CUSP Research Seminar: Dharik Mallapragada
The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon invites you to attend a lecture titled "Assessing the impact of demand side interventions and their coordination with supply-side strategies in enabling energy systems decarbonization" by Dharik S. Mallapragada, assistant professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at NYU Tandon, as part of the Fall 2024 CUSP Research Seminar Series. This lecture is open to the public with advance registration.
Lecture Title
Assessing the impact of demand side interventions and their coordination with supply-side strategies in enabling energy systems decarbonization
About the Lecture
Regional and national energy system decarbonization efforts emphasize decarbonizing the power grid by expanding variable renewable electricity generation and increasing end-use electrification. Both strategies will increase the spatial and temporal variability in electricity supply and demand, necessitating technological and policy interventions to achieve a reliable and cost-effective energy system. In this talk, Prof. Dharik Mallapragada will discuss how advanced energy system modeling frameworks can be utilized to assess the system-level impact of demand side interventions, which can be used to inform technology and policy development. The discussion will center around three case studies: a) electrification of building heating and its energy system impacts in the U.S. New England region, b) growing demand for air conditioning and implications for grid planning in India, and c) efficacy of alternative clean electricity procurement strategies by individual end-users to reduce emissions.
About the Speaker
Dharik S. Mallapragada is an assistant professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at New York University (NYU), where he leads the Sustainable Energy Transitions (SET) Group. Prof. Mallapragada’s research focuses on planning and operating resilient, low-carbon energy systems as well as conceptualization, design and assessment of emerging energy technologies and enabling policies. He co-leads systems thrust activities at the Center for Decarbonizing Chemical Manufacturing using Sustainable electrification (DC-MUSE), led by NYU. Mallapragada recently served as a member of the Massachusetts State Commission on Clean Heat that developed recommendations for the state related to pathways for decarbonizing the buildings sector. Prior to NYU, Prof. Mallapragada was a researcher at the MIT Energy Initiative where he kick-started his academic research career, after spending nearly 5 years working in the energy industry working on a range of sustainability-focused research topics. Prof. Mallapragada holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Visitor Information
Please visit the NYU Tandon website for directions and a campus map. Advance registration through Eventbrite is required for campus access at NYU for external guests. Attendees who are not current students, faculty, or staff at NYU, including alumni, are asked to register using a personal email address.
About the Urban Science Research Seminar Series
The Center for Urban Science + Progress’s annual Research Seminar series features leading voices in the growing field of urban informatics examining real-world challenges facing cities and urban environments around the world. The Fall 2024 series is organized by Urban Science Faculty Fellows Mehak Sachdeva and Zhaoxi Zhang together with Assistant Professors Takahiro Yabe, Qi Sun, and Graham Dove.
Speakers for the Fall 2024 series include Yuki Miura (NYU), Prince Michael Amegbor (NYU), Vivek Singh (Rutgers University), Geoff Boeing (University of Southern California), Robert Goodspeed(University of Michigan), ChengHe Guan (NYU Shanghai, NYU Wagner, East China Normal University), Yanxiao Feng (New Jersey Institute of Technology), and Dharik Mallapragada (NYU).
