Phonergy Team: 

Alexander Kusy
Graduating Electrical Engineering – Power and Renewable Energy track student at the University of Central Florida. Originally from Palm Coast- FL. He is in the hiring process by a prestigious engineering consulting firm for the Distribution and transmission department in Orlando-FL. 

Estefania Aguilar 

Electrical Engineering-Power and Renewable Energy track student at the University of Central Florida. Originally from Ecuador. Hired as an entry-level Electrical engineer- Substation design department by a prestigious engineering consulting firm in Orlando – FL.  

Kenneth Thompson 

Graduating Electrical Engineering-Comprehensive track student at the University of Central Florida. Originally from Canada. Hired as an entry-level Electrical engineer by one of the largest construction and engineering organizations in Lenexa–Kansas.  

Nabeel Khan 

Phonergy team leader. He is an Electrical Engineering – Power and Renewable Energy track student at the University of Central Florida. Originally from Guyana. Hired as an entry-level Electrical engineer– Distribution department by a multi-discipline engineering and environmental firm in Orlando–FL.  

Sponsorship:

– Contec Americas Inc

3991 Sarno Road Melbourne, FL 32934

Contact Information: Steve Beck

Project description:

“Phonergy the smart-smart meter takes the hassle out of  home energy monitoring“

Energy consumption in the southeast United States during the Summer months is high. Costumers suffer a   considerable increase in their electricity bills while economic inflation is increasing the price of energy. This device will allow for a more detailed breakdown of power consumption within the home. The concept stems from the idea that most homeowners receive a large electric bill each month and decide they will work harder to consume less energy, however, after a few days most people forget and return to their normal ways. For residential customers, it is difficult to manage energy efficiently in their homes. With Phonergy the customer will have a web application that notifies them each day, of the power consumed along with associated costs, for each room or major appliance in your home. This device will be able to track the power being consumed by each major breaker individually through a non-invasive current transformer sensor. To overcome security vulnerabilities, we will be using LoRaWAN for local communication to a gateway Edge computer. The Edge computer acts as a central hub for operation capable of prepossessing and detecting local anomalies. All of this will come together on an easy-to-read interface web app that will display data in real-time. This project is as much about communication and software, as it is about hardware.