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AI takes a huge amount of energy to run and could make it harder to fight climate change. On the other hand, AI could help make our energy systems more sustainable, efficient and safer. Three experts talk all things AI and energy with a live audience. The talk was part of a daylong symposium titled “Policy Leadership in the Age of AI”, hosted by the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.Meet the panelists:Michael Pyrcz is a professor in UT's Cockrell School of Engineering and the Jackson School of Geosciences, who researches and teaches about ways to apply data analytics and machine learning to improve the exploration and safe production of minerals, groundwater and conventional energy, a.k.a. oil and gas. He also shares educational content on YouTube and elsewhere under the alias GeoStatsGuy.Varun Rai is a professor in UT's LBJ School, who studies the spread of clean energy technologies and how real-world factors – from economics to politics to regulation to social behaviors – drive the adoption of these technologies.Rob James is an attorney at the law firm Pillsbury, who leads a number of energy and infrastructure projects for the firm in Texas and California. Those projects have included AI data centers and zero-emission power generation and storage.Dig DeeperThe A.I. Power Grab, NYTimes (Oct. 2024)A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots, Washington Post (Sep. 2024)Four ways AI is making the power grid faster and more resilient, MIT Technology Review (Nov. 2023)Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI, Washington Post (Sep. 2024)Extreme Weather Is Taxing Utilities More Often. Can A.I. Help?, New York Times (Sep. 2024)Fixing AI's energy crisis, Nature (focused on reducing computer hardware's power consumption - Oct. 2024)A.I. Needs Copper. It Just Helped to Find Millions of Tons of It., New York Times (July 2024)AI is poised to drive 160% increase in data center power demand, Goldman Sachs (May 2024)Photos from Policy Leadership in the Age of AI Symposium (Oct. 2024)Episode CreditsOur co-hosts are Marc Airhart, science writer and podcaster in the College of Natural Sciences and Casey Boyle, associate professor of rhetoric and director of UT's Digital Writing & Research Lab.Executive producers are Christine Sinatra and Dan Oppenheimer. Sound design and audio editing by Robert Scaramuccia. Theme music is by Aiolos Rue. Interviews are recorded at the Liberal Arts ITS recording studio.The cover photo for this episode is by Thomas Meredith, courtesy of LBJ School of Public Affairs. About AI for the Rest of UsAI for the Rest of Us is a joint production of The University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences and College of Liberal Arts. This podcast is part of the University's Year of AI initiative. The opinions expressed in this podcast represent the views of the hosts and guests, and not of The University of Texas at Austin. You can listen via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, RSS, or anywhere you get your podcasts. You can also listen on the web at aifortherest.net. Have questions or comments? Contact: mairhart[AT]austin.utexas.edu

Season 1, Episode 6: Sanjay Chandra is the Principal and Managing Partner at Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity and real estate firm he co-founded in 2006. Sanjay has led Trinity investors to over $7 billion in deals, building a portfolio that includes 160 commercial real estate assets and 19 operating companies.   But Sanjay's journey didn't start in real estate. As a first-generation immigrant with an engineering background, he began his career founding American Leather before transitioning into private equity. In this episode of No Cap by CRE Daily, Jack and Alex peel back the curtains on one of Texas's most recognized investors, exploring Chandra's entrepreneurial journey and his transition into real estate.   TOPICS 0:38 — Sanjay's background 7:59 — Moving into private equity and founding Trinity 14:08 — The private equity business today 16:48 — How Sanjay is approaching portfolio allocation  22:45 — What makes a good OpCo investment? 25:30 — What makes a good real estate deal?  28:00 — What Sanjay looks for in partners 31:50 — The risks of the past few years Sanjay wasn't prepared for 36:30 — The effect of current market conditions on Sanjay's business 38:25 — Is there a rate cut coming? 41:33 — Sanjay's thoughts on bank liquidity 45:18 — Sanjay talks UT and why Austin might be a better living city than Dallas 47:59 — Sanjay's thoughts on Miami 51:09 — Conclusion    We want to thank our sponsor Viking Capital.    For more episodes of No Cap by CRE Daily visit https://www.credaily.com/podcast/   About Our Guest SANJAY CHANDRA Sanjay serves as a principal and managing partner at Trinity and its affiliated companies in a variety of roles and responsibilities on a full time and active basis. Sanjay brings to Trinity over 30 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and an active private investor.   In addition to his day to day role at Trinity, Sanjay serves as a board member for American Leather, which he co-founded in 1990, and where he was formerly president and CFO. He is a board member for Robokind LLC, ELB Learning, Nuclein LLC, Falcon Structures LLC, Bentwood Kitchens Inc and other affiliate companies, as well as the Longhorn Council of the Boy Scouts of America, where he serves as Vice President of Development. Sanjay is a Special Advisor to Urban Genesis, Capital Boutiq and AllTrades, and serves as Chairman on the Engineering Advisory Board for the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. ​ Before co-founding American Leather in 1990, Sanjay was employed with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting, a division of Arthur Andersen & Co.), where he specialized in computer integrated manufacturing systems, business systems development and Just-In-Time manufacturing methods. Sanjay also worked with the George Group as director of systems design, where he specialized in cycle-time reduction and other business and manufacturing productivity improvements. George Group was acquired by Accenture in 2007. ​ Graduating with highest honors in 1987 from the University of Texas at Austin, Sanjay received a bachelor's of science in electrical and computer engineering. He is also a CFA charterholder with the CFA Institute. Sanjay resides in Westlake, TX, with Manisha, his wife of over 28 years, and has three adult children.   About No Cap Podcast Commercial real estate is a $20 trillion industry and a force that shapes America's economic fabric and culture. No Cap by CRE Daily is the commercial real estate podcast that gives you an unfiltered ”No Cap” look into the industry's biggest trends and the money game behind them. Each week co-hosts Jack Stone and Alex Gornik break down the latest headlines with some of the most influential and entertaining figures in commercial real estate.   About CRE Daily  CRE Daily is a digital media company covering the business of commercial real estate. Our mission is to empower professionals with the knowledge they need to make smarter decisions and do more business. We do this through our flagship newsletter (CRE Daily) which is read by 65,000+ investors, developers, brokers, and business leaders across the country. Our smart brevity format combined with need-to-know trends has made us one of the fastest growing media brands in commercial real estate.  

In this episode of Smart Twins, Jimmy Abualdenien is joined by Fernanda Leite, the Associate Dean for Research at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they delve into the transformative concepts of BIM and digital twins within the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations industries.Fernanda shares her fascinating journey from childhood inspiration to her pioneering work in Building Information Modeling (BIM), highlighting impactful research that compares 2D and 3D design coordination and the evolution of BIM in the construction industry.She details how visualization in design can uncover critical errors and the significant role of virtual reality applications in construction, underscoring the necessity for strategic and purposeful technology implementation.Listeners will gain insights into her current role overseeing 300 faculty, 6,000 students, and multiple research centers, as well as her leadership in four ongoing capital projects. Fernanda elaborates on her cutting-edge work to minimize construction waste through a circular economy mindset and highlights the rapidly advancing role of scan-to-BIM technologies to facilitate efficient facility management.Throughout the episode, Fernanda emphasizes the importance of incorporating real-world considerations into digital construction practices. This episode is a deep dive into the future of smart buildings, BIM, digital twins, and AI, revealing how these innovations can enhance asset performance, reduce costs, and improve safety in construction and beyond.

Sanjay Chandra has over 30 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and an active private investor and serves as a principal and managing partner at Trinity Investors and its affiliated companies. In addition to his day-to-day role at Trinity, Sanjay serves as a board member for American Leather, which he co-founded in 1990, and where he was formerly president and CFO.  He also serves as a board member at a variety of companies. Further, Sanjay serves as an Advisory Board member for the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. ​ Before co-founding American Leather, Sanjay was employed with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting,), where he specialized in computer integrated manufacturing systems, and business systems development. Sanjay also worked with the George Group as director of systems design, where he specialized in cycle-time reduction and other business and manufacturing productivity improvements. ​ Sanjay graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute.   On today's episode, Sanjay walks us through his professional and personal journey, approach to investing, proud moments, and the dedication and honor of being an eagle scout.

Ramayya Krishnan is the W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems at the H. John Heinz III College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He joined the CMU faculty in 1988. He is the Founding Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and has held that position since 2009. Krishnan's education spans engineering, operations research, statistics and computing (the data sciences). He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology and then went on to complete a M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the Cockrell School of Engineering and a PhD in Management Science and Information Systems at the McCombs School of Business, both at the University of Texas at Austin. A distinctive feature of his work has been deep partnerships with firms and government agencies and the pursuit of work that has made foundational contributions to science while making a real-world impact. His multi-disciplinary research program has involved faculty and students, undergraduate and graduate, from nearly all the Colleges and Schools at the university. He has been a serial academic entrepreneur and established multiple, externally funded, university-wide research centers at CMU. He founded the Master of Information Systems Management program in 1998 and is currently leading the creation and launch of new undergraduate programs at the nexus of systems thinking, information systems, and data analytics. His scholarly contributions to Operations Research, Information Systems, and analytics, and his editorial and leadership activities resulted in his being elected an AAAS Fellow, an INFORMS Fellow, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He has been deeply engaged in policy work both at home and abroad. He led the CMU Task Force supporting Gov. Wolf in economic recovery and reopening in 2020-2021. In 2022, he was appointed to the National AI advisory committee which is charged with advising the President and the White House National AI Initiatives Office. He is a recipient of the distinguished alumnus award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the University of Texas at Austin. He served as the 25th President of INFORMS, the global operations research and analytics society, in 2019 and a three year term on its executive committee from 2017-2020.

#086 – This is a very special episode in which I am joined by my son who will share with us some of his observations about a recent trip we took to visit some of the schools to which he will apply. These include, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Santa Barbara. Although his ultimate goal is to do graduate work in vertebrate paleontology, his undergraduate degree will be in geology. The trip was very informative. As the episode progresses, I share ways in which students can learn to think like college admission officers, and in doing so, use that information to help their chances for admission, especially into the more selective schools. While I present the first portion of the application that catches the attention of admission officers, I uncover the three very important questions they try to answer as they explore each application. By the end of the episode, you will know those three very important questions, and you will be better prepared to present yourself in the best light possible. Additionally, I contrast the core course requirements for Virginia Tech and UT Austin, as well as additional requirements for the UT Austin School of Architecture and the Cockrell School of Engineering. You can find the show notes for this episode at https://collegemetropolis.com/86. Please feel free to reach out to us through our homepage at CollegeMetropolis.com. Please help us reach a wider audience by giving us a 5-star rating and leaving us a positive review. That kind gesture would help us reach other high school students and parents. Thank you!

Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet in 1973 while working at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California. Over the decades to follow, Metcalfe became an internet pioneer by commercializing Ethernet as the local area network (LAN) standard of the internet. In 2011, Metcalfe and his wife, Robyn, moved to Austin where they both became professors at The University of Texas at Austin. Metcalfe served as Professor of Innovation in the Cockrell School of Engineering for ten years before retiring from UT Austin in December of 2021. Along the way, Dr. Metcalfe has helped countless campus and local Austin organizations help make Austin a better Silicon Valley.Beta Business is hosted by Nick Spiller, produced by Arturo Rolón, and owned by Beta Business LLC. Follow us @betayourbusiness on IG.Song Licenses:Track: Sad LO-FI, Piano Beat [LOFI Music] by MokkaMusic / Early Morning https://youtu.be/5UXbFdfFQ-EMusic provided by "MokkaMusic" channel and https://inaudio.org

Dr. William Fagelson is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Cockrell School of Engineering, where he teaches professional communication to electrical and computer engineer students. He earned his Bachelor's degree at Stanford University and went on to acquire his PhD in philosophy from The University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Fagelson has led 3 study abroad programs in the past to Spain. This summer he plans on leading his 4th study abroad program titled Engineering Communication in Copenhagen, Denmark. ------ Follow Cesar on Instagram @TheDoseOfCesar Sign up for The Cesar Encyclopedia: https://mailchi.mp/76bd4b82fc49/the-cesar-encyclopedia-2021 Check out Cesar's other stuff: https://linktr.ee/TheDoseOfCesar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cesar-jaquez8/message

The winter of 2021 is writing itself into the record books this week, with large swaths of the nation seeing the coldest weather in memory. But is this a particularly severe phase of winter weather or is there more to it than that? Dev Niyogi, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences and Cockrell School of Engineering, joins Amna Nawaz to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Can you imagine a major construction site that requires no cranes? Or one that requires no people? Or completely eliminates the permitting process? Check out our conversation with Fernanda Leite, Associate Professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin who is helping to lead the Construction Industry Institute's (CII) Technology Path to the Future. Fernanda explains the process behind a unique collaborative methodology to solve this initiative exists to inspire organizations within the capital projects industry to successfully transform to new technology paradigms. The industry tends to focus most of its innovation attention and budgets on short term or incremental change. By focusing on what will be required to deliver capital projects three decades in the future, this report illustrates the need for radically different technologies.

Can you imagine a major construction site that requires no cranes? Or one that requires no people? Or completely eliminates the permitting process? Check out our conversation with Fernanda Leite, Associate Professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin who is helping to lead the Construction Industry Institute’s (CII) Technology Path to the Future. Fernanda explains the process behind a unique collaborative methodology to solve this initiative exists to inspire organizations within the capital projects industry to successfully transform to new technology paradigms. The industry tends to focus most of its innovation attention and budgets on short term or incremental change. By focusing on what will be required to deliver capital projects three decades in the future, this report illustrates the need for radically different technologies.

Christian News Bulletin reported last year that John B. Goodenough, the father of the lithium-ion battery, the rechargeable power source inside your mobile phone or laptop, is a Christian. This Professor from the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work at Oxford University which made possible the development of lithium-ion batteries. Goodenough joins a long list of Nobel laureates who are Christian; some lists suggest 65 per cent of prize winners are followers of Christ.

Christian News Bulletin reported last year that John B. Goodenough, the father of the lithium-ion battery, the rechargeable power source inside your mobile phone or laptop, is a Christian. This Professor from the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work at Oxford University which made possible the development of lithium-ion batteries. Goodenough joins a long list of Nobel laureates who are Christian; some lists suggest 65 per cent of prize winners are followers of Christ.

Today's featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Dr. Sharon L. Wood. This year's Pinnacle Award recipient Dr. Sharon L. Wood, dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). The award, sponsored by Schlumberger, recognizes her dedication to the advancement of architectural and environmental engineering. As dean of one of the largest engineering schools in the U.S., with more than 8,000 students, Woods—a civil engineer—is the first woman to hold the title at UT-Austin. It is a position she's held since 2013. For more in-depth interviews like this please visit: HartEnergy.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hartenergy/support

We have a very special episode for all of our listeners today, we are talking with Cockrell School of Engineering's Director of Engineering Student Services Yma Revuelta.

Dr. Stephen Mulva Director of CII, an Organized Research Unit of the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research projects are focused on the performance and productivity of capital projects in most sectors of the modern economy. In addition to his responsibilities at CII, Stephen teaches graduate courses in Construction Engineering and Project Management at the University of Texas. Before coming to CII Stephen taught Construction Management at Texas State University. He has held industry positions at Fluor, Bechtel, Phillips Petroleum and as a project management consultant for ePM. In this episode we discuss CII's latest Conference in August 2017 and we review what Stephen spoke about, particularly the benefits of flattening the supply chain, Stretching the dollar and shrinking for agility. We further discuss the interdisciplinary research that CII is doing about the current business model of construction. We dig deep into the current operating system on which the industry works and most importantly how it can be transformed with key elements of a new OS called Operating System 2.0 AKA OS2.0. You can find Stephen Mulva at: https://www.construction-institute.org/about-cii/cii-staff (Stephen Mulva's Biography on CII's Website) Resources: https://www.construction-institute.org/ (Construction Industry Institute (CII) ) http://www.bimstorm.com/ (BIM Storm ) Veterans Affairs Facility Informat https://www.leanconstruction.org/ (Lean Construction Institute) https://www.curt.org/ (Construction User Round Table (CURT) ) https://projectproduction.org/ (Project Production Institute) Music by: Epic Music Supervision Constructrr.com/ep42

Ben Dyer is a well-known entrepreneur in Atlanta and Austin who founded Peachtree Software in 1978.  He ran that company until 1981 when it sold to Altanta-based Management Science America, shortly before the debut of the IBM PC. Peachtree Software was one of the original software programs to run on the IBM PC.   Dyer then launched Comsell, an interactive media company, which he sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Next, he founded Intellimedia, which created CD-ROMs focused on sports education. In 2015, he was a founder of a Georgia-based life sciences corporation. In addition to being a technology startup founder and executive, Dyer has also been a bank president, a venture capitalist and he has served as a mentor to numerous startups. Today, Dyer is an entrepreneurial advisor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also an advisor to Polygraph Media, a data-science driver Facebook Marketing Partner, based in Austin.  He is also the author of TechDrawl, a blog about the technology industry. He is currently writing a book based on his experiences. Dyer also has strong ties to Georgia Tech. He graduated from there with a BIE degree and he also earned an MBA from Georgia State University. He has been president of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and Chairman of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, where he remains an emeritus member of the board. He has also received the Joseph Mayo Petit Alumni Distinguished Service Award and was inducted in 1998 as the 14th member of Georgia's Technology Hall of Fame.    

Join Kristof for a thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Zoltan Nagy on intelligent environments and how building science principles are guiding predictive analytics to shape the future of building and home operations. As more intelligent buildings emerge, occupant-centric solutions to IAQ issues, mechanical issues, and energy issues can be addressed. The Intelligent Environments Laboratory (IEL), led by Prof. Zoltán Nagy, is an interdisciplinary research group within the Building Energy & Environments (BEE) Program of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) in the Cockrell School of Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin.The aim of their research is to rethink the built environment and define Smart Buildings and Cities as spaces that adapt to their occupants and reduce their energy consumption.

Louise Epstein is an Austin entrepreneur, former Austin City Councilmember and now managing director of the Innovation Center in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Epstein also served as entrepreneur in residence at the McCombs School of Business and as a fellow at the IC2 Institute at UT Austin. She was one of the first women investment bankers in Texas and used her experience to create Charge-Off Clearinghouse, a distressed debt company that valued, purchased and sold $1 billion of charged-off credit cards. She led the company from 1997 to 2008. In this Ideas to Invoices podcast, Epstein talks about the keys to becoming a successful entrepreneurs and also discusses the process of commercializing technology spinning out of the University of Texas at Austin through the Innovation Center. 

Bob Metcalfe is an Internet pioneer, Ethernet inventor, 3COM founder, former venture capital partner with Polaris Partners in Boston, former pundit and publisher with InfoWorld and now professor of Innovation at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this interview, he discusses how he invented Ethernet and founded 3Com.   Just so know: We recorded this interview at Galvanize in the 2nd Street District in downtown Austin and construction workers were creating a cafe on the first floor. We were in a conference room on the fourth floor, but you can still occasionally hear the buzzing of the construction workers below. Just wanted listeners to know what that sound is. Also, the first couple minutes of the interview are not in stereo because I had to use the backup recording from my iPhone. But after that it goes back to stereo recording. The interview is really good so please listen. 

On this week's episode of The Daily Texan Newscast, we discuss the online threat to campus deemed non-credible by UTPD, Daniel Jaffe's appointment as Vice President of Research and decreases in campus food waste. We analyze updates to campus carry—including the departure of economics professor Daniel Hamermesh—and increased female enrollment within the Cockrell School of Engineering. We also look towards the Red River Showdown with Longhorn gameday predictions and breakdown the must-see artists of ACL Festival weekend two. This newscast also features a review of Deafheaven's third album New Bermuda.

Using an overhead projector, many students can participate in peer editing at once. This can be done with a tablet computer or even transparency and marker. All identification should be removed from the paper being edited. At first, students can be shy about a new activity like this, but they warm up once they feel it is safe to learn from each other. Dr. Wally Fowler, from the Cockrell School of Engineering, explains that to be a good writer, you must be a good editor. Here's how he helps his students learn both skills at once.