Summary
Ralph Muehleisen is Chief Building Scientist and leader of Buildings and Interim Industrial Technologies at Argonne National Laboratory, directing research partnerships with DOE, industry, and academia to advance energy efficiency, resilience, and sustainability in the built environment. He brings 11+ years of leadership experience at the intersection of applied research and policy implementation, backed by a Ph.D. in Acoustics and dual undergraduate degrees in ECE and Physics. A licensed P.E., INCE Board Certified Noise Control Engineer, LEED AP, and Fellow of both the Acoustical Society of America and ASHRAE, he combines deep technical rigor with practical building performance solutions. Ralph plays a bridge role as Argonne’s liaison to the DOE Building Technologies Office, translating lab innovation into scalable infrastructure investments. He also mentors cross-disciplinary teams through the Northwestern-Argonne Institute for Science and Engineering, fostering next-generation research collaborations. Colleagues note his rare blend of acoustics expertise and systems-level thinking that surfaces alternative futures for buildings beyond conventional energy metrics.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, ECE and Physics, BS, ECE and Physics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Acoustics, Ph.D., Acoustics at Penn State University