Dr. DeCarolis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. His research program is focused on addressing energy and environmental challenges at the intersection of engineering, economics, and public policy. His primary focus is the development and application of energy system models to analyze how energy technology and public policy can shape a sustainable future. With regard to energy modeling, he is particularly interested in the development and utilization of open source software to maximize model transparency as well as the use of high performance computing to conduct rigorous uncertainty analysis. Dr. DeCarolis is currently working on other research topics, including the economics of off-shore electricity storage, the integration of building energy simulation into the architectural design process, and solid waste management in a carbon constrained world.

He teaches Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (CE373), Energy and Climate (CE497/596), and Energy Modeling (CE796). In addition, Dr. DeCarolis delivers guest lectures on energy and environmental issues in other academic programs, including Environmental Sciences (Climate Change and Sustainability: ES200; Energy and Environment: ES300) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electric Power Generation: ECE592). He is also the coordinator for the Water Resources, Coastal & Environmental Engineering seminar series.

Recent Research Projects for DeCarolis

• Utilizing Municipal Solid Waste as a Biofuel Feedstock — 07/01/11 - 09/30/12 Details
• CAREER: Modeling for Insights with an Open Source Energy Economy Optimization Model — 01/15/11 - 12/31/15 Details
• Modernizing Models and Data on Methane Production from Landfills — 08/02/10 - 07/31/12 Details
• Building Design Process Innovation for Enhancing Energy and Environmental Sustainability — 07/01/10 - 06/30/11 Details
• The Environmental Sustainability of Integrated Solid Waste Management in a Carbon Constrained World — 08/15/10 - 07/31/13 Details
• Integrated Solid Waste Management and Its Environmental Sustainability in a Carbon Constrained Environment — 01/01/10 - 12/31/12 Details
• GRIDc II:Green Research for Incorporating Data in the Classroom Phase 2 — 09/15/09 - 08/31/12 Details
• Multiple Tiered Methodology For Micro- to Macro-Scale Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (M4-PHEVs) — 10/01/09 - 09/30/12 Details

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Taught By DeCarolis

• CE 478 - 001 — Fall '12 Energy and Climate
• CE 578 - 601 — Fall '12 Energy and Climate