Karthik Krishna is a research engineer at APSRC who focuses on distributed energy systems, combined heat and power generation, plug-in electric vehicle grid integration, smart grids, and bioenergy. He has an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Michigan Tech. He is the co-PI for a project to develop an advanced characterization facility to assess micro-CHP technologies. He is also a member of NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel working groups on price communication and electric vehicle integration standards. Karthik was recognized as an exceptional young energy professional and invited to participate in the 2010 Gridweek conference.