Karlyle Munz is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines and a former intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Before Mines, Karlyle completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering both from Auburn University in Alabama. Karlyle has also recently graduated from the Advanced Energy System Master’s program at Mines. Karlyle’s research with the AMBER group focuses on modeling the electrification of communities using various software tools from NREL. When he is not writing code, Karlyle enjoys playing piano and guitar, learning about aviation, and searching for his cats when they escape his house into the woods.