Rudolph is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Energy Economics Group at the Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis. His research focuses on challenges and opportunities in the transition to a net-zero economy. Previously, he assessed deployment opportunities for offshore wind energy in his doctoral research and his dissertation received a college-wide award. Before starting his PhD, he worked as an offshore wind developer, helping secure one of the first commercial US offshore wind contracts.
Some of Rudolph's prior research projects include developing a carbon-aware electricity pricing model for electric vehicle (EV) charging in Portugal; investigating women's clean energy entrepreneurship in East Africa; and communicating health hazards of coal power as part of grass-roots clean energy advocacy work in the Philippines. At PSI, Rudolph is primarily working on the INTERCHARGE project. This project aims to model the simultaneous transformation of the mobility and electricity sectors given scenarios of EV uptake and its technical and social implications.
Qualifications
| Ph.D | Engineering and Public Policy | Carnegie Mellon Univeristy & Instituto Superior Tecnico |
| MSc | Energy Engineering and Management | Instituto Superior Tecnico & Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya |
| BSc | Civil and Environmental Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
Publications
Santarromana, R., Abdulla, A., Mendonça, J., Granger Morgan, M., Russo, M., & Haakonsen, R. (2024). Assessing the costs and benefits of dynamically positioned floating wind turbines to enable expanded deployment. Energy Conversion and Management, 306, 118301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118301
Santarromana, R., Mendonça, J., & Dias, A. M. (2020). The effectiveness of decarbonizing the passenger transport sector through monetary incentives. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 138(June), 442–462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.06.020
Hakimzadeh, S., Buttlar, W. G., & Santarromana, R. (2012). Shear- And tension-type tests to evaluate bonding of hot-mix asphalt layers with different tack coat application rates. Transportation Research Record (Vol. 2295). https://doi.org/10.3141/2295-07