Sajith Wijesuriya

He is the YP Vice Chair of IEEE Young Professionals Lead on Climate, Sustainability, and Innovation processes and the TAB representative from YP. He is also the IEEE MGA representative to IEEE Technology for a Sustainable Climate Matrix Organization (TSCMO). Sajith is also a Researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the United States.

He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 2020. He currently works at the Building Thermal Energy Science (BTES) group in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences (MTES) directorate at NREL. His research involves grid-level decarbonization, increasing resilience of human settlements against extreme climates, advanced building energy modeling and advanced thermal energy storage systems analysis.

In addition to that he is a Visiting Scientist at the Colorado School of Mines. Furthermore, as a part of his researcher position he works for three Clean Energy Ministerial work streams.