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RASEI Innovators awarded Lab Venture Challenge Prizes

Daniel Morton — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:59:29 +0000

RASEI Innovators awarded Lab Venture Challenge Prizes Daniel Morton Mon, 10/28/2024 - 14:59

Daniel Morton

Fourteen teams from across the University of ŷ��ڱ��Ƶ competed for a combined total of $1.25M in startup funding grants as part of the 2024 Lab Venture Challenge (LVC).

Judges from across the network heard Shark-Tank-Style pitches across two evenings, one for innovations in biosciences, and another for physical sciences and engineering. Two RASEI Fellows, Gregor Henze and Adam Holewinski were members of two of the successful teams, being awarded a total of $250k in startup funding ($125k each).

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EcoValeric Innovations

RASEI Fellow Adam Holewinski was the lead for EcoValeric Innovations, built around an electrochemical process that converts biomass-based building blocks (levulinic acid) into commodity chemicals (4-hydroxyvaleric acid (HVA)), versatile intermediates for producing biodegradable plastics, biofuels and green solvents. This scalable, renewable process has the potential to significantly reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in a sustainable fashion. Also on the EcoValeric team were CEO Roberta Leão and CTO Will Lucas.

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Whisper Energy

RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze was the lead for Whisper Energy, built around the development of a wireless, battery-free sensor platform for smart buildings. Using machine learning to cut energy consumption by >30%, the platform can provide real-time data to optimize energy use, reduce emissions, and drive toward more energy efficient homes and commercial buildings. Developed through an initial $2M ARPA-E grant, it advances zero emissions in an economic and efficent manner. Gregor was supported by CEO Galen Williams and Technical lead Gerry Conroy.

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Optimal environmental and economic performance trade-offs for fifth generation district heating and cooling network topologies with waste heat recovery

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Optimal environmental and economic performance trade-offs for fifth generation district heating and cooling network topologies with waste heat recovery Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 04/27/2024 - 00:00

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, 2024, 309, 118322

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The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering group receives $8 million from DOE's Renew America Nonprofits program

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering group receives $8 million from DOE's Renew America Nonprofits program Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 12/04/2023 - 00:00

RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze is a Co-PI on this five-year award

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A dynamic programming based method for optimal control of a cascaded heat pump system with thermal energy storage

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:00:00 +0000

A dynamic programming based method for optimal control of a cascaded heat pump system with thermal energy storage Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 10/09/2023 - 00:00

OPTIMIZATION AND ENGINEERING, 2023, 25, 229-251

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Reinforcement learning building control approach harnessing imitation learning

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Reinforcement learning building control approach harnessing imitation learning Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/28/2023 - 00:00

ENERGY AND AI, 2023, 14, 100255

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Inverse Reinforcement Learning Control for Building Energy Management

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Inverse Reinforcement Learning Control for Building Energy Management Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 03/05/2023 - 00:00

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS, 2023, 286, 112941

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An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000

An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/08/2022 - 00:00

Energy Conversion and Management, 2022, 266, 115839

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A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000

A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 04/06/2022 - 00:00

J. Building Perf. Simul., 2022, 15, 3, 379-397

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Multimodal sensor fusion framework for residential building occupancy detection

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Multimodal sensor fusion framework for residential building occupancy detection Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 01/29/2022 - 00:00

Energy and Buildings, 2022, 258, 111828

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Affordable and accurate sensors to better understand residential buildings

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Affordable and accurate sensors to better understand residential buildings Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/17/2021 - 00:00

This publication from RASEI Fellow Gregor Henze describes new, affordable and accurate sensors to better understand energy use in residential buildings.

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