Research Themes +
Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing climate challenges by bringing to market energy-efficient innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of developing better batteries for electric vehicles; improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-interactive, efficient buildings; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide for renewable technologies like wind and solar.
Strategic Initiatives +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) Strategic Plan is the guiding force for our research and development for the next ten years. It clearly charts a path toward clean-energy solutions and focuses on five detailed Strategic Initiatives. The Plan provides an in-depth look at how ETA is accelerating research to provide affordable, clean energy to all while accomplishing deep, economy-wide decarbonization, looking to avoid a rise in global average temperature while simultaneously developing solutions to increase humanity's resilience to extreme weather volatility.
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About Us +
The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and battling the Climate Crisis are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by technoeconomic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

Dre Helmns

Postdoctoral Researcher

(510) 502-0388

DreHelmns@lbl.gov

eta.lbl.gov/people/Dre-Helmns

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Bio

Dre Helmns (they/them) is a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory working to decarbonize energy technology. They are currently developing a novel heating and cooling system to optimally shift thermal loads in commercial buildings. As a scholar and an educator, Dre aspires to transform the culture of engineering by cultivating inclusive learning environments and making space for new leaders.

Curriculum Vitae

helmns_cv_2021_3pg.pdf

Education

Mechanical Engineering, BS, Loyola Marymount University, 2015

Mechanical Engineering, MS, University of California, Berkeley, 2016

Mechanical Engineering, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2019