Grishma Dahal
Energy Engineering Research Specialist
EnergySense Resilience Center, University of Illinois System
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Grishma Raj Dahal, EIT, is an Energy Engineering Research Specialist at EnergySense Resilience Center. His background is in distributed clean energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, and energy economics. His work has included research on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and building electrification projects, financial modeling for solar and battery investments in disadvantaged communities, and predictive modeling for renewable energy integration. He holds a Master’s in Energy Technology and Policy from Cal Poly Humboldt and undergraduate degree in Agricultural Engineering (Renewable Energy Focus) from Institute of Engineering (IOE), Nepal.
Outside of work, Grishma enjoys soccer, chess, hiking, watching movies, learning about space science, connecting with nature, and just casually discussing random topics with friends. He also enjoys watching YouTube videos. For example – Siberian wilderness and how people live in such an extreme climate, human habitants in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and mysterious events that were never decoded.