About Agnes
I am a Systems Modeling Engineer at Noble Thermodynamic Systems, Inc. in Alameda, California. I joined NobleThermo in 2023, and in my current role, I analyze models for energy process systems and build tools for evaluating our technology's techno-economic potential. My work/research experiences until this role have been technical in nature, and I have learned from this role to shift my paradigm and understand the aspects of technology that are important for business and implementing a novel technology in the real world.
Prior to joining Noble Thermo, I graduated from Princeton University in 2023 with honors in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, also receiving a certificate in Robotics and Intelligent Systems. During my time at Princeton, I purposefully selected classes that focused on computational methods and completed a senior thesis entitled Deep learning modeling of the filtered generalized progress variable dissipation rate in turbulent premixed combustion, advised by Prof. Michael E. Mueller.
Research and discovery have been a core part of my growth and approach to thinking since 2015. I have many people and institutions to whom/which I am grateful for that have contributed to my growth. Among these are the aforementioned Princeton University and NobleThermo, Philippine Science High School - Main Campus, Research Science Institute (and the Center for Excellence in Education that supports it), advisers at the University of the Philippines, the team at Sakay.ph, and the Microfluidics lab at University of Science and Technology Beijing and Tsinghua University. Current research interests include energy economics and markets, turbulent plasma physics, and computational methods for nonlinear dynamics.
Outside of work and research, I am passionate about transportation and urban planning (especially trains and container ships), art history (especially in abstract expressionism), and books (especially post-war contemporary fiction). Please feel free to reach out if you share any of the same interests!