Jay Apt

Carnegie Mellon University EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CARNEGIE MELLON ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY CENTER ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	2003 - Present
Carnegie Mellon University DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR IN ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICY	2000 - Present
iNetworks, LLC Venture Capital   MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER	2000 - 2003
Carnegie Museum of Natural History   DIRECTOR	1997 - 2000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ASTRONAUT FOUR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS. TWO MISSIONS INVOLVED PARTNERSHIPS WITH JAPAN AND RUSSIA; ONE INVOLVED TWO SPACEWALKS.	1985 - 1997
CHIEF OF MISSION SUPPORT BRANCH	1995 - 1996
FLIGHT CONTROLLER, MISSION CONTROL CENTER	1982 - 1985
California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California SCIENCE MANAGER OF OPTICAL FACILITIES, TABLE MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY GROUP LEADER, OPTICAL ASTRONOMY GROUP PLANETARY SCIENTIST IN EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES DIVISION	1980 - 1982
Harvard University ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF APPLIED SCIENCES FOUNDING DIRECTOR, PLANETARY IMAGING COMPUTER CENTER	1978 - 1980
STAFF, CENTER FOR EARTH AND PLANETARY PHYSICS	1976 - 1980
Massachusetts Institute of Technology POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN LASER SPECTROSCOPY	1976

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”

A.B. in Physics (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1971

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

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

Newcomer, A. and J. Apt, Implications of Generator Siting for CO2 Pipeline Infrastructure. Energy Policy 36, 2008; 1776-1787.

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): pp. 3139-3144.

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

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): pp. 2558-2568.

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

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): pp. 9-22.

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

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

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

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

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): pp. 44-49.

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

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): pp. 8578-8583.

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

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.

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

BOOKS AND BOOK SECTIONS:

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.

 

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

 

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

 

SELECTED OUTREACH MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

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.

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

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 l’espace: Si belle mais si fragile (CoverStory), Le Figaro Magazine, November 30, 1996: pp.67-97.

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