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. ...
WA flexible electronics company and UW team win federal grant for manufacturing
MicroConnex, Inc. is partnering with UW professor J. Devin MacKenzie to develop a new manufacturing process for printed flexible electronics using the roll-to-roll printing capabilities of the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds. ...
Clean energy solutions for public health in Puerto Rico
Chemical engineering professor Lilo Pozzo and a group of CEI researchers and public health scientists traveled to Jayuya, Puerto Rico this spring as part of a long-term field study on the impact of power loss on public health. ...
Pushing magnetic materials to the atomically-thin limit
Magnetic materials are the backbone of modern digital information technologies, such as hard-disk storage. A UW-led team has now taken this one step further by encoding information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. ...
Inspiring future engineers
Gabriella Tosado is a CEI Education Fellow and chemical engineering Ph.D. student. Read about her clean energy research and passion for inspiring underrepresented students - particularly young women and students of color - to pursue STEM disciplines and careers. ...
CEI students spearhead initiative for collaborations between UW and Africa’s cleantech researchers
Sarah Holliday, Griffin Ruehl, and Breena Sperry are building connections with Africa's materials science and solar communities. ...
Designing and growing quantum materials for energy and information technology
UW physics professor Jiun-Haw Chu takes a holistic approach to the development and characterization of materials with new or unusual electronic and magnetic properties. ...
University of Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to make the materials of tomorrow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]By James Urton January 31, 2018[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]Many innovations of 21st century life, from touch screens and electric cars to fiber-optics and implantable devices, grew out of research on new materials. This impact of materials science on today’s world has prompted two of the leading research institutions in the Pacific Northwest to join forces to research and develop new materials that will significantly influence tomorrow’s world.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]With this eye toward the future, the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington announced the creation of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology — or NW IMPACT — a joint research endeavor to power discoveries and...
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. ...