Nanoscale materials and devices for energy conversion, transport and storage. Surveys documenting public beliefs about global warming and preferences for energy policy for more than 15 years. Characterizing and modeling the fundamental micromechanical and photochemical mechanisms that dictate the reliability and lifetimes of emerging energy technologies, including solar cells and their modules, PEM fuel cells, and batteries. Stanford offers more than 200 energy courses and a number of energy degrees. Emissions permit market design, analysis and monitoring.Transmission expansion policy, design and analysis. Multi-scale imaging of energy materials. The plant growth hormone brassinosteroid, which regulates cell elongation, photosynthesis, flowering, light response, and stress tolerance. Energy Research at Stanford As a global citizen and leader in science and technology, Stanford is tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time — energy . Diamondoids-nanostructured diamond. A new palette for urban water that saves water, energy and money. Use of renewable materials instead of plastics to make structural insulated panels, which improve heating and cooling efficiency in buildings. Subscribe. With an unparalleled ecosystem of energy research groups as well as extensive facilities and infrastructures at Stanford and SLAC, we enjoy a distinct advantage in exploring the interesting physics in the field of energy research and nanoscience. Behavior of electrons confined to nanostructures. SIEPR researchers are using the tools of economics to analyze the impact of environmental policy decisions being made in the United States and abroad. Energy interests in transportation systems, energy efficiency and education of scientists and non-scientists in energy policy and technology. Integrating large-scale solar projects with biofuel production in deserts. The mission of the Energy Resources Engineering major is to provide students with the engineering skills and foundational knowledge needed to flourish as technical leaders within the energy industry. Sequestering CO2 in deep underground formations. New, fast burning fuels for application to hybrid propulsion. Cost competitiveness of alternative drivetrains for mobility. Strong correlation effects in electronic materials and devices. Improving the use of energy-economic models for evaluating energy security, energy price shocks and the energy market impacts of environmental policies. Using control systems to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles. Analysis of CO2 capture technologies. Prof. Zhi-Xun Shen; Transition metal catalysts for direct-hydrocarbon fuel cells. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Water Systems, Economic Development & Equity. Inference of fracture geometry from resonant frequencies and attenuation.Fault damage zones impact on the flow characteristics of fractured reservoirs, and predicting fault damage zones. Potential damping effect of large, ocean-based wind farms on hurricanes. Homogeneous charge compression ignition engines. Energy-neutral biological sewage treatment. Optimizing materials for photon-enhanced thermionic emission. Rate constants for reactions of OH with fuels. Managing the global expansion of nuclear power while avoiding the proliferation of nuclear weapons, with special attention to the nuclear aspirations of states such as North Korea and Iran. Fundamental and applied electrochemistry: solar fuels, fuel cells, and batteries. Integrated assessment. Key ares of research include radiative cooling, photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) and thermophotovoltaic technologies that use combine solar heat and photovoltaic energy to produce electricity. Geological carbon storage in sedimentary and magnesium-silicate rocks. Energy in the context of sustainability. In this short 2018 video, Yi Cui outlines the future of research and deployment for batteries and solar power. Synthesizing wide bandgap semiconductor thin films that are temperature tolerant, chemically resistant and radiation-hardened. Development of silicon-based microphotonic functionality and plasmonic devices to manipulate the flow of light at the nanoscale. CO2 reaction with magnesium-silicate rock in carbon sequestration, with a view to enhancing reaction and reducing cost. Environmental learning and behavior, including transportation. Producing ethanol from carbon monoxide gas with a copper catalyst. Hydrogen absorption and desorption in individual palladium nanocrystals. Energy technology assessment. How geochemical reactions of CO2 injection change the seismic attributes of rocks. We combined advances in materials science, biology, physics, chemistry, geology and engineering science with the know-how of our industrial partners,” said Sally Benson , a professor of energy resources engineering and director of GCEP. Transmission electron microscopy to study effects of radiation damage on the size and distribution of quantum dots in solar cells. Properties of passivated silicon surfaces prepared using wet chemical techniques. National oil companies. Buildings, Sensors & Data, Electric Grid, Energy Markets, Wind. Sustainable, durable construction materials. Electricity and petroleum markets analysis. Photon-enhanced thermionic emission devices, which use solar heat and light to generate electricity. Synthesis of functional organic and polymer materials for numerous energy applications, such asnanostructured polymers for low-cost, stretchable batteries and PV cells, and thin-film organic PV cells. Optimization of oil field development and operations. Please send comments and suggestions to: mark.golden@stanford.edu. Continuous passive seismic monitoring for detection of CO2 plumes in geologic sequestration projects. Developing large-scale clean, renewable energy solutions to global warming, air pollution and energy security. Affective, cognitive and social web interfaces for reducing energy use. Life-cycle analysis of transportation fuels. Our current, highly diverse approach to research positions us well to contribute to this rapidly changing landscape. Electrocatalysts to convert CO2 and feedstocks to higher value materials. Microbial conversion of sewage to methane. U.S. energy policy and its effects on domestic and international political priorities, national security, the economy and global climate. New materials such as topological insulators and topological superconductors. Quantum magnetism. Novel phases and phase transitions in disordered and strongly correlated electron systems. EE Student Information, Spring Quarter through Academic Year 2020-2021: FAQs and Updated EE Course List. Such skills and knowledge include resource assessment, choices among energy alternatives, and carbon management, as well as the basic scientific background and technical skills common to engineers. Fuel cells for methane, hydrogen and solid fuel conversion. Explore energy research at Stanford by clicking on the research area and key topics below. Novel photonics for green networks. Deep-water sedimentation, especially using outcrops and cores to study the processes by which coarse sediment is transported and deposited in the deep sea. Real-time feedback and its affects. Incoming graduate and professional school students may enroll in a week-long energy Emerging computer systems, such as low-power wireless sensor networks and full duplex wireless. Results of low-carbon energy research at U.S. universities. Optimization of subsurface flow operations and energy systems. Stanford Earth and other schools at Stanford are investing heavily in research aimed at developing new approaches, technologies, and policies for a reliable, affordable, and low- or no-carbon energy future. Market valuation of renewable power plants' ecological benefits. Biosynthesis and molecular-scale recycling of bioplastics and biocomposites. Capturing atmospheric CO2 using organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Combined cooling, heating and power system for the home with thermoacoustic Stirling engine. Models for applying hydraulic fracturing to geothermal systems. Energy Resources Engineering, Global Climate & Energy Project, Precourt Institute, Climate, CO2 Capture, Storage & Conversion. Stanford Energy is brought to you by the Precourt Institute for Energy. Program on Energy & Sustainable Development, Air Quality, Economic Development & Equity, Energy Markets, Management & Innovation. Developing new computational methods to design and analyze renewable energy, including solar thermal devices. Enhanced geothermal systems. Resource management in large, multi-core systems. SLAC - Photon Science, Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science, Batteries & Fuel Cells, Superconductors, Photovoltaics. The construction industry's barriers to adopting energy-efficient innovations. Energy Resources Engineering. Bits & Watts Initiative Bits & Watts develops innovations for the electric grid needed to enable reliance on intermittent power and distributed energy resources, while keeping the grid secure and affordable. Photosynthetic membranes and their catalytic behavior. The Stanford Natural Gas Initiative brings together faculty and students from across campus to conduct research on the wide range of issues related to the responsible development of natural gas as a bridge fuel leading to a decarbonized energy future. Evaluating U.S. oil security, import reliance and oil markets.GHG emissions and economic implications of new shale gas supplies. Lithium-ion battery modeling, estimation, control and optimization. How the geologic structures created by faults, fractures and folding affect hydrocarbon recovery and the flow of groundwater. Energy Modeling Forum, Management Science & Engineering, Climate, Integrated Modeling, Energy Markets, National Security. Environmental costs and benefits of hydraulic fracturing, especially on local water, air, human health and climate. Geochemical and hydrological interactions that optimize the formation of carbonates and the physical trapping of CO2, with a view to enhance reaction kinetics, reduce cost and increase storage security. “GCEP was a creativity engine. SLAC is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory operated by Stanford, conducting research in chemistry, materials and energy sciences, bioscience, fusion energy science, high-energy physics, cosmology and other fields. Climate, CO2 Capture, Storage & Conversion, Natural Gas, Unconventional Oil & Gas. Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science. Entrepreneurship education regarding high-growth and technology enterprises, in particular energy-related technologies. Matching solar supply with businesses that have price-sensitive demand. Flow imaging to delineate the mechanisms of oil, water and gas flows in porous rock. New types of long life, safe and inexpensive alkali metal batteries to connect wind and solar sources to the electrical grid. Course work includes the fundamentals of chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, and physics. Optics, photonics and optical materials. Batteries & Fuel Cells, Combustion, Photovoltaics, Renewable Fuels. The Energy Resources Engineering curriculum provides a sound background in basic sciences and their application to practical problems to address the complex and changing nature of the field. Materials Science & Engineering, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Buildings, Transportation, Climate, Integrated Modeling, Land Use, Economic Development & Equity, Energy Markets, Finance & Subsidies, Management & Innovation, Tax & Regulation. Venture capital formation for energy technologies. Green construction materials. The Energy@Stanford & SLAC course will feature a diverse line-up of Stanford faculty undertaking exciting research in the field of energy. Synthesizing and characterizing polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells, both acidic and alkaline. Numerical modeling of flow and transport in porous rock with emphasis on unstable multiscale dynamics. Energy market design and monitoring. Obama administration's "Clean Power Plan.". Applying experimental approaches from public health and medical research to develop family-, school-, and community-based interventions to promote residential, transportation and food-related energy-saving behaviors. Ion-beam assisted deposition for thin-film solar. CO2 sequestration in coal beds. Failure to account for geography of trade leads to an overstatement of GHG emissions from U.S. biofuel policies of nearly 100 percent. Energy Research at Stanford The GCEP staff coordinates the Energy Research at Stanford Report, a compilation of abstracts highlighting the wide range of energy-related research taking place across the Stanford campus. Management Science & Engineering, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Buildings, Energy & Behavior, Heating & Cooling, Transportation, Climate, Integrated Modeling, Energy Markets, Finance & Subsidies, Law, Management & Innovation, Tax & Regulation. Chemical and physical processes of geothermal systems. Applications from server farms to imagers in mobile platforms. Understanding mechanisms for high-temperature superconductors. Reducing wind power costs by improving forecasts and buying replacement power later. Stanford Solar Research Directory PV Materials/Devices - Any - CdTe CIGS CIGS/CZTS CZTS Electrochemical devices III-V materials Nanowire Organic Perovskite Perovskite, dye-sensitized Photonic devices Quantum dot Silicon Single crystal GaAs thin films Solar Fuel Thin film Thin silicon solar cells Transparent electrodes Novel materials for thermoelectric waste-heat recovery in vehicles and buildings. Energy efficient and sustainable building design. Sequestration of greenhouse gases in oil and gas reservoirs.Physics of oil recovery at scales from pore to reservoir. Methods for least cost integration of intermittent renewable resources. Yang and Yamazaki Energy & Environment Building, Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council. Fundamentals of transport of groundwater and contaminants. Earth System Science, Center on Food Security & the Environment. Efficient data centers. Potential energy applications of ultrathin films and amphiphiles. Quantifying wind, water, and solar energy resources and reducing the impacts of their intermittency. Probabilistic and statistical tools for modeling the reliability of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste repositories. CO2 Capture, Storage & Conversion, Energy Markets, Water. Proposal for a revenue-neutral tax on carbon. Computational modeling of subsurface flow, with applications in oil and gas production and geological carbon sequestration. Bioinspired redox catalysts by discrete metal complexes on surfaces, for CO2 capture and reduction of O2 to water in ambient-temperature fuel cells.Strategies to make interfaces in dye-sensitized solar cells less chemically reactive. Nitrous oxide as a propellant for small space thrusters. Aeronautics & Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering. Correlated electron materials, in which the low energy degrees of freedom behave qualitatively differently than a free electron gas. Tracer analysis of fractures. Increasing output and reducing costs at large wind farms by positioning smaller, mixing turbines among the primary turbines in conjunction with other new management approaches. Improving methods for use of atmospheric observations of GHG from remote sensors. We train future leaders in the science and engineering of Earth's energy resources. Buildings, Batteries & Fuel Cells, Climate, Finance & Subsidies, Management & Innovation, Tax & Regulation. Communal anaerobic digesters as a waste-to-energy strategy to provide sanitation and clean energy, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional septic tanks. Modeling global oil depletion, or "peak oil," and transitions to oil substitutes. This research could lead to increasing crop yield for biomass. CO2 Capture, Storage & Conversion, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Natural Gas. Climate and electricity policy. Materials for the reversible sequestration of pollutants and for electro- and photo-catalytic conversions relevant for clean energy. David Packard Building350 Jane Stanford WayStanford, CA  94305, Phone: (650) 723-3931info@ee.stanford.eduCampus Map. Reducing plug loads to achieve net-zero energy buildings. Reducing the environmental impacts of energy systems. The kinetics and thermodynamics of protein self assembly for potential applications including photovoltaics and energy storage. The environmental and economic impacts of U.S. and international environmental policies, including policies to deal with climate change, and with pollution from power plants and automobiles. Development of laser-based diagnostics to optimize performance and minimize pollution of combustion and propulsion systems. Energy efficient computing based on architectures, runtime environments and parallel computer systems. Coal-fired power with CO2 capture via combustion in supercritical saline aquifer water. Tools include nanoparticles, metals, alloys, sulfides, nitrides, carbides, phosphides, oxides, and biomimetic organo-metallic complexes. Stanford also hosts more than a dozen centers and programs focused on energy research. Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering. Performance of the emerging global market for GHG permits and offsets. Seismic wave propagation in multi-scale heterogeneous reservoirs. Physics, Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science. Our Monthly Research News Alert. Developing organometallic and organic catalysts. New methods for delignification of woody cellulosic biomass. Tungsten disulfide nanoflakesas a catalyst for producing hydrogen from water. Using anaerobic bacteria to convert organic waste to methane gas for fuel to convert wastewater to drinking water. Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. Modeling energy's effects on health and climate. Controlling atomic scale structure of thin films and nanomaterials for use in photovoltaics and hydrogen storage. Buildings, Electric Grid, Sensors & Data, Transportation. Quantum confined solar cells, including quantum dots, thin barrier layers and transparent electrodes. Unmanned electric vehicles. People. Transportation, Batteries & Fuel Cells, Electric Grid, Grid Scale Storage. In 2009, Chu became President Barack Obama’s secretary of energy, and then returned to Stanford’s faculty both in physics and at the medical school in 2013. Economic, political and food-security implications of American ethanol. CO2 Capture, Storage & Conversion, Enhanced Oil Recovery. Green networks for office and residential buildings. Sootless diesel engine. Using anaerobic bacteria to convert organic waste to methane gas for fuel to convert wastewater to drinking water. Methods to project trends in energy technology innovations and associated new business models. Hydroxylation of methane (and other simple hydrocarbons) using copper and iron to produce methanol, which could reduce oil dependence and GHG emissions. Models for new energy paradigms for developing novel materials for superconductors, photovoltaics and batteries. Planning ocean uses, including renewable energy projects such as wind, wave and tidal energy. Global potential of bioenergy. Mechanisms for directed and efficient channeling of solar energy to chemical energy. The formation, geometric patterns and fluid flow properties of fractures and faults, at lengths from a thin section to a mountain range.