Nordica MacCarty
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
Dr. Nordica MacCarty is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and Richard and Gretchen Evans Scholar of Humanitarian Engineering at Oregon State University, as well as Executive Director of Aprovecho Research Center. Her research is focused on the development of technologies and tools to increase and quantify the environmental and social impacts of household energy projects in the developing and developed world, primarily for cooking and heating. She has authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles and received OSU’s 2020 International Service Award and Lemelson’s Elevating Impact Award. Her research and teaching efforts are funded by the US Department of Energy, US Environmental Protection Agency, US National Science Foundation, VentureWell program, and other private and university foundations. She also serves as faculty co-advisor for OSU’s Engineers Without Borders chapter and Associate Editor for the journal Energy for Sustainable Development.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
9:00 am-10:30 am
Breakout Room A
Perspectives on Innovation: Measuring & Monetizing Impacts
Game-changing innovations can dramatically contribute to scaling the sector and bring us closer to universal access to clean cooking solutions. These talks will feature innovators who will discuss how their products, services, or approaches have the potential to address key challenges in the sector.
- Advancing innovative direct impact monitoring: Fuel Use Electronic Logger (FUEL): Nordica MacCarty, Associate Professor of Engineering, Oregon State University
- Clean cooking saves lives: the Air Burden of Disease Explorer can predict how many: Michael Johnson, Technical Director, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
- Advancing digital MRV to scale nature-linked clean cooking: Claire Willers, Senior Manager, Market Relations, The Gold Standard Foundation
- Unlocking climate finance for clean cooking in displacement settings: Muna Eltahir, Director of Practical Action Sudan
- Applying research to create a new results-based finance tool for women’s empowerment: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Oak Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Duke University
Speakers
Elisa Derby
Senior Director of Research, Evidence and Learning, Clean Cooking Alliance
Daniel Kammen
Senior Advisor for Energy Innovation, US Agency for International Development
Nordica MacCarty
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
Michael Johnson
Technical Director, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
Claire Willers
Senior Manager, Market Relations, The Gold Standard Foundation
Muna Eltahir
Country Director, Practical Action Sudan
Subhrendu Pattanayak
Oak Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Duke University
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
Sessions by Nordica MacCarty
9:00 am-10:30 am
Breakout Room A
Perspectives on Innovation: Measuring & Monetizing Impacts
Game-changing innovations can dramatically contribute to scaling the sector and bring us closer to universal access to clean cooking solutions. These talks will feature innovators who will discuss how their products, services, or approaches have the potential to address key challenges in the sector.
- Advancing innovative direct impact monitoring: Fuel Use Electronic Logger (FUEL): Nordica MacCarty, Associate Professor of Engineering, Oregon State University
- Clean cooking saves lives: the Air Burden of Disease Explorer can predict how many: Michael Johnson, Technical Director, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
- Advancing digital MRV to scale nature-linked clean cooking: Claire Willers, Senior Manager, Market Relations, The Gold Standard Foundation
- Unlocking climate finance for clean cooking in displacement settings: Muna Eltahir, Director of Practical Action Sudan
- Applying research to create a new results-based finance tool for women’s empowerment: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Oak Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Duke University
Speakers
Elisa Derby
Senior Director of Research, Evidence and Learning, Clean Cooking Alliance
Daniel Kammen
Senior Advisor for Energy Innovation, US Agency for International Development
Nordica MacCarty
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
Michael Johnson
Technical Director, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
Claire Willers
Senior Manager, Market Relations, The Gold Standard Foundation
Muna Eltahir
Country Director, Practical Action Sudan
Subhrendu Pattanayak
Oak Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Duke University