Rodney Anderson

Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Dr. Anderson is a senior management & technical advisor at the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). He provides advice to management and technology managers in the Office of Natural Gas and Oil on formulation and definition of overall program objectives and requirements including scope, planning schedule and financial commitment. He conducts special analyses and studies to provide independent technical and financial appraisals to support the identification and development of new initiatives to advance FE-energy related technologies. Dr. Anderson also integrates and fully coordinates the efforts of engineers, scientists, and as appropriate, consultants and support contractors on planning programs for major technology or business areas important to NETL. While serving as Technology Manager for Natural Gas Infrastructure for the past several years, Dr. Anderson was responsible for planning and budgeting the implementation of all elements of the Office of Fossil Energy’s technology research and development program for natural gas infrastructure. This program addressed the operational reliability and integrity of the Nation's natural gas infrastructure including transmission and distribution networks, the deliverability of gas storage fields, the development of advanced gas storage concepts, and the availability of LNG. Through industry roadmapping workshops, he determined an industry perspective on natural gas infrastructure issues and funded a portfolio of R&D projects to address issues raised at these workshops. Many of these responsibilities are common to the design, planning, control and operation of secure, reliable, economical and efficient integrated electric power systems. In other relevant experience, Dr. Anderson served as the Technology Transfer Coordinator for NETL for several years as well as Director of Public Affairs; both positions required a strong public presence and marketing skills. In the private sector prior to joining government service, he was very successful in developing winning proposals for competitive government solicitations. With a broad range of experience in applied research and development in both the private sector and government, his area of studies have included natural gas infrastructure, natural gas storage, liquefied natural gas technologies, advanced instrumentation including SCADA security, atmospheric physics and chemistry, aerosol science, combustion phenomena, and ash/mineral deposition. Dr. Anderson has also held several management positions at NETL and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at West Virginia University.
Education
	B.S. Physics, Arkansas State University
	M.S. Physics, University of Missouri - Rolla
	Ph.D. Physics, University of Missouri - Rolla
Research Focus Areas
	Energy Technologies
Research Interests
	Aerosol and Atmospheric Physics
	Advanced Instrumentation & Automation
	Remote Sensing
	Robotics
	Energy Systems
Teaching Interests
	Formation, evolution, characterization, and control of aerosols and particulates
	Instrumentation principles and development methods
	Fundamentals of robotics and intelligent control systems