Chemistry on deck and in the classroom
CEI Education & Training Fellow Erin Jedlicka has led visits to more than 50 schools, libraries, and science fairs around Washington state this year. A U.S. Navy veteran, she is now a member of David Ginger’s lab group, where she is researching materials for next-generation solar panels. ...
Clean, scalable materials for batteries and beyond
CEI Graduate Fellow Elizabeth Rasmussen is developing a low-cost, low-waste flow reactor for metal-organic frameworks, setting the stage for innovation in batteries, targeted drug delivery and more. ...
Professor Cody Schlenker wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Schlenker will research photochemistry for solar energy and other sustainability applications under this five-year, $685,000 award. The CAREER program offers the NSF’s most prestigious awards for early-career faculty. ...
Lilo Pozzo recognized for outstanding leadership in clean energy education
Lilo Pozzo, the Weyerhaeuser Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at UW, was recognized by the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Initiative (C3E) for outstanding leadership in education. Pozzo was one of eight honorees at C3E’s annual Women in Clean Energy Symposium. ...
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. ...
Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellow begins Princeton University physics professorship
Dr. Sanfeng Wu talks to CEI about his research in UW professor Xiaodong Xu’s lab, his recent postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, and the future of his work at Princeton. ...
UW solar researcher named to Forbes 30 Under 30: Energy list
Dr. Daniel Kroupa, WRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow in Clean Energy, has been named to the Forbes “30 Under 30: Energy” list for 2019. His research on perovskite thin films could create an efficiency breakthrough for solar photovoltaics when integrated with silicon panels. ...
Northwest business community honors Washington Clean Energy Testbeds for contributions to local energy economy
The CleanTech Alliance and the Northwest Environmental Business Council have presented Michael Pomfret, managing director of the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, with their 2018 Energy Leadership Achievement Award. ...
Professor Brian B. Johnson leads Department of Energy-funded research to halve cost of solar power electronics
The U.S. Department of Energy has pledged $2.84M to a research team led by UW electrical & computer engineering professor Brian B. Johnson to lower the cost of power electronics in solar photovoltaic systems. ...
Revolutionary printer for sustainable electronics comes to Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
JCDREAM has awarded $631K to Professor J. Devin MacKenzie and the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds to purchase and install an ultra-high-resolution electronics printer developed in Japan. MacKenzie's group will use the printer to develop sustainable transparent conductive electrodes for flexible thin-film solar cells, displays and touch screens. ...
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. ...
Three clean energy postdoctoral fellows awarded Mistletoe Research Fellowships
Chemistry postdocs Max Friedfeld, Daniel Kroupa and Jian Wang have been awarded Mistletoe Research Fellowships for the 2018-19 academic year. They will each receive a $10,000 Unfettered Research Grant that can be applied to almost any university-approved research-related activity. ...