Ramteen Sioshansi
Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Courtesy Appointment, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ramteen Sioshansi is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He also serves as the director of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and is a faculty affiliate of Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation.
Prior to joining CMU, Sioshansi was a professor in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, founding director of the EmPOWERment National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, and an associate fellow in the Center for Automotive Research at The Ohio State University.
His research focuses on the integration of advanced energy technologies, including renewable energy, energy storage, and electric transportation, into energy systems. He works also in energy policy and electricity-market design, especially as they pertain to advanced energy technologies. He is an IEEE Fellow and served three two-year terms on the Electricity Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and chaired its Energy Storage (Technologies) Subcommittee.
Finding the Smoothest Path to a Green Energy Transition
Research Interests
Media mentions
Marketplace
Sioshansi quoted on battery energy
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Marketplace about using battery energy as an alternative, sustainable source of energy. Sioshansi specifically discussed how batteries currently cannot completely replace fossil fuels. “The handful of hours when the wind and solar is not producing enough, well, we still have gas generators that can basically fill that gap,” he said.
Marketplace
Sioshansi quoted on durability of the national power grid
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi was quoted in Marketplace on the durability of the national power grid.
Carnegie Mellon University
Seven Engineering faculty awarded grants from Scott Institute
Seven faculty from the College of Engineering received project funding from this year’s Scott Institute Seed Grants.
Marketplace
Sioshansi speaks about the risks to the electric grid during heat waves
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Marketplace about the strain that high summer heat puts on electric grids.
Scripps News
Sioshansi comments on wildfire prevention power shut offs
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi spoke with Scripps News about the potential negative consequences of shutting down power lines which have been the main source of wildfires in recent years. Sioshansi discusses the predicament of people being completely reliant on electricity, while also being in danger of those electrical sources.
ScholarGPS
Sioshansi ranked on ScholarGPS
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi ranked #26 in the energy storage specialty on ScholarGPS. Highly Ranked Scholars™ are identified by career productivity levels (number of publications), as well as the quality and impact of their work.
CNET
Sioshansi talks about electricity rates in Texas
EPP’s Ramteen Sioshansi talks to CNET about electricity rates in Texas. “I think the biggest advantage in Texas is you can find some fairly exotic price structures that you just would not have found pre-restructuring [pre-deregulation],” he says.
CMU Engineering
Modeling energy storage for a decarbonized future
Recent study reviews challenges associated with electricity-system planning and suggests how systems could balance eliminating carbon emissions, affordability, and system reliability.
Engineering and Public Policy
Ramteen Sioshansi to join EPP as professor and director of CEIC
In January 2023, the department will welcome a new senior faculty member, Professor Ramteen Sioshansi, who will direct the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center.