Professor Hencey is interested in applying dynamical, control, and information systems perspectives to energy systems, such as building systems, wind energy, and microgrids. Over the past decades, the application of systems perspectives has spurred a revolution in the integrated systems design the aerospace and automobile industries. Similarly, systems perspectives are poised to transform the design, operation, and maintenance of energy systems.

Brandon Hencey joined the Cornell MAE faculty in 2009. Prior to that, he spent one at the United Technologies Research Center as a postdoctoral researcher where he investigated methods for optimizing building control system policies via model predictive control.