2016-2017 Student Training & Exploration Grants
CEI has selected six research projects for its 2016-2017 Student Training & Exploration Grants. The institute made roughly $200,000 in awards this year. These grants support student education at the University of Washington by providing scholars the freedom to explore novel, high-risk/high-reward research topics. ...
U.S. Secretary of Energy visits Hillhouse laboratory
U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest J. Moniz, visited the Hillhouse laboratory to see their innovations on photovoltaic materials and solution processed solar cells in August. ...
CEI hosts national leaders at regional clean energy workshop
Clean energy leaders from across the Pacific Northwest joined U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer to discuss the region’s challenges and opportunities for advancing clean energy. ...
A Tiny Tool with Great Potential
CEI Grad Fellows Esfahani, Eshghinejad, CEI Faculty Adler and Li, and collaborators describe a new nanoscale probe that could produce big improvements in batteries and fuels cells. ...
CEI researchers illuminate ways to heal defects in solar cells
In a paper out this week in Nature Communications, CEI Associate Director David Ginger, CEI Fellow Dane deQuilettes, and their collaborators show that light exposure can help heal defects in certain types of solar cells. How? It’s all about the ions. ...
Job Posting: CEI Education and Training Fellow Position
Part of the Clean Energy Institute’s mission is to create future innovators in clean energy by expanding the STEM workforce, increasing research capacity, and improving public understanding of clean energy science. The Institute is currently accepting applications for a new RA position to support its outreach and education programs in these areas. ...