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...
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 welcomes first Policy Analyst in Residence Tony Usibelli
[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1601672214531{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1602027121454{padding-top: 10px !important;}"]Former WA Commerce energy director mentors UW STEM doctoral students in CEI’s new science policy analysis program [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]October 7, 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1602091576871{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]The UW Clean Energy Institute (CEI) has welcomed Tony Usibelli as its first Policy Analyst in Residence (PAIR). Usibelli has over 30 years of experience in Washington state science and energy policy, including 18 years as the Washington State Department of Commerce energy director. As a CEI PAIR, Usibelli mentors UW science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) doctoral students participating in CEI’s new science policy analysis program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1602089161863{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Thanks to generous...