Ricardo completed his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. He has worked on decarbonization pathways for the electrical grid of Honduras, as well as evaluating financial mechanisms to adopt electrified appliances for residential buildings in Texas.

Paola completed her M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. Her research assessed the impact of electric vehicle charging stations placement for the communities in Austin.

Alejandro completed his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. His research focused on the parametrization and optimization of the Mexican power sector to analyze routes for an equitable decarbonization of the electrical grid.

Suprajha completed her M.Sc. in Energy and Earth Resources. Her research analyzed the viability of utilizing solar PV with battery storage as a backup power solution for multi-family residential homes during weather-induced power outages, such as Texas winter storms and California wildfires.

Alejandro is a graduate from the Energy and Earth Resources program. His research explored technical burdens and social impacts of producing green hydrogen coupled to a geothermal plant in Mexico.

Vivek completed his M.Sc. in Energy and Earth Resources. His research focused on predicting the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging demands on the grid. He is passionate about solving challenges related to energy access, EVs, and hydrogen production and utilization.

Hari Keerthana Kamalakannan is an Energy and Earth Resources graduate with expertise in Electronics, Web Development, and Energy Finance and Policy. Passionate about energy, her research centers on the IRA’s influence on green hydrogen investments and renewable energy investments in general. Hari’s work, bridging policy and technology, aims to drive the energy transition forward equitably for all.

As an undergraduate studying Environmental Engineering, Jihu researched electricity consumption across UT Austin buildings to quantify the potential to offset some of the natural-gas power plant consumption.

Japa is an undergraduate studying Civil Engineering with a passion for sustainable infrastructure and energy systems. She worked with the RESET lab to examine financial strategies for the electrification of residential buildings in Texas.

As an undergraduate majoring in environmental engineering, Sihyang Lee developed a script to estimate potential savings from PACE financing for building electrification.

Tracy Miranda is an undergraduate majoring in Environmental Engineering. She is evaluating the inequity of EV charging stations placement and their impact on the communities in Austin.

Sonja is an undergraduate studying Mathematics and Computer Science at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Her research has focused on urban heat islands in Austin.

Arushi Biswas is an undergraduate majoring in Environmental Science with interests in disaster response and sustainable infrastructure. Arushi's work examines the dynamics of inter-agency communication and policy changes implemented during and after winter storm Uri in Texas.

Hallin is an undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Engineering. She helped the lab develop an online platform for communicating air quality monitoring data to community stakeholders.

Chen-Kai completed his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. He is exploring the deployment, manufacturing and community impacts of Texas' energy transition using offshore wind.

Avish is a graduate from the Energy and Earth Resources program and has worked with the RESET lab on evaluating energy storage technologies for community solar and storage projects and assessing community solar membership schemes for the Austin region.

Sara studied Environmental Engineering as an undergraduate while pursuing a Certificate in Humanitarian Engineering. In the RESET lab, she explored sustainable technology transitions in the transportation and electricity sectors through her research on electric vehicle adoption in Texas.

Jaydn Decuir is an undergraduate in Civil Engineering at Howard University. She intends to use civil engineering to combat gentrification and its harmful effects on minorities.

Reya is an undergraduate majoring in Environmental Engineering with a focus on Sustainable Energy. She is evaluating the socioeconomic inequity of the Austin electric grid through the placement of critical infrastructure.

Sarah completed her M.Sc. while evaluating ways to incorporate air quality exposure into capacity expansion models.

Javier, a researcher at Mexico’s INEEL, is leading a storage study in Baja California, Mexico

Ray is an undergraduate student studying psychology and English literature. She worked with the RESET team on evaluating community needs for EV charging stations within underserved areas in Austin.

Noah worked as a visiting scholar from Michigan State University, where he is a senior dual majoring in electrical engineering and economics. His work focused on modeling multi-family residential electricity demand and its impact on the ERCOT grid, with a particular emphasis on demand response potential.