Dr. Daniel Mikkelson is an Integrated Energy Modeling and Simulation Engineer in the Integrated Systems and Thermal Analysis group. He is the lead developer of HYBRID, the modeling repository of the Integrated Energy Systems team at Idaho National Laboratory and the manager of INL's Dymola, a Modelica compiler, licenses and access. His current research topics include thermal integration studies of nuclear generated heat with non-electric applications, experimental validation of HYBRID modeling, characterization of thermal and electrical needs in industrial processes, and experimental modeling of thermal storage systems. Daniel has been with INL since 2019, applying his primary research background centered on dynamic modeling of integrated energy systems with focuses on advanced reactor modeling, thermal energy storage, integration methods, and control design for feedback mitigation. Daniel has multiple publications in conferences and journals based on his work in these areas and received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Research Interests: 
Integrated Energy Systems
Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration
Experiment Modeling
Experiment Validation and Verification
Thermal Energy Storage
Non-Electric Applications of Nuclear Heat
Digital Twins