Program for developing professional capabilities in energy-conservation policy analysis. Final report, September 1979-December 1980

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5620655

Sweeney, J L; Lau, L

The current program proceeds through the various stages of recruitment and training, internship, dissertation writing, and career assignment in an energy policy related field. Three years of experience is reported for the program which consists of five stages: recruitment of graduate students from the Stanford University Engineering-Economic Systems Department and Economics Department who have a strong technical education, outstanding analytic skills in economics, in modeling of complex systems, in optimization of resource allocation, and in analysis of decision alternatives; training of those recruited in the application of analytic techniques to energy policy questions; establishment and support of a professional fellowship program in energy policy analysis with the Department of Energy; supervision of students during their dissertation work after their internships have been completed; and launching of those professionally trained and experienced graduates into career assignments in energy policy related areas.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-78CS50277
• OSTI ID: 5620655
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/50277-T2; ON: DE83018262
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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