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Research Areas:
Energy Systems
This area involves research in the production, distribution, and use of electric energy. Present investigations are concerned with electromechanical devices for pulsed power applications, advanced electrical machines, power system-related analyses, simulation of power systems, energy system economics and optimization, open-access transmission, energy efficiency and demand-side management, power system harmonics, power quality, and power electronics.
Professors Interested in Energy Systems
Area Advisor:
Santoso, Surya
Area Coordinator:
Baldick, Ross
Research Information Related to Energy Systems
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Disaster ForensicsProf. Alexis Kwasinski of UT ECE travels to the worst natural disaster sites around the world to assess the damage inflicted on communication networks and... |
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The Historic Failure of Electric GeneratorsBefore our state's recent experience with rolling blackouts, little public attention was paid to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. But with an unprecedented... |
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Analyzing Rolling Blackouts in Real TimeOn Wednesday, February 2, 2011, ERCOT found it necessary to initiate rolling blackouts to cope with increased demand due to extremely cold temperatures and... |
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Cockrell School of Engineering: 2010 in ReviewAt the Cockrell School we recognize that engineering education must prepare students for a global economy that is experiencing revolutionary technological change.... |
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Smart Grid Project to Offer Hands-on Opportunities for StudentsGraduate students at the University of Texas at Austin will play an integral part in the development of the power grid of the future for the Pecan Street Project,... |
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Solar Car Shines in National CompetitionThe University of Texas at Austin Solar Vehicles Team camped, pulled all-nighters and ran into some unique mechanical issues on their seven-day, solar-powered... |
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Solar Vehicle Team and Hands-on Learning Projects Need New SpaceIn June, a group of engineering undergraduate students will drive from Tulsa to Chicago in a vehicle they designed, constructed, and tested. Running out of... |
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UT ECE Professor Alexis Kwasinski Covers Chilean EarthquakeElectrical Engineering Professor Alexis Kwasinski traveled to Chile following the February earthquake to inventory damage and share ideas on how to better... |
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Sustainable Energy: Barriers, Realities and Future PlansTake a thicket of sometimes contradictory incentives, subsidies, and regulations, add traditional emphasis on fossil fuels, and stir in low prices. That recipe... |
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Integrating Wind into the GridECE professors, Mack Grady and Surya Santoso, are collecting the data needed to truly integrate wind power into the existing power grid—and creating the first... |
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Disaster ImmunityHurricane Katrina helped ECE power researcher, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized telecom architecture that... |
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Regulating Wind Power's VariabilityAs the Texas’ electric grid operator prepares to add power lines for carrying future wind-generated energy, Dr. Surya Santoso is developing improved methods... |
