Advisors

 

Department of Energy Advisors

 

Andru Prescod

Andru.prescod@ee.doe.gov
Andru Prescod is a technical manager in the Solar Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy and Technical Director, Energy at ManTech International. He has been working at ManTech since 2013. Prior to ManTech he spent many years working at Corning Incorporated (a glass and ceramics company) in a variety of roles including measurements and controls, market analysis, business strategy and business development. His specialties include quantum optics, non-imaging optics and photonics. 
 
 

David Haas

david.haas@ee.doe.gov
David Haas joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) in April 2022 as a technical manager on the concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) team. David started his solar energy career working as the Director of Heliostats for Solar Reserve in 2017. He brings a combination of aerospace and energy leadership to the CSP team. His 35 years of experience building highly reliable space vehicles, while also consulting in the energy field for 19 years, helps David advise DOE on today’s solar energy challenges.

Board of Advisors

 

The role of the Board of Advisors through regular meetings and interactions with the leadership team is to:

  • Provide knowledge base of existing industrial development and scientific progress
  • Assist with the early development and implementation of consortium roadmap and RFPs, subject to COI procedures
  • Promote collaborations through multiorganization projects
  • Provide feedback to ensure work performed under the consortium maintains industrial relevance

Board Chair: Joseph Stekli, Galvanize Climate Solutions
Antonio Luis Ávila-Marín, Ciemat
Yaniv Binyamin, BrightSource Energy
Kaycee Chang, California Energy Commission
Yoel Gilon, Solar Technology Consultant
Michel Izygon, Tietronix
Sarah Kurtz, University of CA Merced
Hameed Metghalchi, Northeastern University
Hank Price, Solar Dynamics LLC
Marc Röger, German Aerospace Institute
Laura Schaefer, Rice University
Steve Schell, Heliogen
Kimani Toussaint, Brown University
David White, CSP Consultant