Senior Engineer, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Kelly Klima is a senior engineer at RAND, specializing in decision analysis on energy and the built environment. Recent energy work has focused on energy transitions. Studies include electricity demands to support indoor temperature thresholds, AI demands for electricity and related transition needs, natural gas decommissioning, resilience of California's electricity infrastructure to current and future natural hazards, energy tradeoffs now and in the future, and geographic smoothing of solar photovoltaics. Klima's research work supports infrastructure and community resilience throughout the world, has been applied across California, the City of Pittsburgh, City of St. Paul, counties in New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and New York City. In addition, Klima has conducted sensitive research for multiple federally funded research and development centers, and is lead author on multiple Congressionally mandated studies. She is also a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy, an adjunct assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a summer associate mentor. Klima holds a CFM from the Association of State Floodplain Managers and a CCEA from the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association. She earned her Ph.D. in engineering and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.
Ph.D. in engineering & public policy, Carnegie Mellon University; M.S. in earth, atmosphere, & planetary science, MIT; M.S. in aeronautics & astronautics, MIT; B.S. in mechanical engineering, Caltech
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
