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Professor Al Bovik of Texas ECE has been selected to receive the 2019 Progress Medal from the Royal Photographic Society (RPS). The Progress Medal is the oldest and most prestigious honor in the field of photography, having been given annually since 1878. It is awarded in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense. 

Currently, local utilities in the U.S. generate 12 percent more energy than they anticipate needing. Otherwise, if they experience a brownout or blackout, utility companies face heavy penalties from the government. “Most of that extra energy is going to waste,” WNCG Prof. Brian Evans states. “If utility companies had access to better information, they could predict user demand and how it evolves over the day. They could reduce energy waste by around four-to-six percent.”