William J. Burke News

CEC Presentation

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:13:46 GMT

I presented Price Responsive Loads -- Simulation Results to a small audience of technical people and policy makers at the California Energy Commission in Sacramento CA. The full presentation can be found (as always) on my research page.

DSC Conference Presentation

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:46 GMT

I presented PWM Synchronization for Intelligent Agent Scarce Resource Auction at the 2009 Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference in Hollywood CA. ("Nerds in Hollywood" coming soon to a theater near you.) Check out my research page for the paper and presentation.

NAPS Conference Presenation

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:00:51 GMT

I presented Residential Electricity Auction with Uniform Pricing and Cost Constraints at the 2009 North American Power Symposium in Starkville MS. My presentation went great -- good crowd and excellent questions. Go to my research page for more info.

IDETC Conference Presentation

Wed, 02 Sept 2009 17:59:23 GMT

I presented Low Frequency Pulse Width Modulation Design For HVAC Compressors at the 2009 ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications in San Diego CA. Check out my research page for links to the presentation and paper.

Site Un-Launch

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:49:20 GMT

I just un-launched my site at wjburke.com. All of that information is now here, and I set up page redirects and forwards for appropriate pages. Two websites was just too hard to manage, but I still own wjburke.com. Read

New Thermostats Could Save Billions

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:47:55 GMT

Listening to the Price of Power: New Thermostats Could Save Billions -- More press for our PCT project. This time I'm mentioned by name. Read

New Site Created

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:27:39 GMT

I just launched a new website for all of my professional information. Check it out at www.wjburke.com and let me know what you think. Read

A New Generation of Thermostats can Save California Billions

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Listening to the Price of Power: A New Generation of Thermostats can Save California Billions -- Starting in Jan 2006, I worked on a project to produce a proof of concept programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) for the California Energy Commission. Although this article does not mention my name, I wrote a very large portion of the PCT software. Read