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Appendix B: Panel Biographical Information
Appendix B: Panel Biographical Information
Pages 305-312
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He is also direc tor, Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative, and codirector, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center. His teaching and research interests include applied economics, political economy, quantitative risk assessment, safety standards, mod eling the effects of global climate change, public policy concerning greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding the issues surrounding the electricity transmission and distribution system.
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Senate and the House of Representa tives. A recent study that she co-led, Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future, was the subject of two Senate hearings, has been cited in proposed federal legislation, and has had a significant role in international climate change debates.
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His initial research dealt with the development of optoelectronics materials and devices using a variety of compound semiconductor materials. In 1979, he joined Hewlett Packard Company as a manager in the Optoelectronics Division, responsible for the development of technology and processes for manufacturing visible light emitting diodes.
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Mr. DeCotis is a member of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems of the National Research Council; a member of the Energy Working Group of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors; a member of the Energy Resources Board of the Ameri can University at Kosovo; an editorial board member of the Energy Efficiency Journal; an executive committee member of the New York Reliability Council; and a member of the New York Smart Grid Consortium.
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He has testified before the U.S. Congress on energy issues many times and has influenced key energy legislation, including the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 and the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
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In 1994, he joined the DOE as deputy undersecretary for technology partnerships and in 1995 was made deputy undersecretary for R&D management. He left DOE in 1996 but remained on its Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Laboratory Operations Board, Sandia President's Advisory Council, and the National Renewable Energy Labora tory's Advisory Council until 2003.
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He has been a member of several NRC committees related to transportation, including the Committee to Review the R&D Strategy for Biomass-Derived Ethanol and Biodiesel Transportation Fuels, the Committee on Alternative and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use, and the Committee for the Study of the Long-Term Viability of Fuel Taxes for Transportation Finance. He is the chair of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB's)
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