Dalia Patino Echeverri, of Nicholas School of the Environment

Dr. Patino-Echeverri’s research focuses on public policy design for energy systems, with a particular emphasis on managing the risks arising from the uncertainties influencing the outcomes of government actions. Much of her current work focuses on the policies that affect capital investment decisions within the electricity industry, and the corresponding costs to society of electricity and air-emissions levels. Her models explore the effects of different government policies by representing the industry’s decisions under uncertainty on future technological advancements, fuel prices, and emissions regulations. This research incorporates various methodologies, including options valuation theory, stochastic dynamic optimization, simulation, statistical methods, and game theory. Recent projects include: 1) a study of how to provide mechanisms for investment in carbon capture and sequestration technologies; 2) research on public perceptions of different energy-environment tensions and costumer willingness to pay for solutions; 3) an investigation into the relative merits of biofuels relative to oil dependence; 4) the use of imprecise probabilities in decision making under uncertainty; and 5) the application of robust decision making for the design of energy policies under uncertainty.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	A150 LSRC
Office Phone:	(919) 613-7461
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2012):

• ENVIRON 298.93, ELECTRIC POWER MARKETS Synopsis

  Gross Hall 103, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• ENVIRON 301.08, HANDS-ON ENERGY MODLNG W NEMS Synopsis

  Gross Hall 104, M 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

• ENVIRON 398.09, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Synopsis

  Gross Hall 103, F 02:50 PM-04:05 PM

Education:

PhD	Carnegie Mellon University
MS	University of Andes (Colombia)
BS	University of Andes (Colombia)

Specialties:

energy
business and the environment
decision analysis
environmental policy
risk analysis
statistics

Research Interests: policy analysis for energy systems; decision making under uncertainty; risk management; and systems modeling.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. D. Patino Echeverri, Reducing the Energy Penalty Costs of Postcombustion CCS Systems with Amine-Storage, Environ Sci & Technol, vol. 46 (January, 2012), pp. 1243-1252 [es202164h]
2. Timothy S. Chung, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Timothy L. Johnson, Expert assessments of retrofitting coal-fired power plants with carbon dioxide capture technologies, Energy Policy, vol. 39 (June, 2011), pp. 5609-5620 [038]
3. Mian,Y.; Patino-Echeverri,D.; Mian,F, Wind power in China: Understanding the mismatch between capacity and generation, Renewable Energy (2011) [013]
4. Patino-Echeverri, D.; Hoppock, D.C., Reducing the Energy Penalty Costs of Postcombustion CCS Systems with Amine-Storage, Environ Sci & Technol (2011) [es202164h]
5. Hoppock, D.C.; Patiño-Echeverri, D, The Cost of Wind Energy: Comparing Distant Wind Resources to Local Resources in the Midwestern United States, Environ Sci & Technol (2010)