2.07 On Turning Energy Data into Actionable Information with Elizabeth Sendich
2.07 On Turning Energy Data into Actionable Information with Elizabeth Sendich
2.07 On Turning Energy Data into Actionable Information with Elizabeth Sendich
Elizabeth Sendich is Lead Economic Modeler with the Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s Macroeconomic and Emissions Team with the Office of Integrated & International Energy Analysis, and delights in the world of how and where things are made. She helps maintain EIA’s long-term international economic forecasts and enhances public understanding of important issues related to the industrial sector.
Before beginning work with EIA, Elizabeth studied chemical engineering at Michigan State University, finishing her BS in 2004 and her PhD in 2008, while working in the DOE-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Laboratory. Her dissertation covered the development and results of her model to simulate biorefineries integrated with realistic agricultural landscapes as providers of feedstocks and other goods simultaneously.
In her free time, she enjoys video games and crochet, and she loves nature and "wild" animals, particularly her husband, daughter, and service-dog-in-training.
Quotables
"Someone's got to support the decision making with something that we can at least start with as a point of agreement, and data is a great place for that." – Elizabeth Sendich
“Fusing these elegant models with human intuition is so powerful.” – Amy Simpkins
“We need data that is translated into information so that information can be translated into understanding.” - Elizabeth Sendich
Resources
You can find the data as legos image referenced in this episode on the Power Flow website (under "Resources.")
Referenced 2.04 with Nancy LaPlaca - the balance between simplicity and complexity (especially as regards data availability.)
Referenced future episode 2.08 with Chaun MacQueen (coming next week!) on energy education.
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