Catalytic Carbon wins Clean Energy Prize at Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1650917639493{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]April 26, 2022[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1651082498895{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Catalytic Carbon, a startup co-founded by University of Washington (UW) students Carter Vu (B.S. Aeronautics & Astronautics ‘22), Ziming (Jimmy) Ye (B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.A. Biochemistry ‘22), and Owen Chen (M.S. Entrepreneurship ‘23), won the $15,000 Alaska Airlines Grand Prize and the $5,000 Clean Energy Prize at the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC), hosted by the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the UW Foster School of Business. The Clean Energy Prize, sponsored by the UW Clean Energy Institute, rewards student innovations that can reduce carbon emissions through conversion and distribution, energy efficiency, and more.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text...
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: https://vertuelab.org/blog/epic-grant-2021[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
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....
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. ...
Membrion awarded Department of Energy Grant to develop ion-exchange membranes at Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
The UW spinout will improve flow battery performance, cost under Small Business Innovation Research grant; becomes third company to win federal funding for work at Testbeds. ...
Startup wins federal grant to develop battery materials at Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
Vesicus, founded by a UW mechanical engineering alum and a UW mechanical engineering professor, will use Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funds to develop nanostructured thin films for lithium-ion batteries. ...
