Project Quality Control

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TIRIAN MINK

PROFILE

Experience in generating information that supports the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of renewable energy and energy

efficiency technologies for households at the bottom of the pyramid. Extensive expertise in improved cookstoves, LED lighting

systems and other household energy systems that improve energy equity, public health and mitigate global warming in our carbon

limited world.

HIGHLIGHTS

Schatz Energy Research Center Graduate Studies Fellow; 2009-11

Co-founder of the Thailand Tsunami Volunteer Center; 2005

SKILLS

Market demand analysis, household energy use and baseline needs assessment surveys in rural areas of

developing countries

Household energy systems: design principles, field and laboratory testing methods, cultural and

regional specificity, market research methods

Expertise in Improved Cookstoves and LED lighting systems

Life cycle cost assessments and cost-benefit analyses for appropriate technology, renewable energy and

energy efficiency projects

Geographical Information Systems

Statistical analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data sets

Project management: documentation, grant writing, budgeting, procurement

CURRENT POSITION

SCHATZ ENERGY FELLOW 2009-11; SCHATZ ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

I MPROVED C OOKSTOVE L ABORATORY

Currently designing and implementing the Improved Cookstove Laboratory using standard testing procedures to measure,

quantify and compare emissions from Improved Cookstove products

Pressure and temperature sensing, automated data collection, and gas chromatography for measuring constituent emissions

from cookstoves

Water Boiling Test for thermal efficiency, heat transfer, and standardized emission factors

L ED L IGHTING L ABORATORY, L IGHTING A FRICA, I FC, T HE W ORLD B ANK

Participated in the development of standardized testing methods that are now being used to evaluate the performance of

LED off-grid lighting systems for African markets

Authored: LED Flashlights in the Kenyan Market: Quality Problems Confirmed by Laboratory Testi ng, May 1, 2010

Evaluated product samples for the 2010 Global Business and Fair Trade Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Products were

evaluated both in laboratory setting and by representative end -user groups.

R ENEWABLE E NERGY S ECURE C OMMUNITIES

Providing ongoing research support in an effort to model the most effective pathways towards achieving complete energy

independence and sustainability in Humboldt County through the year 2020 .

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TIRIAN MINK

EDUCATION

CANDIDATE FOR MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROGRAM ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL

RESOURCES ENGINEERING, HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY ; 2011; SCHATZ ENERGY FELLOW 2009-11

M ASTER OF S CIENCE T HESIS ( C OMPLETED A PRIL 2 011 ) : Methods for Generating Market Intelligence for Improved Cookstove

Dissemination: a Case Study in Quetzaltenango Guatemala

Worked with client to design and implement a market demand analysis

Created a dynamic model for evaluating feasibility of household renewable energy and appropriate technology in vestments

Co-designed and conducted a comprehensive randomized household energy use survey with inferential power to a population

of 600,000

Synthesized end-user feedback to guide product development engineers in ongoing product modifications

G RADUATE C OURSE W ORK

Specialized in international development and appropriate technology dissemination with a focus on energy systems for househol ds at

the bottom of the pyramid. Interdisciplinary graduate course work and training in:

Renewable energy and electrical power systems

Thermodynamics and energy systems

Environmental systems data collection, statistical analysis and modeling

Project economics, financial feasibility and market demand research methods

Development technology design principles

The economics of energy and climate policy

International development theory

BACHELORS OF ARTS IN BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL S TUDIES, SWARTHMORE COLLEGE; 1999

EXPERIENCE

P ROJECT M ANAGER, P ORTLAND, O R. J OHN P AISLEY B UILDER I NC, 2 008 - 2 009

Project schedules; quality control; wrote client and subcontractor contracts; coordinated with clients; packaged projects for

Lead Carpenters; project estimates

F OREMAN, J R J OHNSON C ONSTRUCTION I NC, P ORTLAND, O R, 2 006 - 2 008

Managed a crew of carpenters and laborers to execute restorations of large apartment complexes throughout western Oregon

and Washington; conducted OSHA certified safety training sessions; scheduled inspections and meeting with city and county

officials; materials procurement; managed subcontractors

C O - FOUNDER, T HAILAND T SUNAMI V OLUNTEER C ENTER, 2 005 - 2006

Co-built a successful humanitarian aid organization in the wake of the Boxing Day Tsunami; developed and implemented

management systems for the unique multicultural and multilingual environment; coordinated over 4,000 volunteers from over

40 countries; oversaw the construction of 200 homes; recruited and trained Project Managers ; chaired staff meetings; wrote

and submitted grant proposals; fundraised over 400,000 USD worth of donations; provided financial reports to donors;

designed and implemented donor database; interviewed by international media; presented and networked at donor

conferences; fostered strategic partnerships with local and international organizati ons; regularly met with village leaders;

conducted needs assessments;

H YDROLOGICAL T ECHNICIAN, U S G EOLOGICAL S URVEY, P ORTLAND O R, 1 999 - 2001

Represented USGS at a national watershed conference presenting results on the effects watershed characteristics on stream

temperatures; studied effects of storm water runoff on water quality parameters; maintained and managed stream -gauging

stations; collected and prepared surface water samples for laboratory analysis; calibrated, maintained and used multi -

parameter water quality testing equipment; performed laboratory analysis of samples to determine physical, biological and

chemical characteristics

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