Dr. Ahmed Abdulla

Biography

Ahmed Abdulla joined the Carleton University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty on July 1, 2020. He investigates energy system design for deep decarbonization, focusing on the role of disruptive energy technologies that sit at a low level of technical readiness, including energy storage systems, advanced nuclear power, and negative emissions technologies. Abdulla employs process modeling, systems engineering, engineering economics, and quantitative risk and decision analysis in his research. He integrates insights from public policy and behavioral science into his models to optimize the design and deployment of sustainable technologies that are both techno-economically viable and socio-politically acceptable. He co-leads the APEX research group at Carleton, which focuses on accelerating the transition to a deeply decarbonized energy system in Canada and globally to avert climate change consequences. His work has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, with publications in leading journals such as Nature Climate Change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Environmental Science and Technology. Abdulla was previously an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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