PNNL

Tim joined the Optimization and Control group at PNNL in 2020. Prior to joining PNNL, he was a lead member of the research staff at Johnson Controls where he led projects on various controls and optimization technologies, including real-time optimization, model predictive control, fault detection and diagnostics, adaptive and non-linear control. During his time at Johnson Controls, he filed 50 patent applications and created the technology behind several widely used products and services.

He obtained his PhD from Loughborough University in the U.K. in 1996. During his PhD program, he was an exchange student in the Building Technology group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a resident scholar in the Control group at the University of Oxford. After obtaining his PhD, he was a research scientist at the National Research Laboratory of Finland and then a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Tim has published his work in journals, conferences, and books in the areas of applied controls, fault detection, real-time optimization, economic model predictive control, energy systems in buildings, and process control. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Statistical Association, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.