Power Plant High School

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December 10, 2012

WILLIE XU

EDUCATION

Rice University, Houston, TX, Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economic Analysis, expected spring 2011

Coursework: Graduate Level Microeconomic Theory I and II, Corporate Finance, Energy Economics, Real

Analysis, Game Theory, Economic Modeling of Public Policy, Applied Statistics and Probability

Languages: Native English and fluent spoken Chinese

Software: Excel, MATLAB, Mathematica, Stata, and proficient in IT and computer networking

RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Fellowship, Baker Institute Leadership Fellowship,

Program for the Study of Leadership Rice University, August 2010 - Present

Engaged in quantitative investigation of current leadership in America CEOs, politicians, etc.

Extensively deconstructed the worldview of American leaders in a social context

Prepared interview materials that helped to probe the commonalities among successful individuals

Researcher, Cohan Research Group Rice University, June 2009 Present

Designed and coded (MATLAB and Excel) economic model of Texas power grid financial performance

Devised mathematical models for twenty-one different federal carbon emissions regulatory schemes under

fluctuating market conditions for the next fifty-five years

Wrote a final model in Excel on a standard PC that replicated the results of large-scale US Department of Energy

economic models, which are run on supercomputers

Working Paper: Xu, Willie and Cohan, Daniel S. Optimal Baseload Power Plant Investment under Uncertain

Carbon Pricing

LEADERSHIP AND OTHER EXPERIENCE

Youth Leader, American Exposure Program Houston, TX, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Summers 2008 10

Mentored top high school students from China attending a US home-stay summer camp

Personally guided a group of 100 students each summer from the East Coast to Texas to the West Coast

Resolved conflicts between students, host families and staff, fostering cultural understanding

Managed travel and logistics for 350 summer camp attendees spread over three host campuses across Houston

President, Rice University Rowing Club Fall 2009 to Present

Led the team to its first regatta win in four years by creating a new organizational structure and practice program

Increased our club s budget by 170%, including identifying and liquidating underutilized assets totaling $19,000

Recruited and retained two new coaches with FISA Level 2 certification

Foreign Media Liaison, Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing, China, Summer 2008

Mediated disputes between Chinese Olympic officials and foreign media personnel

Served as a concierge for international reporters and photographers

Interpreter for seven news agencies at the Olympic Tennis Center

TCI Intern, Houston Advanced Research Center Houston, TX, 5/2008 7/2008

Designed the structure and information sharing for the Texas Climate Initiative and Texas Climate News websites

Seamlessly integrated news items into public awareness resources and a database of climate research by

optimizing the operational relationship between the two sites

Recommendations implemented at www.texasclimate.org and www.texasclimatenews.org