News

Texas ECE associate professor Andrea Alù has been named a recipient of the The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) 2016 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award. The recipients will be honored during the O’Donnell Awards Dinner in Dallas, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in conjunction with the TAMEST 2016 Annual Conference. 

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.”