Presenter

David Sickinger is a researcher in the Advanced Computing Operations Group within the Computational Science Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) located in Golden, Colorado. Since 2012, he has been involved with the operation of the mechanical systems supporting NREL's High Performance Computing data center that currently house the Eagle and Kestrel supercomputers. His research focus is on energy/water-efficient data center facilities and liquid-cooling technologies. He has an MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona. David is certified as a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) by the Association of Energy Engineers and as a Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) – HVAC Specialist by the U.S. Department of Energy.