David McCollum
What matters to David?
Quick Summary
- Powering the future.
“I’ve been very fortunate,” says David McCollum. “As a Ph.D. student in the interdisciplinary Transportation Technology and Policy Graduate Group, I have received fellowships that have enabled me to pursue research opportunities and discover new ways to power our future.”
McCollum has received fellowship support (twice) from the ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), a national non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for financial assistance to gifted and deserving students in the physical sciences and engineering. He has also been awarded the Eisenhower and Chevron Fellowships. These funding opportunities have allowed McCollum to participate in things that would otherwise have been out of his reach.
McCollum also participated in a three-month program with Argonne National Lab in Washington D.C. and he spent a summer in Vienna, participating in a fellowship for young scientists at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
“These engaging experiences have enhanced my network with other scientists worldwide, and they enrich the knowledge I share with UC Davis colleagues,” says McCollum.
Since completing his graduate degree from UC Davis... McCollum is working for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Energy Program in Laxenburg, Austria. He is a Research Scholar studying long-term energy modeling and scenario analysis.