UW, Tsinghua researchers explore challenges and opportunities for smart, renewable energy grids
University of Washington electrical engineering professors Daniel Kirschen and Baosen Zhang hosted faculty from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) for a symposium on smart energy systems on December 8, 2017. ...
Helping Puerto Rico & Reusing Bus Batteries: The New York Times on CEI
December 11, 2017: The New York Times features chemical engineering professor Lilo Pozzo, chemical engineering Ph.D. student Matt Murbach, and CEI director Dan Schwartz in an article published this week about clean energy innovation in Washington and California. ...
Announcing the Mark Torrance Foundation Tech Due Diligence Program
CEI is pleased to announce a new professional development opportunity for UW undergraduate and graduate students: the Mark Torrance Foundation Tech Due Diligence Program.Thanks to a generous gift from the Mark Torrance Foundation, we are able to offer a number of students the opportunity to serve on a real investment diligence team evaluating new technologies for Element 8, a cleantech angel investment group. ...
Researchers Uncover Design Principles for Polymers that Can Transport Both Ions & Electrons
David Ginger, CEI’s chief scientist, along with members of his research group, and students from professor Christine Luscombe’s lab, published a paper in Nature Materials this month that uncovers the design principles for making a conductive plastic polymer that can transport both ions and electrons more effectively. ...
Corie Cobb Joins CEI
The Clean Energy Institute is proud to welcome Corie Cobb to the University of Washington as a Washington Research Foundation Innovation Professor in Clean Energy and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. ...
CEI Opens Washington Clean Energy Testbeds with Governor Inslee
The Clean Energy Institute (CEI) has unveiled the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, a state-of-the-art user facility for manufacturing prototypes, testing devices, and integrating systems for market-adopted clean energy technologies. The celebration took place on February 16, 2017, alongside Washington Governor Jay Inslee, cleantech leaders, and clean energy researchers. ...