Michael Wood

Full stack renewable energy engineer. Lecco, Italy.

Swish thump, swish thump. Cold air becomes visible breath. Dry snow and a green tea smell to this forest.

While ski touring I quite literally have hours to think about Ted Chiang short stories, error distributions, and what we're going to do about all this climate change. And sandwiches.

I've been thinking and working on sticky problems in electrical engineering and renewable energy for 20 years. I don't have any magical solution, but I've learned that I can move mountains by being well trained, setting a solid but sustainable pace, and talking through it all with my super competent peers.

Also by having fun. I love what I do.

Work

muGrid Analytics, Golden CO. Senior Engineer. Microgrid design, load forecasting and dispatch optimization, for remote towns, campuses and everything between.

Before that: solar trackers at Solaflect in Vermont, hydro turbines in Rwanda, and a PhD at Politecnico di Milano on forecasting and energy management. Dartmouth engineering before all of it. The resume has the details.

Tools: Python (pandas, TensorFlow, Pyomo), System Advisor Model, MATLAB, HOMER, QGIS, a soldering iron. English native, Italian professional.

Research

Photography

A skier carving through deep powder snow in a cloud of spray Skier in deep powder among bare birch trees Skier buried in a cloud of powder Skier throwing powder among snowy pines Skier carving a powder turn on a sunlit slope under a low sun Skier kicking up powder below a rocky ridge Two people on a rocky summit at sunrise, with layers of hazy mountains and a lake below A man in a hood wearing a lichen mustache in a snowy forest Mirrored sunglasses on a striped beanie, reflecting a climbing wall Someone swinging on a rope over a turquoise lagoon, framed by leaning palm trees A woman paddling a red kayak with a happy dog in a life vest Kites over the sea at sunset, with kitesurfers in the shallows Dark clouds edged in orange over the sea at sunset Climbing the rigging next to a sail Nautical charts on a table in a patch of sunlight, with a brass weight A campervan and a family dinner on a rocky shore at sunset A narrow canal lined with weathered brick buildings and reflections A man in a vest leaning on a big open wooden door Hazy sunset light over tiled rooftops and rolling hills Peeling blue double doors with iron grilles and a climbing vine Dancers in swirling skirts in a lantern-lit plaza at night A colorful kitchen wall of utensils above bowls of fresh produce Two kids at a cardboard lemonade stand Hot air balloon burners in the foreground and a balloon rising through morning fog A black and white dog with one blue eye looking up A tall bonfire against a purple dusk sky A tall bonfire at night

Connection

If you'd like to say hello, you can find me on LinkedIn or GitHub.

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard