CEI awards Collaborative Seed Grants to boost AI data centers, EV charging infrastructure
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1725405769878{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Sajjad Moazeni, Ang Li (Electrical & Computer Engineering) will develop optical switches for more efficient AI data centers; Lingzi Wu, Hyun Woo (Chris) Lee, Dylan Stevenson (Built Environments) will partner with local tribes to create mapping tool for electric vehicle charging infrastructure[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1725399838308{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]September 3, 2024 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1724886986132{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) has awarded Collaborative Seed Grants to two UW faculty teams to enable their pursuit of center-scale funding for transformative clean energy research. CEI Collaborative Seed Grants provide UW scholars with up to $100,000 over one year to explore novel, high-risk/high-reward research...
Maria Politi, George Fennell, Antonio Vazquez win 2024 CEI student awards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723052939886{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"]August 7, 2024 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1720464307838{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"]University of Washington (UW) graduate students Maria Politi, George Fennell, and Antonio Vazquez received the UW Clean Energy Institute’s 2024 Clean Energy Student Achievement Awards at the institute’s annual end-of-year seminar on May 30.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1691523080150{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"] Scientific Achievement [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1691523107176{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"]The Clean Energy Scientific Achievement Award recognizes UW graduate students who have demonstrated extraordinary productivity in clean energy research and scholarship, and have contributed meaningfully to the scientific community.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1718307251189{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"] Maria Politi [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1718307265046{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"]Dr. Maria Politi received the 2023-24 Clean Energy Scientific Achievement...
Daniel Kirschen’s new textbook provides a fresh perspective on modern power systems
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723057285402{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]This fall, a new textbook by Professor Daniel Kirschen will be introduced into the UW ECE power and energy systems undergraduate curriculum.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723056296289{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Wayne Gillam | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723056287207{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]August 2, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723057230593{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]This fall, a new textbook providing students with an up-to-date overview of modern power systems will be introduced into the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) power and energy systems undergraduate curriculum. “Power Systems: Fundamental Concepts and the Transition to Sustainability” helps students learn the...
June Lukuyu — pushing engineering boundaries to improve energy systems in underserved communities
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1721242469592{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering June Lukuyu blends technological innovation and social development to engineer sustainable, inclusive, and integrated energy systems and technologies for people in underserved communities around the world.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1721238741851{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Wayne Gillam | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1721238747051{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]July 11, 2024 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1721251483053{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]June Lukuyu, University of Washington (UW) assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering (ECE) and Clean Energy Institute (CEI) Member Faculty, was born and raised in a small community outside of Nairobi, Kenya, where both of her parents worked...
Energized for change
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After seeing the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1716246986604{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Jamie Swenson | Photos by Dennis Wise | May 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709836835749{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]As Hurricane Maria tore through Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 2017, Miguel González-Montijo hunkered down at home with his family. They were no strangers to hurricanes. Just two weeks earlier, a Category 5 Hurricane Irma had skirted the island, demolishing homes, causing floods and knocking out power for more than a million people. And now Maria, with wind speeds up to 155...
Washington Clean Energy Testbeds launches Undergraduate Research Awards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715629295177{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]UW students Sebastian Bustos-Nuno, Vyvyan Dao, Lily Leaverton, Joy Lee win grants to perform novel clean energy research at the UW’s open-access labs for climate tech innovation[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715798700907{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]May 15, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715106075945{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, an open-access lab for climate technology innovation operated by the University of Washington (UW)’s Clean Energy Institute, has established a student award to support undergraduate research in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and related fields.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715625128365{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Thanks to a generous philanthropic gift to CEI's Innovation Fund, UW undergraduate students in their...
Recruiting robots for materials discovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Chemical engineers in the Pozzo Research Group are using open-source tools to build modular robots that can run multiple functions of complex experiments. This customizable framework helps alleviate the cost barrier of purchasing multiple, single-purpose commercial machines. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1719005361648{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Ro Stastny | UW Chemical Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1719005905918{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]March 29, 2024 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/5"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1719005545873{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The Pozzo Research Group, led by chemical engineering (ChemE) professor Lilo Pozzo, is working to speed up the process of discovering and optimizing materials that have applications in clean energy, medicine, nanotechnology and more. To do this, researchers have used a...
Driven to advance vehicle electrification
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497685006{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"] UW Engineering research leads the next wave of electric vehicle technologies [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497467191{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Brooke Fisher, UW College of Engineering | Photos by Dennis Wise (UW Photo) and UW researchers[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711497588128{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]March 11, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711572283343{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]When it comes to developing the next generation of electric vehicle (EV) technologies, University of Washington (UW) engineers are unstoppable. Their collective research, together with initiatives underway throughout the state, positions Washington to be a leader in this truly electrifying area.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711572294411{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]“The goal is for Washington state to be a leader in EV...
A race to clean energy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709758053654{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"] The UW’s Clean Energy Institute is speeding the development of next-generation technology and supporting the experts who will create it. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709768478880{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Jamie Swenson | Photos by Dennis Wise | UW Magazine, March 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709836835749{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]As Hurricane Maria tore through Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 2017, Miguel González-Montijo hunkered down at home with his family. They were no strangers to hurricanes. Just two weeks earlier, a Category 5 Hurricane Irma had skirted the island, demolishing homes, causing floods and knocking out power for more than a million people. And now Maria, with wind...
CEI announces 2023 Collaborative Seed Grants
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706038903793{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]UW faculty teams will research equity in power grid management, recycling energy minerals and devices, and two-dimensional materials for energy efficient quantum computing[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706144775310{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]January 25, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706038925842{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute has awarded Collaborative Seed Grants to three teams of UW faculty to enable their pursuit of center-scale funding for transformative clean energy research. Collaborative Seed Grants provide UW scholars with up to $200,000 to explore novel, high-risk/high-reward research topics while seeding new collaborations in research and education that significantly increase the prospects for future extramural support.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706039029033{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]“I’m delighted that...
Advancing clean manufacturing research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772763780{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"] UW Mechanical Engineering researchers will work on projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that could improve the manufacturing of composites and electric vehicle batteries. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772031386{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]By Lyra Fontaine | UW Mechanical Engineering[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709772034868{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]January 24, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709771830327{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recently selected two projects for funding — led by or involving UW Mechanical Engineering researchers — that will accelerate clean energy solutions for manufacturing in the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1709771907853{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The funding for both projects is approximately $6.26 million. The projects draw on the...
CEI launches Graduate Certificate in Clean Energy Science, Engineering, and Society
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1705972295393{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]January 23, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1705971417991{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Accelerating the adoption of a clean energy future requires scholars who have both deep disciplinary expertise and a worldview and skill set that are broader than is typically provided by traditional graduate degrees. To meet this need, the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (UW CEI) is delighted to announce the establishment of the Graduate Certificate in Clean Energy Science, Engineering, and Society — open to all UW graduate students.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1705971427674{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The Graduate Certificate in Clean Energy is designed to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of challenges and opportunities facing clean energy and its adoption...