Dr. Casey Canfield is an Associate Professor in Engineering Management & Systems Engineering at Missouri S&T. Her research is focused on quantifying the human part of complex systems to improve decision-making, particularly in the context of energy, governance, and healthcare. She has a PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, where she published research on behavioral interventions in the context of energy and cybersecurity. After completing her PhD, she spent a year and a half as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office. She was primarily involved in designing and managing programs that aim to increase innovation in the energy sector.