CEI awards Collaborative Seed Grants to boost AI data centers, EV charging infrastructure
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1725405769878{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]Sajjad Moazeni, Ang Li (Electrical & Computer Engineering) will develop optical switches for more efficient AI data centers; Lingzi Wu, Hyun Woo (Chris) Lee, Dylan Stevenson (Built Environments) will partner with local tribes to create mapping tool for electric vehicle charging infrastructure[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1725399838308{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]September 3, 2024 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1724886986132{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The University of Washington (UW) Clean Energy Institute (CEI) has awarded Collaborative Seed Grants to two UW faculty teams to enable their pursuit of center-scale funding for transformative clean energy research. CEI Collaborative Seed Grants provide UW scholars with up to $100,000 over one year to explore novel, high-risk/high-reward research...
Daniel Kirschen’s new textbook provides a fresh perspective on modern power systems
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723057285402{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]This fall, a new textbook by Professor Daniel Kirschen will be introduced into the UW ECE power and energy systems undergraduate curriculum.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723056296289{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_1723056287207{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}"]August 2, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1723057230593{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]This fall, a new textbook providing students with an up-to-date overview of modern power systems will be introduced into the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) power and energy systems undergraduate curriculum. “Power Systems: Fundamental Concepts and the Transition to Sustainability” helps students learn the...
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...
CEI announces 2023 Collaborative Seed Grants
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706038903793{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]UW faculty teams will research equity in power grid management, recycling energy minerals and devices, and two-dimensional materials for energy efficient quantum computing[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706144775310{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]January 25, 2024[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="10px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706038925842{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]The University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute has awarded Collaborative Seed Grants to three teams of UW faculty to enable their pursuit of center-scale funding for transformative clean energy research. Collaborative Seed Grants provide UW scholars with up to $200,000 to explore novel, high-risk/high-reward research topics while seeding new collaborations in research and education that significantly increase the prospects for future extramural support.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1706039029033{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"]“I’m delighted that...
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...
Daniel Kirschen named editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1659482302298{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]July 28, 2022[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1659482290831{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1659482479494{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]UW ECE Professor Daniel Kirschen was recently named editor in chief of IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation. This new publication, launching July 2022, is a peer-reviewed journal containing articles that cover complex topics and issues at the intersection of power systems engineering, energy policy and market regulation. The journal will promote a move toward renewable sources of energy, and it will seek to drive investment in resilient, sustainable energy systems that consider all stakeholders’ needs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1659482320319{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Kirschen, who is an IEEE Fellow and the Donald W. and...
Microgrids for education and energy sovereignty
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1647562110902{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]After founding Northwest Indian College's first engineering program, Stephanie Bostwick aims to bring clean energy to her classroom — and to the Lummi Nation.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1647562120695{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]March 18, 2022[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1648241914503{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Growing up in Spokane, WA with Blackfeet heritage, Stephanie Bostwick dreamed of becoming an astronaut. But after her first year of college, she realized she needed a new plan for financially supporting herself, so she decided to enlist in the Naval Nuclear Program, knowing upon completion her education would be fully funded. After finishing her service, she attended Edmonds College to complete an Engineering Transfer program, then earned both a...
Transforming the nation’s electrical grid to better support renewable energy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632856777608{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]September 24, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632856510391{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632855524622{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]It’s probably not news that electric power systems across the country can be vulnerable to extensive outages, as demonstrated by natural disasters such as Hurricane Ida and the 2021 Texas Ice Storm. But what may not be commonly known is that the electrical system the nation depends on, the North American power transmission grid, is still highly dependent on fossil fuels, not only to generate power, but also to restart the system itself when outages occur.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1728687216383{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the creation of a new public-private consortium, which...
The technology to reach net-zero carbon emissions isn’t ready for prime time, but…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999372609{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]It’s already under development in research labs.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999391926{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]August 25, 2021[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999462620{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]By Daniel T. Schwartz | Originally published in Scientific American[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999477119{padding-bottom: 10px !important;}"]U.S. climate envoy John Kerry recently stated that in order to reach net zero emission goals by 2045, we’ll “need technologies we don’t yet have.” Well, he’s half right. It’s true that battling climate change requires innovative, technologically driven ideas that can be tested, replicated and scaled, at warp speed. But inventing wholly new technology isn’t necessarily the answer, nor is the idea we can deploy today's technology all the way to 100 percent clean energy.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629999489451{padding-bottom:...
UW researchers win combined $5.9M from Department of Energy to advance solar technologies
Professor Brian B. Johnson and team will integrate solar photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems into the power grid, while UW spinout BlueDot Photonics will manufacture next-generation perovskite solar cells at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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