WiDAC Team
ACEP Staff
Marc Mueller-Stoffels
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project at ACEP:
- Data management
- Wind-Diesel Applications Center
Phone: (907) 474-5117 | Fax: (907) 474-5475
e-mail: mmuellerstoffels@alaska.edu
Daisy Huang
Research Engineer
Projects:
- WiDAC Technical Liason
- Biomass research
- HVDC feasibility study
- Green Machine project management
Phone: (907) 474-5663 | Fax: (907) 474-5475
e-mail: dhuang@alaska.edu
Heike Merkel
Data Manager
Projects:
- Data Acquisition and Analysis
Phone: (907) 474-1145 | Fax: (907) 474-5475
e-mail: hmerkel@alaska.edu
David Light
Research Engineer
Projects:
- Hybrid Applications Testbed Facility Manager
- Hybrid Application Center Research
- Wind-Diesel Applications Center
Phone: (907) 474-5749 | Fax: (907) 474-5475
e-mail: david.light@alaska.edu
Julie Estey
Business Director
500 L Street
Suite 201
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: (907) 590-0879 | Fax: (907) 272-1510
e-mail: julie.estey@alaska.edu
Melody Cavanaugh-Moen
Outreach Coordinator
Projects:
- Community Energy Lecture Series
- Alaska Rural Energy Conference
- ACEP Outreach and Events
Phone: (907) 978-0693 | Fax: (907) 474-5475
e-mail: mdcavanaughmoen@alaska.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Richard Wies
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Alaska Wind-Diesel Applications Center
- EPSCoR – Making Wind Work for Alaska
- Rural Alaskan HVDC Transmission Systems
- Energy Efficiency of Alaska Seafood Processing Plants
Phone: (907) 474-7071 | Fax: (907) 474-5135
e-mail: rwwiesjr@alaska.edu
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rorik Peterson
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Project with ACEP:
Phone: (907) 474-5593 | Fax: (907) 474-6141
e-mail: rapeterson@alaska.edu
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Supported Students
- Eshwar Chukkapalli (echukkapalli@alaska.edu)
- Nicholas Janssen (njanssen2@alaska.edu)



