Research conducted in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering to optimize chemical plant operations and reduce demand on the power grid recently received $360K in funding from the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) within the United States Department of Energy.
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Michael Baldea, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is working to improve the efficiency and economic performance of chemical processes that interact with the power grid. His research was recently selected for a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
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Professor Tom Edgar and graduate student Wes Cole are working on a smart grid in Austin's Mueller Community that could reinvent the nation's energy delivery system. The public-private initiative, known as Pecan Street Inc., was recently featured by TV news magazine EnergyNOW