Imran Sheikh

Imran Sheikh is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Energy Studies and Department of Environmental Sciences at Western Washington University. His research interests include understanding various pathways to decarbonize residential space and water heating systems and the impacts of electrification of heating. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. Prior to graduate school he was a consultant at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) where he helped industrial clients make their plants more efficient through whole-systems design and compared the economics and climate impact of nuclear power, micropower, and energy efficiency. While in graduate school he worked with the Global Energy and Sustainability team at Johnson Controls on developing a next generation of building control systems. He has also held various research appointments at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is currently advising a group of students on the design and construction of a net zero energy tiny house called Project ZeNETH.