Johanna Mathieu

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan

2024 C3E Fundamental & Applied Research Award Winner

Johanna Mathieu is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor. She is also serving as the Interim Director of the UM Institute for Energy Solutions. Prior to joining UM in 2014, Mathieu was a postdoctoral researcher in the Power Systems Laboratory at ETH Zurich.

Mathieu's research focuses on using new operational and control strategies to reduce the environmental impact, cost, and inefficiency of electric power systems. In particular, she develops new methods to actively engage distributed flexible resources such as energy storage, electric loads, and renewable energy sources in power system operation. Additionally, she has several active interdisciplinary projects leveraging engineering methods and data to advance energy justice in Detroit, where she works closely with several community-based organizations.

Mathieu is the recipient of a 2023 R&D 100 Award for her work leveraging residential air conditioners to provide high-value grid balancing services. She also received the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power & Energy Society Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power Award, a 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a 2021 UM Henry Russel Award, and the 2018 UM ECE Ernest and Bettine Kuh Distinguished Faculty Award. She was a presenter at the 2021 National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. She is a senior member of the IEEE.

Mathieu holds a PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.