EPP Faculty :: Jay Apt

Jay Apt
	Office: Posner Hall 254B Phone: (412) 268-3003 E-mail: japt@andrew.cmu.edu

Professor of Technology, Tepper School of Business and Engineering and Public Policy
Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center

Electricity generation, storage, transmission, and distribution; electricity markets; education of power systems engineers, scientists, and business professionals; technology commercialization; national competitiveness policy; space science and engineering policy; remote sensing and effects of global climate change; applications of robotics.
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Experimental Atomic Physics, Massachusetts Institute of   Technology, 1976. Advisor: David Pritchard
Thesis Title: “Velocity dependence of excitation transfer in collisions of laser-exited atoms”

RECENT JOURNAL PAPERS

Hittinger, E. J. F. Whitacre, and J. Apt, Compensating for Wind Variability
Using Co-Located Natural Gas Generation and Energy Storage, Energy Systems,
In Press.

Katzenstein, W., E. Fertig, and J. Apt, The Variability of Interconnected
Wind Plants. Energy Policy, 2010, 38(8): 4400-4410.

Gresham, R.L., S.T. McCoy, J. Apt, and M.G. Morgan, Implications of
Compensating Property-Owners for Geologic Sequestration of CO2.
Environmental Science & Technology, 2010. 44(8): 2897-2903.

Gilmore, E.A., J. Apt, R. Walawalkar, P.J. Adams, and L.B. Lave, The air
quality and human health effects of integrating utility-scale batteries into
the New York State electricity grid. Journal of Power Sources, 2010. 195(8):
2405-2413.

Peterson, S.B., J. Apt, and J.F. Whitacre, Lithium-Ion Battery Cell
Degradation Resulting from Realistic Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Grid
Utilization. Journal of Power Sources, 2010. 195(8): 2385-2392.

Peterson, S.B., J.F. Whitacre, and J. Apt, The Economics of Using PHEV
Battery Packs for Grid Storage. Journal of Power Sources, 2010. 195(8):
2377-2384.

Hines, P., J. Apt, and S. Talukdar, Large Blackouts in North America:
Historical trends and policy implications., Energy Policy, 2009. 37(12):
5249-5259.

Katzenstein, W. and J. Apt, Response to "Comment on 'Air Emissions Due to
Wind and Solar Power' ". Environmental Science & Technology, 2009. 43(15):
6108-6109.

Newcomer, A. and J. Apt, Near term implications of a ban on new coal-fired
power plants in the US. Environmental Science & Technology, 2009. 43(11):
3995-4001.

Victor, D.G., M.G. Morgan, J. Apt, J. Steinbruner., and K. Ricke, The
Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming?. Foreign
Affairs, 2009. 88(2): 64-76.

Katzenstein, W. and J. Apt, Air Emissions Due To Wind And Solar Power.
Environmental Science & Technology, 2009. 43(2): 253-258.

Apt, J., L. Lave, and S. Pattanariyankool, A National Renewable Portfolio
Standard? Not Practical. Issues in Science & Technology, 2008. 25(1): 53-59.

Walawalkar, R., S. Blumsack, J. Apt, and S. Fernands, An Economic Welfare
Analysis of Demand Response in the PJM Electricity Market. Energy Policy,
2008. 36(10): 3692-3702.

Newcomer, A., S.A. Blumsack, J. Apt, L.B. Lave, and M.G. Morgan, Short Run
Effects of a Price on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from U.S. Electric
Generators. Environmental Science & Technology, 2008. 42(9): 3139-3144.

Newcomer, A., and J. Apt, Implications of generator siting for CO2 pipeline
infrastructure. Energy Policy, 2008. 36(5): 1776-1787.

Wilson, E.J., M.G. Morgan, J. Apt, M. Bonner, C. Bunting, M. de Figueiredo,
J. Gode, C. Jaeger, D.W. Keith, S.T. McCoy, R.S. Haszeldine, M. Pollak, D.M.
Reiner, E.S. Rubin, A. Torvanger, C. Ulardic, S. Vajjhala, D. Victor, and I.
Wright, Regulating the Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide.
Environmental Science & Technology, 2008. 42(8): 2718-2722.

Curtright, A. and J. Apt, The Character of Power Output from Utility-Scale
Photovoltaic Systems. Progress in Photovoltaics, 2008. 16(3): 241-247.

Newcomer, A. and J. Apt, Storing Syngas Lowers the Carbon Price for
Profitable Coal Gasification. Environmental Science & Technology, 2007.
41(23): 7974-7979.

Patiño-Echeverri, D., B. Morel, J. Apt, and C. Chen, Should a Coal-Fired
Power Plant be Retrofitted or Replaced? Environmental Science & Technology,
2007. 41(23): 7980-7986.

Lave, L.B., J. Apt, and S. Blumsack, Deregulation/Restructuring Part II:
Where Do We Go From Here? The Electricity Journal, 2007. 20(9): 10-23.

Lave, L.B., J. Apt, and S. Blumsack, Deregulation/Restructuring Part I:
Re-regulation Will Not Fix the Problems. The Electricity Journal, 2007.
20(8): 9-22.

Apt, J., The Spectrum of Power from Wind Turbines. Journal of Power Sources,
2007. 169(2): 369-374.

Apt, J., D. W. Keith, and M.G. Morgan, Promoting Low-Carbon Electricity
Production. Issues in Science & Technology, 2007. 23(3): 37-44.

Walawalkar, R., J. Apt, and R. Mancini, Economics of electric energy storage
for energy arbitrage and regulation in New York. Energy Policy, 2007. 35(4):
2558-2568.

Lave, L.B. and J. Apt, Planning for Natural Disasters in a Stochastic World.
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006. 33: 117-130.

Apt, J. and B. Fischhoff, Power and People. The Electricity Journal, 2006.
19(9): 17-25.

Blumsack, S., J. Apt, and L.B. Lave, Response to Andy Ott's letter on
"Lessons from the Failure of U.S. Electricity Restructuring². The
Electricity Journal 2006, 19(5): 4-6.

Apt, J., L.B. Lave, and M.G. Morgan, A More Reliable U.S. Electric System.
Issues in Science & Technology, 2006. 22(4).

Strauss, B., M.G. Morgan, J. Apt, and D.D. Stancil, Cell Phones: Unsafe at
Any Airspeed Cellphones and other electronics are more of a risk than you
think. IEEE Spectrum, 2006. 43(3): 44-49.

Blumsack, S., J. Apt, and L.B. Lave, Lessons from the Failure of U.S.
Electricity Restructuring. The Electricity Journal, 2006, 19(2): pp.15-32.

Dobesova, K., J. Apt, and L.B. Lave, Are Renewables Portfolio Standards
Cost-effective Emission Abatement Policy? Environmental Science &
Technology, 2005. 39(22): 8578-8583.

Blumsack, S., J. Apt, and L. Lave, U.S. Electricity Reform. Economic and
Political Weekly (Special Issue: Power Sector Reform - International
Experience), 2005. 40(50): p. 5279-5290.

Apt, J., Competition Has Not Lowered U.S. Industrial Electricity Prices. The
Electricity Journal, 2005. 18(2): 52-61.

Lave, L., J. Apt, and S. Blumsack, Rethinking Electricity Deregulation. The
Electricity Journal, 2004. 17(8): 11-26.

Apt, J., Lave, L. B., Talukdar, S., Morgan, G. M., & Ilic, M., Electrical
blackouts: A systemic problem. Issues in Science and Technology, 2004.
20(4): 55-61.

Lal, R., Griffin, M., Apt, J., Lave, L., & Morgan, G. M,, Response to
comments on "Managing soil carbon". Science, 2004. 305(5690).

Lal, R., Griffin, M., Apt, J., Lave, L., & Morgan, G. M, Managing soil
carbon. Science, 2004. 304(5669): 393-393.

Ilic, M., Apt, J., Khosla, P., Lave, L., Morgan, G., & Talukdar, S.,
Introducing electric power into a multidisciplinary curriculum for network
industries. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2004. 19(1): 9-16.

Talukdar, S., Apt, J., Ilic, M., Lave, L., & Morgan, G. M., Cascading
Failures: Survival vs. Prevention. The Electricity Journal, 2003. 16(9):
25-31.

Apt, J. and L.B. Lave, Electric Gridlock: A National Solution. Public
Utilities Fortnightly, 2003. 141(18): 14-16.

BOOKS AND BOOK SECTIONS

Apt, J., Human Spaceflight Risk Management, in The Encyclopedia of Aerospace
Engineering, Volume 8: Systems Engineering, E.M. Atkins, Editor. Wiley.
(Forthcoming).

Lave, L.B., J. Apt, and M.G. Morgan, Worst Case Electricity Scenarios: The
Benefits and Costs of Prevention, in The Economic Costs and Consequences of
Terrorism, H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon, and J.E. Moore, Editors. 2007, Elgar:
Northampton, MA.

Apt, J., M. G. Morgan, and L.B. Lave (2006). Electricity: Protecting
Essential Services, pp. 211-238 in Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How
Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability. P. Auerswald, L. Branscomb,
T. M. LaPorte and E. Michel-Kerjan, Editors. New York, Cambridge University
Press.

Lave, L.B., J. Apt, A. Farrell, and M.G. Morgan, Increasing the security and
reliability of the US electricity system, pp. 57-69 in The Economic Impacts
Of Terrorist Attacks, H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon, and J.E. Moore II,
Editors. 2005, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham.

Bol, M. and J. Apt, North South East West: American Indians and the Natural
World, 1998, Roberts Rinehart, Boulder. 158 pp.

Apt, J., M.R. Helfert, and J. Wilkinson, Orbit: NASA astronauts photograph
the Earth. 1996, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. 223 pp.

SELECTED OUTREACH ARTICLES

Apt, J., Beyond Cap and Trade and Renewables Portfolio Standards in The EPRI
Journal. Summer 2009, p.37.

Apt, J. and M.G. Morgan, Carbon Culprits, (Op-Ed) in The Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, February 25, 2007, p.H1.

Apt, J. and L. Lave, Electricity Traffic Control, (Op-Ed) in The New York
Times, August 13, 2005, p. A27.

Strauss, B., J. Apt, M.G. Morgan, and D. Stancil, Are Personal Electronics a
Threat to Aircraft? Aviation Week and Space Technology. April 10, 2006.
164(15): 58.

Apt, J. and L. Lave, Blackouts are Inevitable, (Op-Ed) in The Washington
Post. August 10, 2004. p. A19.

Apt, J. and L. Lave, Let There Be Light, (Op-Ed) in The Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette. August 15, 2004, p. J3.

Apt, J., Orbit: The Astronauts' View of Home (Cover Story). National
Geographic Magazine, November 1996. 190(5): pp. 2-27.

Apt, J., La Terre vue de l¹espace: Si belle mais si fragile (Cover Story),
Le Figaro Magazine, November 30, 1996: pp.67-97.

For a complete list of publications, see Jay Apt's curriculum vitae.