Preparing tomorrow’s clean energy leaders
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][mkd_section_title title="A multi-disciplinary course is training students across the scales of clean energy — from materials and devices to storage and power grid integration." title_size="small" title_color="" title_text_align="" margin_bottom="" width=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]December 12, 2022 By Chelsea Yates | Photos by Dennis Wise / University of Washington[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]“I’ve grown up witnessing climate change first-hand — more severe wildfires, draught, hurricanes, and the list keeps growing unfortunately,” says materials science and engineering (MSE) graduate student Arun Sundar. “We need to understand the broader effects of climate change, and we need to take action.” For him, this has meant a course of study in energy storage and emerging energy technologies. Sundar decided...
Testbeds and strategic partners receive EPIC grant from U.S. Department of Energy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]June 24, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Northwest Cleantech Innovation Network (NWCIN), formed in partnership with VertueLab, CleanTech Alliance, Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, and Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (JCDREAM), is one of 10 incubators and accelerators nationwide receiving grants totaling $9.5M as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Program Innovation Clusters (EPIC) initiative. As part of this initiative, the Testbeds will launch the new CleanTech Hardware Innovation Prototyping (CHIP) program that will increase access to advanced capabilities for scaled prototyping, testing, and demonstration at the facility. Read more about the grant and our partners here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
CEI Research Highlights: January 2018
Research updates from the labs of Profs. Daniel Kirschen, Karl Böhringer, Charles T. Campbell, and Xiaodong Xu. Topics include energy storage planning and markets, self-cleaning solar panels, modeling chemical potential in nanoparticles, and the optoelectronic properties of 2-dimensional magnets. ...
UW Researchers Build Energy Efficient Nanolaser
University of Washington scientists have built a new nanometer-sized laser that is energy efficient, easy to build and compatible with existing electronics. ...
UW Undergrad ’s Early Life Challenges Become a Hectic Schedule of Opportunity
Undergraduate research student David Coven is an expert schedule juggler. Read more about this entrepreneurial undergrad who is helping Clean Energy Institute faculty create materials for use in flexible solar cells to make them more lightweight and transportable. ...
A Solar Solution, on the Dot
Scientists have spent decades developing technology that harvests sunlight and converts it to electricity. Yet existing solar energy solutions remain cost prohibitive for many applications. Brandi Cossairt is one of a group of CEI researchers that hopes to change that. ...