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ECE ILLINOIS Department Head and ADSC researcher William H. Sanders, Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, testified before the 115th United States Congress on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.

Everyone knows that trips to Disneyland, Six Flags, or Sentosa are filled with laughs, rides, sugary food, and, of course, long lines. In hopes of reducing the frustration of lines, ADSC researchers are partnering with Sentosa, an amusement resort off Singapore’s southern coast, to dramatically decrease the time guests spend waiting for shuttle busses.

In Singapore, more than 40 percent of a building’s total energy consumption can be attributed to its chiller plant, according to ADSC Senior Research Scientist Zhenjie Zhang. By using new technology developed as a collaboration between ADSC and a Singapore air-conditioning company, Kaer, companies could save thousands of dollars per month on their energy bills.

ADSC researchers are developing technology that can build virtual 3D replicas out of moving 2D images, even when the images contain similar textures and sizes.

Urban noise is sometimes seen as merely a harmless annoyance for people who live near busy streets or train stations, but it can cause health problems such as sleep disturbance, hearing loss, hypertension, and heart-related diseases.

Researchers at the Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) have developed a technology that allows facilities to monitor their electricity usage in finer granularity without making major modifications to a space’s electrical distribution panels.