Category: Fuel Cells
UConn Sustainability Action Plan Taking Wide-Ranging Approach to ‘Green’ Future
UConn has established a detailed plan to measure progress and achieve a wide range of sustainability goals, a commitment that President Radenka Maric describes as foundational to the University’s core values and mission. The UConn Sustainability Action Plan delineates specific actions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030; conserve resources; integrate sustainability across UConn’s academic and […]
Gift of Fuel Cell Units Enhances UConn’s Clean Energy Commitment
The Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2) is set to receive a significant gift that will contribute to UConn’s goal of carbon neutrality. InfraPrime – an international company that empowers its clients to reach carbon neutrality goals, and eventually carbon negativity – is donating eight solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) units to UConn. The units […]
Plug Power VP Inspires Engineering Students and Faculty with Talk on Decision Making in Corporate Research
January 13, 2024 | Jordan Baker, Center for Clean Energy Engineering On Friday February 2nd, Dr. Cortney Mittelsteadt presented a talk to UConn engineering students and faculty within the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2). Mittelsteadt who worked with Giner Inc, and later became CEO before becoming the Vice President of Electrolyzer Technology for Plug […]
Research Team Develops Hybrid Propulsion Commercial Electric Aircraft
Building a more sustainable future for our university, our nation, and the world is the great challenge of our lifetime
UConn Hosts OREO+C Workshop May 25th & 26th
Last week our partners hosted OREO+C Workshop (Overall Research on Electrode Coating and Characterization Processes). The workshop featured discussions about scale-up fabrication and characterization of fuel cell and electrolyzer electrodes. Industry, national labs and academia gathered with the United States and German OREO team as they reported on four years of collaborative findings. The Center […]
MSE Professor Collaborates With Others to Write Accomplished Research Paper
MSE Professor Jasna Jankovic, in collaboration with Muhammad Naoshad Islam, Abdul Bashith Mansoor Basha, Vinayaraj Ozhukil Kollath, Amir Peyman Soleymani, and Kunal Karan published a research paper that made it into the Top 25 Nature Communications chemistry and materials science articles of 2022. Titled “Designing fuel cell catalyst support for superior catalytic activity and […]
In Connecticut, Climate Change is Another Way to Say Opportunity
A panel of University of Connecticut climate experts discussed how Connecticut could become the Silicon Valley of sustainable energy during a roundtable in Greenwich on Nov. 16. “Climate change is a global issue, but politics are local,” and there must be action at all levels of society to avoid major problems for every human being, […]
New Fuel Cell Gets New Look, Thanks to Student Design
UConn’s newly installed fuel cell sports an eye-catching new look, thanks to a student-led design contest aimed at expanding awareness of the clean-energy technology. The new 460kW fuel cell, recently installed at the Depot Campus in Storrs, was manufactured by HyAxiom, a Doosan company from South Windsor, replacing a 400kW fuel cell. The new fuel […]
Designing a Lighter Fuel Cell with Higher Current Density
A team of UConn engineering researchers is working with Technology Commercialization Services to bring a tubular design of a fuel cell to market. Fuel cell technology is continuously evolving as renewable energy and alternate energy sources become an increasingly important means of reducing global dependence on fossil fuels. Planar fuel cells, a prevalent design, can […]
C2E2 Shares Environmental Awareness at Earth Day Spring Fling
By: Olivia Ortegon & Ben Donohue It was a perfect day to celebrate Earth Day at UConn on April 20th, 2022. The campus was alive with students, faculty, and others enjoying the local foods and environmental organizational displays as many groups participated in UConn’s annual Earth Day Spring Fling, co-sponsored by UConn’s Office of Sustainability […]
MSE Graduate Student Tackles the Future of Energy Innovation
By Katie Nejati, Student Written Communications Assistant Third-year MSE doctoral student, Amir Soleymani, working alongside members of Assistant Professor Jasna Jankovic’s Research Group, is conducting research at the forefront of energy innovation. Soleymani began his research career working on ways to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide during the processing of engineering materials. In the […]
Faculty Spotlight: A Brighter Future for Clean Energy, Dr. Jankovic’s Research Leads the Way
By Margot Wentzel and Olivia Ortegon Professor Jasna Jankovic is one of the distinguished faculty members here at the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2). Her experience in the industry, as well as academia, make her work unique and pivotal. Dr. Jankovic started her career in a petroleum refinery and achieved her master’s degree in […]
True Potential Found at the World Fuel Cell Conference, Mariah Batool Achieves 2nd Place
By Ben Donohue & Olivia Ortegon Sparked by her interest from working for an oil and gas refinery in Pakistan, her home country, Mariah Batool says “fuel cells have always amazed me. I believe they are the next big thing”. Mariah came to UConn on a Fulbright scholarship to focus on her research on advanced […]
Assistant Research Professor, Dr. Naba Karan leads by “Curiosity Coupled with Determination”
By: Olivia Ortegon and Ben Donohue Dr. Naba Karan recently joined UConn as an Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2). Dr. Karan previously worked at alpha-En Corporation, a lithium metal battery start-up company in Yonkers, New York until February 2021. There, he focused on the development of process parameters […]
9th World Hydrogen Technologies Convention and f-cell+HFC Event “Digital Edition” – June 20-24, 2021
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the WHTC | f-cell+HFC organizing committee, I would like to personally invite you to join us at the 9th World Hydrogen Technologies Convention and f-cell+HFC Event “Digital Edition” from June 20-24, 2021. WHTC and f-cell+HFC feature innovative technologies and international markets – through three days of plenaries, keynotes, sessions, […]
UConn-Technion Collaboration Develops Model for Affordable Fuel Cell Catalysts
UConn researchers and collaborators at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology developed a theoretical model that will expediate the development of affordable fuel cells. Radenka Maric, UConn’s vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship; Dario Dekel from Technion’s Chemical Engineering Department; S. Pamir Alpay, UConn’s associate dean for research and industrial partnerships; and Sanjubala Sahoo, […]
Dr. Radenka Maric publishes new book
UConn Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Radenka Maric has just released a new book with co-author Gholamreza Mirshekari. This book is a valuable resource for beginners as well as for experienced researchers and developer of solid oxide fuel cells. All proceeds from sales of the book will support students through scholarships. For […]
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