Matthew Yankowitz wins Army Research Office Young Investigator Award for layered 2D materials
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1600448608935{padding-top: 10px !important;}"]July 9, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1600448636333{padding-top: 10px !important;}"]Originally published by the University of Washington Department of Materials Science & Engineering.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1600450122381{padding-top: 10px !important;}"]Matthew Yankowitz, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Assistant Professor in Clean Energy and assistant professor of materials science & engineering and physics, has received the Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the Army Research Office, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory. The objective of the YIP is to encourage and support young university faculty in research areas relevant to the Army. YIP awards are one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the Army to...
Yuanyuan Shi & Erica Eggleton win Clean Energy Student Achievement Awards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text]Shi receives Scientific Achievement Award for advances in machine learning for energy systems; Eggleton receives Outreach & Service Award for outstanding volunteer work in schools and at UW[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text]July 6, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text]Yuanyuan Shi and Erica Eggleton received the Clean Energy Institute’s Student Achievement Awards at CEI’s annual end-of-year seminar, held virtually on May 28, 2020.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Shi, who graduated from UW this June with a Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering, won the Scientific Achievement Award for her work in machine learning for energy systems. A CEI Graduate Fellow and a member of Baosen Zhang’s research group, Shi worked to develop and optimize...
Solar researchers across country join forces with industry to boost U.S. solar manufacturing
The U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium includes UW, NREL, and solar companies and universities throughout the nation....
Sharing clean energy science and engineering with Washington community colleges
Each summer, community college teachers work with UW faculty to bring new clean energy research to undergraduate labs....
Powering the future of transportation
UW energy storage researchers are working with Nobel laureates to build a better battery for electric vehicles. ...
Collaborating for clean tech
Ted Cohen is a 4th year molecular engineering Ph.D. student, a DIRECT trainee, and a Testbeds user. Learn more about his research on perovskite nanocrystals for luminescent solar concentrators in this MolES Q&A! ...
UW researchers win combined $5.9M from Department of Energy to advance solar technologies
Professor Brian B. Johnson and team will integrate solar photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems into the power grid, while UW spinout BlueDot Photonics will manufacture next-generation perovskite solar cells at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds. ...
A solar energy puzzle
Doctoral student Emily Rabe loves puzzles, and finds plenty in her chemistry research on solar energy. ...
Energy software entrepreneur joins Washington Clean Energy Testbeds to coach cleantech startups
Scott Case, former chief operating officer of EnergySavvy, an energy efficiency software company that was acquired earlier this year, is the new Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at the Testbeds. ...
Five CEI faculty among world’s most influential researchers
Professors Guozhong Cao, Jiun-Haw Chu, professor emeritus Alex K-Y. Jen, Jun Liu, and Xiaodong Xu are among the most influential in the world, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers list published by the Web of Science Group. The list identifies researchers that produced multiple publications in the top 1% of citations for their field and year of publication over the past decade — this year’s edition covers the time period from 2008 through 2018. ...
X-ray spectroscopy for all
easyXAFS, a startup founded by UW physics alum Dr. Devon Mortensen received $160,000 from the National Science Foundation under a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant to develop a low-cost, tabletop x-ray spectrometer in collaboration with UW physics professor Jerry Seidler — the first such device targeted at undergraduate labs and industrial energy storage scientists. ...
Corie Cobb receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
Cobb will receive nearly $500,000 over two years for her project, “Additive Manufacturing for High-Energy-and-Power Multi-functional 3D Batteries," advancing her research on new battery electrode architectures and packaging integration. ...