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2016 |
Researchers will demonstrate a new concept in solar-cell architecture to help solve the problem...
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PI: Reinhold Dauskardt, Materials Science and Engineering; Co-PI: Peter Yang, Orthopedic Surgery
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
The engineers will revamp the management system for lithium-ion batteries to substantially...
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William Chueh, Materials Science and Engineering
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
The objective is to develop a commercially viable smart window that increases the energy...
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Michael McGehee, Materials Science and Engineering
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
The goal is to facilitate the engineering of cost-effective, polymer-based thermoelectric...
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PI: Jian Qin, Chemical Engineering; Co-PI: Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
This project aims to minimize cost and power losses in transformers for grid-scale solar...
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William Dally, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
Researchers will develop an open-source analytics platform for benchmarking buildings – the...
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PI: Rishee Jain, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Co-Investigators: Dian Grueneich, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, and Mark Hartney, SLAC
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
The team will use a novel computational algorithm to simulate the chemical processes involved in...
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PI: Ali Mani, Mechanical Engineering; Co-PI: Mark Cappelli, Mechanical Engineering
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
This project will examine key policy and technology changes that will make the process of...
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PI: M. Elizabeth Magill, Stanford Law School; Co-Investigators: Dan Reicher, Law School, and Jeffrey Brown, Graduate School of Business/Law School
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
Working with a local landowner, researchers will install a small array of vertical-axis wind...
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PI: John Dabiri, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Mechanical Engineering; Co-Investigators: Dan Arvizu and Stuart Macmillan, Precourt Institute
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2016 |
This project seeks to reduce the cost of manufacturing high-efficiency LEDs for industry and...
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PIs: Bruce Clemens, Materials Science and Engineering, and James Harris, Electrical Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2016 |
The goal of this collaboration is to develop a low-cost artificial membrane for purifying water...
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PI: Andrew Spakowitz, Chemical Engineering; Co-PIs: Michael Toney, SLAC, and Curtis Frank and Elizabeth Sattely, Chemical Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2016 |
Researchers will demonstrate recently developed computational tools designed to enable the...
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PIs: John Dabiri, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, and Sanjiva Lele, Aeronautics and Astronautics/Mechanical Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2016 |
The researchers aim to equip building occupants with wireless air sensors that provide real-time...
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PIs: Lynn Hildemann and Ram Rajagopal, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2016 |
Researchers will design a high power-density, bidirectional AC-DC converter cell that can be...
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Juan Rivas-Davila, Electrical Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2016 |
The research team will use machine-learning techniques to screen more than 10,000 promising...
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Evan Reed, Materials Science and Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2015 |
The research is focused on engineering new materials. Composed of microporous...
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Matteo Cargnello, Chemical Engineering |
Natural Gas Initiative |
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2015 |
This research will design new catalysts for the direct conversion of methane to methanol. The...
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Xiaolin Zheng, Mechanical Engineering; Jens Nørskov, Chemical Engineering |
Natural Gas Initiative |
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2015 |
The project will extend an energy-environment-economy model of the U.S. to enable it to capture...
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Lawrence Goulder, Economics; John Weyant, Management Science & Engineering
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Natural Gas Initiative |
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2015 |
The project goal is development of a laser-based instrument for field monitoring of methane,...
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Ronald Hanson, Mechanical Engineering; Robert Jackson, Earth System Science
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Natural Gas Initiative |
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2015 |
This research is focused on developing compact, efficient laser sensors that could be widely...
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Leo Hollberg, Physics |
Natural Gas Initiative |
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2015 |
The goal of this project is to develop a new strategy for modifying plants to produce cellulose...
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Lynette Cegelski, Chemistry |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The researchers propose a critical analysis of nuclear waste-management policy in the United...
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Rodney Ewing, Geological Sciences, Center for International Security and Cooperation
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The goal is to develop new theoretical models of energy-efficient data processing that reduce...
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Hideo Mabuchi, Applied Physics |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
Seed money will be used to launch a two-year research project on the water-energy-climate nexus...
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Bruce Cain, Political Science, and Robert Jackson, Earth System Science; Co-Investigator: Newsha Ajami, Program on Water in the West |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The goal is to gain a better understanding of the factors involved in successful consumer...
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Frank Wolak, Economics, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD); Co-Investigators: Mark Thurber and Ognen Stojanovski, PESD |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The goal is to understand the light-emissions characteristics of hybrid perovskites...
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Aaron Lindenberg, Materials Science and Engineering, SLAC Photon Science; Hemamala Karunadasa, Chemistry |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The long-term objective is to engineer a photosynthetic bacterium that efficiently produces...
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James Swartz , Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering; Marc Deller, ChEM-H, SLAC |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The team will synthesize and characterize promising carbon-based materials for capture of carbon...
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Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering, and Jennifer Wilcox, Energy Resources Engineering: Dennis Nordlund and Dimosthenis Sokaras, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2015 |
The goal of the project is to develop an inexpensive battery to store surplus energy on the...
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William Chueh, Materials Science and Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2015 |
The researchers will focus on designing efficient demand-response programs that encourage...
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Ramesh Johari, Management Science and Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2015 |
The goal is to create a device made with graphene that converts waste heat into...
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David Goldhaber-Gordon, Physics; Nick Melosh, Materials Science and Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2015 |
The research goal is to develop a compact solar-powered water purification system that can be...
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Christopher Chidsey, Chemistry; Juan Santiago, Mechanical Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2014 |
Combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) systems theoretically use 90 percent of...
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Martin Fischer, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2014 |
This project will first assess the feasibility of miniature thermoacoustic engines...
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Lambertus Hesselink, Electrical Engineering; and Carlo Scalo, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2014 |
Solar cells made of gallium arsenide hold the record for photovoltaic efficiency...
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Bruce Clemens, Materials Science and Engineering |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2014 |
Phonons, quantized collective vibrations of atoms in solids, are the main carriers of heat in...
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David Reis, Applied Physics and Photon Science (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory); Arun Majumdar, Mechanical Engineering
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Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2014 |
Power electronics involves the transformation and control of electrical energy. The research...
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Juan Rivas-Davila, Electrical Engineering |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2014 |
Thermoelectricity, the direct conversion of heat into electrical power, can be used to reclaim...
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Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering; Kenneth Goodson, Mechanical Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2014 |
Wastewater is typically treated with oxygen-consuming (aerobic) bacteria, an energy-intensive...
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William Mitch and Craig Criddle, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2014 |
Polygeneration energy systems use multiple feedstocks (such as coal,...
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Stefan Reichelstein, Graduate School of Business; Adam Brandt, Energy Resources Engineering |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
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2013 |
The environmental and economic value of hybrid vehicles is maximized by using the least amount of...
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John D. Fox, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Applied Physics; William Dally, computer science; Jonathan Levav, Graduate School of Business |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2013 |
Designing buildings that rely on natural ventilation for temperature control is a relatively new...
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Gianluca Iaccarino, mechanical engineering; Martin Fischer, civil and environmental engineering |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2013 |
This project seeks to aid decision making in energy-efficiency initiatives from government...
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Roy Pea, Education; Michael Bernstein, computer science; Martha Russell, H-STAR (Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute) |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2013 |
Most electric utilities have multiple programs offering customers financial incentives for using...
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Ram Rajagopal, civil and environmental engineering; June A. Flora, H-STAR |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2013 |
The electricity system of the future is expected to include many local energy devices that can...
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Ramesh Johari, management science and engineering; Ram Rajagopal, civil and environmental engineering |
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
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2013 |
Power output by large wind farms is typically 25 percent less than what it should be due to rear...
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Sanjiva K. Lele, aeronautics and astronautics, and mechanical engineering; John Weyant, management science and engineering
Funded by the TomKat Center with support from PIE |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2013 |
The investigators plan to use a new material system they have recently developed to reduce...
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David Goldhaber-Gordon, physics; Fritz Prinz, mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2013 |
Certain types of fuel cells can convert natural gas into electricity and back again with very...
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Robert Sinclair, materials science and engineering; William Chueh, materials science and engineering and the Precourt Institute. |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2013 |
An Internet-based game in which business students try to maximize profits from power plants is...
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Mark C. Thurber, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development; Frank A. Wolak, Economics |
Precourt Institute for Energy |
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2013 |
In theory, excess power created by intermittent renewable power can be used to remove CO2 from...
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Mark Cappelli, mechanical engineering; Reginald Mitchell, mechanical engineering; Tsuyohito Ito, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. |
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy |
