Arkasama Bandyopadhyay

Educational Background

- Doctoral dissertation was completed in collaboration with and sponsored by the City of Austin electric utility – Austin Energy

2020 University of Texas at Austin Energy Week Student Research Competition first prize in the ‘Economic, Policy, and Legal Analyses’ category
2019 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) STEM Faculty Launch program selected participant
2018 and 2019 University of Texas Graduate School Professional Development Award to present at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
2018 University of Texas Graduate Engineering Council (GEC) Travel Grant to present at the 41st International Association for Energy Economics International Meeting, Groningen, Netherlands
2017 -2018 Taraknath Das Foundation Grant-in-Aid
2017-2018 Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit Student Summit Program selected participant
2015 -2019 University of Texas Graduate Fellowship

Bandyopadhyay, A. and Bhattacharya, A. (2021). Residential Appliance Usage Patterns from Overall Energy Consumption Data: A Statistical Machine Learning Approach. Proceedings of the 2021 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual. Volume 8A: Energy: V08AT08A054. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2021-70122.
Yang, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., O’Neill, Z., Wen, J. and Dong, B. (2021) From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for HVAC occupant-centric control in buildings. Building Simulation, DOI: 10.1007/s12273-021-0861-0.
Tunc, E., Hossain, N., Bandyopadhyay, A., Haq, A., Yildirim, Y. (2021) Embracing Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 Schools and Higher Education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eurasian Journal of Higher Education, 2 (5). ISSN: 1694-5964.
Bandyopadhyay, A., Leibowicz, B.D., and Webber, M.E. (2021) Solar panels and smart thermostats: The power duo of the residential sector? Applied Energy, 290, DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116747.
Bandyopadhyay, A., Leibowicz, B.D., Beagle, E.A., and Webber, M.E. (2020) As one falls, another rises? Residential peak load reduction through electricity rate structures. Sustainable Cities and Society, 60, DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102191