Casey Canfield

Casey Canfield is an Associate Professor in Engineering Management & Systems Engineering at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. She focuses on quantifying the human part of complex systems to improve decision-making and policymaking in the context of healthcare, energy, and rural broadband. She leads multi-sector, cross-disciplinary, stakeholder-centered teams for problem-oriented research. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Solar Foundation, US Ignite, U.S. Army, Mid-America Transplant Foundation, Missouri Department of Transportation, and U.S. Department of Education. Her research has been published in PNAS, Renewable Energy, Government Information Quarterly, and Human Factors. She also serves on the advisory board of the Missouri Science & Technology (MOST) Policy Fellowship and the Missouri Energy Initiative. She has a PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Engineering: Systems from Olin College of Engineering. After completing her PhD, she was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office.