Alan Ransil | Protocol Labs Research
Alan Ransil
Team Lead/
Filecoin Green
Education
PhD, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSc, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS in Materials Science and Engineering, 2010
Stanford University
Alan’s research at Protocol Labs applied design principles from distributed systems and the decentralized web to the power grid. His doctoral work focused on structural batteries that can be incorporated into vehicles to bear mechanical load. He previously cofounded CoolComposites, a startup aimed at integrating inorganic phase change materials into building insulation in order to improve energy efficiency. Studying the interaction of these materials with the power grid, using materials to shift energy use from the afternoon to the night, led him to his current research. He has degrees in Materials Engineering from Stanford and MIT.
Alan left Protocol Labs Research to lead the Filecoin Green team. Learn more about the project in the announcement blog post.
Areas of Expertise
Distributed Systems, Economics, Energy
Talks
2021-01-12
The Inter-Cranial Abstraction System (ICAS)
2020-03-25
Decentralized energy grid: A Protocol Labs independent research project
2018-10-23
Developing an open source energy trading protocol
Publications
2020-12-09/Conference paper
Improving system resilience through formal verification of transactive energy controls
IEEE PES Transactive Energy Systems Conference (TESC) / 2020.12.09
2019-09-05/Poster
A dual-process approach for automated knowledge creation
Metascience Symposium / 2019.09.05
/ Stanford, CA, USA
2019-07-09/Conference paper
A computable multilayer system stack for future-proof interoperability
IEEE PES Transactive Energy Systems Conference (TESC) / 2019.07.09
/ Minneapolis, MN
2019-07-09/Report
Microgrids
2018-09-27/Report
Price signals and demand-side management in the electric distribution and retail system
2018-08-23/Report
Energy pricing
Blog posts
2021-04-26/Blog
Decentralized Energy Project recap