Powering up
(WorldNews Mexico)

New Mexico State University electrical engineering associate professor Olga Lavrova tests voltages in a novel inverter device. (Vladimir Avina/Nmsu) Olga Lavrova, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at New Mexico State University, is working to find ways to upgrade our aging power grid and deliver electricity more reliably. Her goal is to develop devices that work with renewable sources of energy and weather minor disruptions as well as more catastrophic events, such as hurricanes. `Some of this infrastructure has been built in the ´70s and ´80s, so there is a need to bring it to modern days...