Judith Cardell

Judith Cardell is Professor of Engineering at Smith College. She specializes in the analysis and design of electric power systems and energy markets. She is interested in integrating wind power, small-scale distributed and renewable generation, and greater demand response into the power system.

 Previously in her career, she worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and as a consultant to the power industry. She was involved in writing federal electricity policy that addressed many aspects of the deregulation of the electric power industry. She provided expert testimony to the federal government analyzing the California energy crisis of 2000 and power system operations throughout the eastern United States. She also worked as a signal integrity engineer in the computer industry. Judith Cardell holds a Ph.D and Masters from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.