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Personal Profile
Jennifer Daw's domestic and international experience ranges from analysis and decision support to management and implementation of projects in the U.S. and developing countries. Daw spent the first 10 years of her career working exclusively with water systems, performing work that ranged from system modeling and analysis to design and construction, asset management, capital planning and sustainability strategies.
Daw's work focuses on the clean energy workforce for which she is a leader in NLR’s workforce research coordination and strategy development activities. Daw leads a multidisciplinary team focused on Workforce and Energy Systems Transformation, which conducts analysis of workforce trends, provides technical assistance and capacity building and develops programs to support workforce needs domestically and internationally. Daw's research focuses on the analysis of clean energy workforce issues. She engages with academia and industry to analyze the state of the energy workforce and its upcoming trends, and develops tools, resources and strategies to support the energy sector’s evolving workforce needs.
Research Interests
Energy sector workforce trends analysis and program development
Decarbonization analysis and strategy development
Energy-water-food nexus
Sustainable development
Capacity building
Technical assistance
Professional Experience
Professional Engineer
Certified Energy Manager
LEED Accredited Professional
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Master, Civil Engineering/Sustainable Development, University of Colorado
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Community Priorities and Technical Assistance Scope of Work
Burton, R., Rosenlieb, E., Daw, J., Speer, B., Kiboma, L., Sumner, J., Levine, A., Farthing, A., Palmintier, B., Polly, B., Baring-Gould, E., Hunt, M., Rego, L., Kiakona, P., de Roode, A., Peila, H., Torres Belfort Rezende, M., Andrews, A., Luczak, S. & Selarque, S., 2025, 40 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Community Priorities and Technical Assistance Scope of Work
Burton, R., Rosenlieb, E., Daw, J., Speer, B., Kiboma, L., Sumner, J., Levine, A., Farthing, A., Palmintier, B., Polly, B., Baring-Gould, I., Hunt, M., Rego, L., Kiakona, P., de Roode, A., Peila, H., Torres Belfort Rezende, M., Andrews, A., Luczak, S. & Selarque, S., 2025, 71 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Tasks 1-5
Rosenlieb, E., Polly, B., Farthing, A., Baring-Gould, I., Kiboma, L., Palmintier, B., Daw, J., Levine, A. & Speer, B., 2025, 5 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Technical Assistance Task Updates and Discussion Part 1: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI)
Burton, R., Rosenlieb, E., Daw, J., Polly, B., Kanter, A., Maguire, J. & Pless, S., 2025, 43 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Developing a Marine Energy Workforce Pipeline through STEM Education
Cardinal, A., Daw, J., DeGeorge, E., Kanter, A., Mendlin, B. & Stratton, B., 2024. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper