields https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1890616 Publication ID: 76006

Randolph Brost, (2019). Siting Energy Storage for Resilient Distribution Systems https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1662015 Publication ID: 65006

Randolph Brost, (2019). Siting Energy Storage for Resilient Distribution Systems – Supplemental https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1643642 Publication ID: 65014

Hamilton Link, Samuel Richter, Vitus Leung, Randolph Brost, Cynthia Phillips, Andrea Staid, (2019). Statistical models of dengue fever Communications in Computer and Information Science https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6661-1_14 Publication ID: 60260

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