Publications

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Journal Publications

Improving the Load Flexibility of Stratified Electric Water Heaters: Design and Experimental Validation of MPC Strategies
Elizabeth Buechler, Aaron Goldin, and Ram Rajagopal
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2024)

EV-ecosim: A grid-aware co-simulation platform for the design and optimization of electric vehicle charging stations
Emmanuel Balogun, Elizabeth Buechler, Siddharth Bhela, Simona Onori, and Ram Rajagopal
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2023)

The Grid Under Extremes: Pandemic Impacts on California Electricity Consumption
Doron Bergman, Tao Sun, Elizabeth Buechler, Chad Zanacco, and Ram Rajagopal
IEEE Power and Energy Magazine (2022)

Global changes in electricity consumption during COVID-19
Elizabeth Buechler, Siobhan Powell, Tao Sun, Nicolas Astier, Chad Zanocco, Jose Bolorinos, June Flora, Hilary Boudet, and Ram Rajagopal
iScience (2022)
[Stanford News] [Oregon Public Broadcasting]

Time and voltage domain load models for appliance-level grid edge simulation and control
Aaron Goldin, Elizabeth Buechler, Ram Rajagopal, and Juan Rivas-Davila
Electric Power Systems Research
Presented at the 2020 Power Systems Computation Conference

Data-Driven Load Modeling and Forecasting of Residential Appliances
Yuting Ji, Elizabeth Buechler, and Ram Rajagopal
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2020)

Probabilistic modeling of the indoor climates of residential buildings using EnergyPlus
Elizabeth Buechler, Michaela Stockdale, Philip Boudreaux, and Simon Pallin
Journal of Building Physics (2017)

The value of demand response in Florida
Brady Stoll, Elizabeth Buechler, and Elaine Hale
The Electricity Journal (2017)

Effects of Air Leakage on Buildings’ Overall Thermal Resistances Based on U.S. Climate Zones
Simon Pallin, Michaela Stockdale, Phillip Boudereaux, and Elizabeth Buechler
ASHRAE Transactions (2017)

Conference Proceedings/Presentations

Designing Better Model Predictive Controllers to Maximize the Flexibility of Grid-Interactive Water Heaters
Elizabeth Buechler
2024 ACEEE Hot Water Forum

Data-Driven Load Modeling and Forecasting of Residential Appliances
Elizabeth Buechler, Yuting Ji, and Ram Rajagopal
IEEE PES General Meeting (2021)

Case Study on Sustainable Farm Electricity Management
Gustavo Cezar, Thomas Navidi, Elizabeth Buechler, and Ram Rajagopal
MIT A+B Applied Energy Symposium (2020)
Best Paper Award

Patents

Behind-the-meter resource management system
Ram Rajagopal, Gustavo Cezar, Thomas Navidi, Elizabeth Buechler, and Abbas El Gamal
U.S. Patent No. 11,968,263 (2024)

Undergraduate Thesis

Tensile Stress-Strain Measurements of Nb3Sn Superconducting Strands and Cables at Room Temperature
Elizabeth Buechler
Tufts University Senior Honors Thesis (2017)