Meet The Team
Affiliate Researchers

- Christi Bell
- Executive Director
University of Anchroage Alaska Business Institute
- cabell2@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 786-5444

- Jon Bittner
- Statewide Director
Alaska Small Business Development Centers
- jon.bitner@aksbdc.org

- Todd Brinkman

- Diane Hirshberg
- Professor of Education Policy
Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA
- dbhirshberg@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 786-5413
Projects at ACEP:
- Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security Partnership
- ARCTIC Industry and Community Research Partnerships

- Mariia Iakovleva
- Research Assistant
- mariaya@mail.ru
- Phone: +1(306)281-5855

- Jerome Johnson
- Senior Research Advisor to AHERC
- jerome.b.johnson@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 474-1986
- Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali
- Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
University of Alaska Anchorage
- mhkapourchali@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 786-1960

- Nolan Klouda
- Executive DIrector
Univeristy of Anchorage Alaska Center for Economic Development
- nfklouda@alaska.edu
- Phone: 907-786-5458

- Chuen-Sen Lin
- Associate Professor
UAF College of Engineering and Mines, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- clin@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 474-5126 | Fax: (907) 474-7290
Projects at ACEP:
- Diesel Engine Test Bed

- Phil Maker
- Senior Controls Engineer
Remote Operations at Power and Water Corporation, Darwin, Australia
Projects at ACEP:
- Maximizing Hydropower Use in the Cordova Electric Cooperative Grid
- Control system implementation for the Power Systems Integration Lab

- Arthur Nash
- Energy Specialist
- alnashjr@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 474-6366 | Fax: (907) 474-5139
Projects at ACEP:
- Woody Biomass Crops for Interior Alaska

- Rorik Peterson
- Associate Professor
UAF College of Engineering and Mines, Mechanical Engineering Department
- rapeterson@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 474-5593 | Fax: (907) 474-6141
Projects at ACEP:
- Wind Power Grid Integration Modeling
- Preservation of Traditional Ice Cellars in Permafrost

- Hendrik Schaede
- Affiliated Research Professor, ACEP
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institute for Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering
Projects at ACEP:
Maximizing Hydropower Use in the Cordova Electric Cooperative Grid

- Jennifer Schmitt

- Andrew Seitz
- Associate Professor
- acseitz@alaska.edu
- Phone: (907) 474-5254 | Fax: (907) 474-7204
Projects at ACEP:
- Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center
- Eagle Hydrokinetic Research Project

- Rich Stromberg

- Isaac Vanderburg
- Managing Director