Carnegie Mellon University

Joan Nkiriki

Joan Nkiriki (E 2023)

(she/her)


About

Joan Nkiriki is currently a PhD Candidate at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing her PhD in Engineering and Public Policy. Her doctoral research focuses on climate policy and modeling energy development pathways for sustainable energy transitions in developing countries.

Publications during PhD

Nkiriki, J., & Ustun, T.S. (2017). Mini-grid policy directions for decentralized smart energy models in Sub-Saharan africa. 2017 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/isgteurope.2017.8260217

Nkiriki, J., Jaramillo, P., Williams, N. (2020). Energy Development Pathways for Low-Carbon Emissions by 2050 in East Africa. AGU Fall 2020 Meeting Abstracts, GC087-0006.

Nkiriki, J., Jaramillo, P., Williams, N., Davis, A., & Armanios, D.E. (2022). Estimating global demand for land-based transportation services using the shared socioeconomic pathways scenario framework. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ac823b
*accepted manuscript, not final published version*