Graham Jaeger
Graham holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis. Graham initially joined the WCEC as an undergraduate researcher in January 2023, and as a student he contributed to a study characterizing the long-term performance of do-it-yourself indoor air cleaners and the field installation, monitoring, and validation of an optimized HVAC […]
Morgane Gaucher
Morgane Gaucher holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. She joined the WCEC in 2023 as an undergraduate student research assistant, transitioning to a full-time staff position upon graduation in 2024. Morgane’s current projects center around characterizing the performance capabilities of multi-function heat pumps combining space cooling, space heating, […]
David Braden
David possess BS/MSME degrees from CSU, Sacramento where he was active in the Hornet Racing Baja and Formula SAE programs designing and manufacturing small racecars for collegiate design competitions. He served as Technical Director at the end of his tenure with the team and accompanied 5 vehicles to competitions across the country. Concurrent to pursuing […]
Christy Green
Christy Green received an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where her research focused on developing algorithms to enable residential demand response and disaggregating device signals from advanced metering infrastructure data. At WCEC, her research interests include developing technologies that enable load flexibility, building energy modeling, and data-driven approaches […]
Rob Kamisky
Rob Kamisky joined WCEC in 2023 as an R&D Engineer 4 and Program Manager. Previously, Mr. Kamisky worked as an R&D Manager at GTI Energy’s California R&D group in Davis where he managed a staff of eight to perform R&D projects in the residential and commercial building end use sector. From 2004-2016, Mr. Kamisky worked […]
Timothy Levering
Timothy Levering holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California State University Sacramento, specializing in thermal and fluid systems. He also received a Certificate in Scientific Computing and Simulation from California State University Sacramento. Timothy previously worked as a project manager with the California Independent System Operator (California ISO) for California’s electric grid. […]
Jonathan Hollist
Jonathan Hollist a Research and Development Engineer with 16 years of innovative product development experience. Jonathan has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in fluid dynamics, from Utah State University. He is currently working on testing, and modeling efficient heating and cooling solutions. Jonathan previously developed a customizable program simulating large ceiling […]
Aref Aboud
Aref Aboud is a Research and Development Engineer with a bachelor’s degree in both Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. Aref initially joined the WCEC as an undergraduate student researcher in July 2019. As a student, Aref contributed to research at the Center’s solar heat exchanger testing site. Additionally, Aref aided […]
Robert McMurry
Robert McMurry is an R&D Engineer with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University. Roberts’s professional career began as a research assistant at the Mechanical Engineering Department at NMSU. His research included simulating damage cases of structural components, modeling them, and verifying the models through modal analysis experiments. Robert used his experience […]
Subhrajit Chakraborty
Subhrajit is a R&D Engineer with six years of applied experience in the field of thermal energy systems. His work at WCEC focuses on modeling, optimizing and testing of hybrid heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components. In the past, Subhrajit has worked on radiation heat transfer from impinging flames, waste heat recovery using absorption […]
