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Destenie Nock
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Energy Insecurity Work Continues with New Funding from Sloan Foundation
My team and I have been awarded a grant to investigate energy insecurity in the US. For the original post about the grant announcement...
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Destenie Nock
Aug 2, 20226 min read
Proficient Publishing: How to write more papers without pulling out (too much of) your hair
By Dr. Destenie Nock August 2, 2022 So far in 2022 I published eight academic papers while managing to (mostly) work between the hours of...
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Destenie Nock
Jul 20, 20208 min read
Mentoring Research Assistants: Setting Yourself and Your Students Up for Success
The most common complaint about mentoring I hear is that it takes a lot of time. Here are successful mentoring stategies.
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Destenie Nock
May 28, 20202 min read
Recruiting Postdoctoral Fellow for Energy Poverty Project
May 28, 2020 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for an energy poverty NSF RAPID project that is a collaboration between Carnegie...
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Destenie Nock
May 20, 20204 min read
My 1st NSF Grant!
I received a grant from NSF titled "Equity and Sustainability: A framework for Equitable Energy Transition Analyses" May 21, 2020 By...
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Destenie Nock
Apr 3, 20206 min read
"Let's Bid" : An Electricity Market Game
To help students understand how the electricity market works in practice I created an electricity market game called "Let's Bid!"
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Destenie Nock
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Let's Talk Research Posters
March 31, 2020 By Destenie Nock Tips for making a stand alone research poster With COVID-19 constantly looming over it is hard to find a...
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Destenie Nock
Aug 17, 20194 min read
An extension of voices: 2nd SEN-Africa Workshop Hosted in Northern Ghana
A second workshop was hosted by SEN-Africa in the Northern region to expand the voices included in the electricity stakeholder workshop.
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Destenie Nock
Aug 13, 20193 min read
Electricity Access Discussions and Stakeholder Workshops
Electricity access and power system planning is a complicated problem requiring the cooperation of many stakeholders. August 13, 2019 by...
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Destenie Nock
Aug 12, 20192 min read
SEN-Africa Team Finalizes Workshop Preparations
The SEN-Africa team is finalizing plans for the first workshop aimed at revealing trade-offs in electricity access objectives between differ
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Destenie Nock
Jun 3, 20193 min read
Energy Transitions and Sustainability: International Energy Workshop 2019
I'm at the international Energy Workshop in Paris talking with leaders in the energy modelling and economics world. June 3, 2019 By...
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Destenie Nock
May 22, 20192 min read
The Tale of Two Talks: Energy And Equality Modeling Framework
This weekend I gave two talks on using the benefit maximization framework I am developing as a tool for exploring electrification options.
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Destenie Nock
Apr 29, 20192 min read
Two Wind Energy Honors Theses Successfully Defended
Last Friday two of my undergraduate students successfully defended their honors theses on wind energy and the role of hydro power in...
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Destenie Nock
Apr 4, 20192 min read
Data Science for Social Good (#DS4SG) Workshop
April 2, 2019 by Destenie Nock I’m down in Atlanta at Georgia Tech‘s 1st annual Data Science for Social Good Workshop. I am one of the...
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Destenie Nock
Mar 28, 20192 min read
Radio Ready! Check out my talk on Lab Talk with Laura.
March 28, 2019 by Destenie Nock Fellow PhD Student, Hannah Johlas, and I appeared as guests on the March 27, 2019 episode of Laura...
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Destenie Nock
Mar 21, 20194 min read
PhD Defended and Electricity Planning Paper Published
The month of March was probably the most significant month of my academic career. PhD defense...done! Job search...done! Publish a...
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Destenie Nock
Mar 12, 20194 min read
Career Update! Job search done...I have been hired!
March 12, 2019 by Destenie Nock I am so excited to announce that following my graduation from the Industrial Engineering PhD program at...
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Destenie Nock
Jan 4, 20192 min read
SEN-Africa Team receives Grant for Ghana Stakeholder Workshop
SEN-Africa Team hosting an electricity workshop in Ghana to discuss electricity access objectives.
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Destenie Nock
Dec 29, 20183 min read
Traditional Approaches to Energy Access are Outdated, it’s Time for a New Model
Author: Destenie Nock Originally Posted Nov 28, 2018 on Green Africa Blog Site (Original Post: http://www.greenafricanow.com/clean-power/...
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Destenie Nock
Dec 29, 20182 min read
Stakeholder Equity Preferences impact Power System Planning
Many people ask how should we provide more electricity to people, but the missing question is "how should we do this equitably?" December...
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