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Barry Rawn studies the development of stressed centralized electricity infrastructure in relation to the rapid deployment of off-grid energy systems. He contributes to innovations in the circular economy and energy storage, focusing on battery repurposing, battery pack design, and control. As an Associate Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa, he teaches power and energy-related courses available in Kigali and Pittsburgh, facilitating local industrial collaboration and international research activities. Rawn has a track record in the integration of renewable energy resources and electric power systems, with expertise in resource modeling and control. He has held postdoctoral positions at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and KU Leuven in Belgium, and accepted a faculty position as a lecturer at Brunel University in London. Rawn also maintains an affiliation with the Smart Power Networks Theme at the Institute of Energy Futures.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.