Researchers at UTSA have begun work on five new research initiatives to enhance clean energy production/integration, improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the Strategic Alliance between the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI) and CPS Energy, established in 2010.
The new projects are supported by five grants from CPS Energy totaling close to $1.5 million. They are, as follows:
City of San Antonio Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
Hazem Rashed-Ali
Roger Enriquez
John Merrifield
Keith Muhlestein
Francine Romero
Hatim Sharif
Robert Tillyer
Hybrid Integrated Sensing and Energy Conversion (HISEC) System For Harvesting Mechanical and Thermal Energy from Roadways
Samer Dessouky
Arturo Montoya
Athanassios Papagiannakis
Hatim Sharif
Amar Bhalla
Ruyan Guo
Shuza Binzaid
Smart Grid Security and Attack Resiliency: A Forensics-driven Approach
Raymond Choo
Paul Rad
Using machine learning to improve intra-hour prediction of solar irradiance and ramp events in the CPS microgrid at JBSA
Walter Richardson
Les Shephard
An Open Source Based Proactive Energy Management System (PEMS) for Integrated Control of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Solar-Powered Buildings
Bing Dong
Krystel Castillo
Jeff Xu
As part of the Equinox Festival, organized by TSERI and the UTSA Office of Sustainability, CPS Energy President and CEO Paula Gold-Williams presented a check for $1,468,634, the amount of first-year funding of the five research projects. She is pictured alongside (left to right) TSERI director Dr. Krystel Castillo, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy and San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg.
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