NAVFAC EXWC is proud to announce William W. Anderson, Jr., NAVFAC EXWC Director, Utilities Engineering and Management was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Engineering this past December from the Naval Postgraduate School!
Meaningful Conversations with William W. Anderson, Jr., PhD
Anderson began his mechanical engineering studies as an undergraduate at Virginia Military Institute. After receiving his bachelor of science degree, Anderson received his master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley; green technologies from the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering; and master’s in business administration from Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School. Anderson went on to earn his PhD for his work developing a novel model to assess resilience and costs of renewable energy microgrids on OCONUS naval bases. His research focused on islanded naval installations, and has been presented and published in several international IEEE conference proceedings. Anderson’s dissertation work continues to contribute to the Navy and Department of Defense’s knowledge of the resilience of microgrid architecture design alternatives. Base commanders can use Anderson’s model to generate the trade space for resilience and costs. Anderson began his early career working as a Surface Warfare Officer onboard the USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) before retiring from active duty as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer serving as the Officer-in-Charge/Combat Engineer for Naval Special Warfare Group TWO. Anderson then worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company developing a $1.8B smart grid strategy for a major utilities provider. For the past 14 years, Anderson has worked as the AMI Program Manager, Director of Public Works Program Office, and now Director of Utilities Engineering and Management for NAVFAC EXWC. Anderson is a licensed Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, and LEED Accredited Professional BD+C. Today, Anderson is in charge of energy security and critical power solutions, designed to increase resilience primarily through microgrids. Additionally, Anderson founded the NAVFAC EXWC Microgrid Academy and commissioned the NAVFAC EXWC Microgrid Test Bed.
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