William's Research

My research adviser was David Auslander, and our research focused on the design and control of large scale distributed energy systems. Specifically, we were researching intelligent thermostats that automatically respond to an external control signal, like real-time electricity price, with the goal of obtaining an aggregate power demand with desirable characteristics.

Selected Publications

Conference Papers

Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D. M., 2008. Modular and extensible systemic simulation of demand response networks. CIGRE Canada Conference on Power Systems, October.
paper (pdf), presentation (pdf)
Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D. M., 2008. Robust control of residential demand response network with low bandwidth input. ASME 2008 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October.
paper (pdf), presentation (pdf)
Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D. M., 2009. Low-frequency pulse width modulation design for HVAC compressors. The ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August.
paper (pdf), presentation (pdf)
Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D. M., 2009. PWM Synchronization for Intelligent Agent Scarce Resource Auction. ASME 2009 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, October.
paper (pdf), presentation (pdf)
Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D. M., 2009. Residential Electricity Auction with Uniform Pricing and Cost Constraints. IEEE 2009 North American Power Symposium, October.
paper (pdf), presentation (pdf)

Magazine Articles

Burke, W. J., and Auslander, D.M., 2008. Developing Affordable Smart Thermostats . Home Energy, January/February Issue.
restricted link, paper (pdf)

Standalone Presentations

Price Responsive Loads -- Simulation Results Presented at California Energy Commission in Sacramento CA, December 14, 2009. presentation (pdf)

Research Project Sites

Residential Power Network Simulation -- My current research project site.
Programmable Communicating Thermostat (PCT) Research Team -- My previous research project site.

Research Code Pages

jRonSim -- Java version of the Residential Occupied Neighborhood Simulation. Open-source Berkeley Software License
TranRunJLite -- Simplified Java version of sequential multi-tasking for real-time control and simulation. Open-source Berkeley Software License