Investing in Future Clean Energy Leaders
The University of Washington Clean Energy Institute announced the recipients of its 2015 Graduate Fellowships in Clean Energy Research. ...
Learning to Scale Solar Energy Production
UW grad students get a close-up look at solar panel manufacturing at the iTek Energy plant in Bellingham. ...
CEI Launches Washington Research Foundation Innovation Fellows Program to Recruit Top Scientists
We are currently recruiting exceptionally talented researchers who have recently finished their PhD programs to join CEI laboratories at the UW campus or its affiliates. ...
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. ...
The Next Revolution in Solar Energy: High Efficiency Printable Tandem Solar Cells
Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative will help catalyze the development of next-generation solar cells at UW. ...
Talking Clean Energy, STEM Education at Seattle Chamber Regional Leadership Conference
How can the Seattle region become the best mid-sized economy in the world? What are the roles of STEM education and clean energy? ...
Washington State Legislators visit the UW CEI
A group of more than twenty Washington state legislators and staff members received an update on the work at the UW Clean Energy Institute. ...
ORCAS Energy Conversion and Storage Conference 2014: A CEI Student Perspective
CEI graduate student Sarah Vorpahl reflects on her experience at the 2014 ORCAS Energy Conversion and Storage conference. ...
Research Update: “Atomic Legos” are Building Blocks for Next-Gen Energy Materials
A team at the UW Clean Energy Institute (CEI) is developing ways to connect two-dimentional sheets of solar collector material, one atom thick, that have the potential to be as flexible and foldable as a piece of paper and as strong as any material that exists on earth. ...
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. ...