Category: energy efficiency
UConn Expanding Clean Energy Offerings In Push for Carbon Neutrality
UConn’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality and promoting clean energy is continuing its steady progress, with more electric vehicle charging stations in the works and plans to install a hydrogen fuel dispenser and two more fuel cells at the Storrs campus. The UConn Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved plans to purchase and install 18 […]
Shine On: UConn Dedicates Solar-Powered STEAM Tree
UConn held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday afternoon for a solar-powered STEAM tree that will allow community members to charge their personal devices as they enjoy time on the Student Union Mall. The “tree” consists of a metal base that supports panels to look like an actual tree. The solar power generated from the panels […]
A Summer of Research: The Importance of REU’s at UConn
By: Ben Donohue & Olivia Ortegon Research is a valued and highly respected part of an engineer’s career. However, opportunities are not always easy to come by. At C2E2, undergraduate students have the unique opportunity to gain undergraduate research experience that expands upon their classroom knowledge while gaining experience in the field of hydrogen technologies. […]
UConn Aims to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and Become International Model of Sustainability
UConn will build on its culture of environmental sustainability with aspirations to achieve carbon neutrality on campus by 2030, making it a living laboratory to develop and demonstrate new approaches to mitigating climate change’s harmful effects. President Radenka Maric, an internationally known expert in clean energy research, announced the carbon-neutral plan recently in a letter […]
Research Experience for Undergraduates. Why are REU’s Especially Important Today?
How can undergraduate students learn more about clean energy at UConn? Julia Valla, Associate Professor at the Center for Clean Energy (C2E2), says we can do that through REU’s. An REU program simply put, stands for a Research Experience for Undergraduates. Through these REU’s students can learn more about their field and get a closer […]
C2E2 Welcomes Dr. Beykal to her Newest Home at UConn
By: Ben Donohue & Olivia Ortegon We welcome our newest member and Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Dr. Burcu Beykal, to the University of Connecticut and the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2). Dr. Beykal completed her doctoral and postdoctoral studies at Texas A&M University specializing in process systems engineering, data-driven modeling, and […]
PEARL Laboratory at the University of Connecticut
Dr. Ali Bazzi’s Power Electronics & Drives Advanced Research Laboratory (PEARL) is part of the Center for Clean Energy Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut. The main research focus is on power electronics applications in electric motor drives, renewable energy systems, micro-grids, and the smart grid. Electric drives […]
Energy Department Releases its Hydrogen Program Plan
EERE News November 12, 2020 Energy Department Releases its Hydrogen Program Plan Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide a strategic framework for the Department’s hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities. The DOE Hydrogen Program is a coordinated Departmental effort to advance the affordable production, transport, storage, […]
Master of Science Program now Accepting Applications for Advanced Manufacturing for Energy Systems (AMES)
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded the University of Connecticut at Storrs a traineeship program grant in 2018. This grant addresses workforce training needs in the early-stage technology area of advanced materials and process technologies in energy-related manufacturing. UConn has implemented a masters-level training programs designed to train a new generation […]
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