Resources on Campus
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Renewable Energy Resources and Links
Energy-related activities, projects and initiatives at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Biomass and Bioenergy
Miscanthus Research at the University of Illinois: Diversifying Cropping, Improving Energy Security and Benefiting the Environment (Special Research Initiative): Steve Long, Germán Bollero, Jack Juvik , Jack Widholm, Michelle Wander, Mark David, Tom Voigt, Michael Katterhenry, Yuanhui Zhang, Madhu Khanna, Anne Heinze Silvis, Frank Dohleman, Fernando Miguez
Bioenvironmental Engineering Division: Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Yuanhui Zhang, Leslie L. Christianson, Ted L. Funk, Xinlei Wang, Shiaoguo(Scott) Chen
Institute for Genomic Biology: Advance life science research and stimulate bio-economic development in the state of Illinois (Systems Biology; Cellular and Metabolic Engineering; Genome Technology)
Hans Blaschek, Assistant Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), Blaschek Research Group, Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research: Food microbiology, bioenergy
Martin O. Bohn, Crop Sciences: Corn breeding and genetics
Hans J. Bohnert, Department of Plant Biology: Molecular Physiology & Engineering of Plant Stress Tolerance (Bohnert Laboratories)
Munir Cheryan, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition: Processing of corn, soybean and vegetable oil; biobased products
Steve Eckhoff, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Corn fractionation, wet and dry milling; co-products
Mary Ann Lila, Plant Sciences Laboratory, Lila Lab: Plant growth and biomass production
Steven Long, Plant Biology and Crop Science: Plant growth, climate change, bioenergy, Miscanthus
Vijay Singh, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Bioprocessing grains for fuels, Ethanol, process simulation and economic analysis
K.C. Ting, Head, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Bioresource engineering, bioprocessing and alternative energy
Bryan A. White, Microbiology, Department of Animal Sciences: cellulose hydrolysis, cellulose degradation
Huimin Zhao, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhao Research Group: Biomass conversion through biomolecular engineering
Solar and wind power
Solar Decathlon 2007: Patrick Chapman (presentation)
UIUC Wind Project, Facilities and Services : Raghav Garg, Jean Ascoli, Richard Drew, Katie Beall
Angus Rockett, Department Materials Science and Engineering: Materials, photovoltaics, microelectromechanical systems
Alternative fuels, combustion engines and fuel cells
Al Hansen , Department of Agricultural Engineering: Biofuels and Diesel Engine Combustion
Dimitrios Kyritsis, Mechnical Science and Engineering: Energy systems and power generation; Combustion Physics Lab
Chia-fon Lee, Mechnical Science and Engineering: Biofuels and combustions engines; Engine Modeling Lab
Richard Masel Research Group on fuel cells,
Edmund G. Seebauer , Head, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering: Semiconductor band engineering with applications in fuel cells
Power grid and energy systems
Power and Energy Systems Area, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Patrick Chapman, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Energy systems analysis; wind and solar power
George Gross, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ty Newell, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering; energy systems, energy conversion; and nature conservation
Tom Overbye, Mechanical Engineering: Power systems. Super Grid,
M. Anantha Pai, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Power system stability
Bill Sanders, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Coordinated Science Laboratory, Information Trust Institute: Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIP)
Energy and waste management
Illinois Waste Management Research Center, Biodiesel production: Tim Lindsey
Yuanhui Zhang, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Waste treatment, energy conversion of animal waste
Energy economics, land use and sustainable agriculture
Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program, Illinois World Food and Sustainable Agriculture Program, ACES: Dan Anderson
Dudley Smith Initiative: Emily Heaton, John Caveny, Steve Long, Tom Voigt, Michelle Wander, Madhu Khanna, Ben Tracy, Gary Letterly, Todd Nissen, Hayri Önal
Illinois Specialty Farm Products, ACES: Burton E. Swanson, Andrew J. Sofranko, Mohamed M. Samy, Emerson D. Nafziger, Darrel L. Good
Initiative for the Development of Entrepreneurs in Agriculture (IDEA)
Program in Environmental and Resource Economics (pERE)
Renewable Energy and Land use in Illinois, Environmental Council Project: George Gross, Bruce Hannon, Geoffrey Hewings, Hayri Önal, Madhu Khanna, Stephen P. Long, Atul Jain, Jürgen Scheffran
Uof I Extension, education and outreach initiatives to Central Illinois farmers
David Bullock, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics : Food Policy; economics of agriculture and biotechnology; government decision making
Kieran Donaghy, Department of Urban and Regional Planning: Econometric models, regional impact of climate change, transportation systems
Peter Goldsmith, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, National Soybean Research Laboratory: agri-food supply chain, agribusinesses, biotechnology
Geoff Hewings, Economics and Geography; Regional Economic Applications Laboratory
Madhu Khanna, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics: Economic growth, environmental quality, economics of carbon sequestration
Hayri Önal, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics: Agricultural, environmental and resource economics, biological conservation
Thomas B. Voigt, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences: Turfgrass management, Illinois Green Industry
Michelle Wander, Deparrtment of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences: Soil Fertility/Ecology
Energy, environment, climate change and carbon cycle
Clark Bullard, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Simulation and optimization models for technology policy analysis; thermal systems analysis.
Bruce Hannon, Department of Geography, Environmental systems modeling
Atul Jain, Department of Atmospheric Sciences: Energy, land use and Integrated Assessment of climate change
Michael Schlesinger, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate modeling and assessment; Climate Research Group
Don Wuebbles, Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences; Executive Coordinator, School of Earth, Society, and Environment: Atmospheric modeling, climate change
Energy security
Frederick Lamb, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics: Nuclear non-proliferation and arms control
Jürgen Scheffran, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security (ACDIS): Energy security, climate change, complex systems analysis, international security
Clifford Singer, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering; ACDIS: Energy economics, energy and security, advanced propulsion systems, nuclear proliferation
Jeremiah Sullivan, Department of Physics, ACDIS: theoretical physics; nuclear arms control, non-proliferation, international security; science and public policy
Nuclear energy and fossil fuels
Robert Finley, Director Energy and Earth Resources Center, Illinois State Geological Survey: Oil and Gas, FutureGen power plant project, mapping
George Miley, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering: Fusion system, plasma engineering, reactor kinetics, high voltage technology, direct energy conversion, hydrogen energy production
David Ruzic, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering: Experimental fusion research, plasma physics; advanced energy systems
Modeling
GeoDa - Spatial Data Analysis, Spatial Analysis Lab
Integrated Science Assessment Model (ISAM)
Land Use Evolution and Assessment Model (LEAM)
Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL)
Spatial Modeling Environment (SME), National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group: Bioenergetics
Windows Intuitive Model of Vegetation response to Atmospheric and Climate Change (WIMOVAC)
Student initiatives
Engineers Without Borders: projects on wind turbine, biodiesel, renewables in Africa; Biodiesel Initiative
Students for Environmental Concerns
YMCA Friday Forum : What On Earth Are We Doing? Prospects For A Healthy Planet (Fall 2006)
Campus-wide activities
Building Research Council, Green Neighborhood Project, energy efficient homes: James R. Anderson, Kate Brown, Jeff Gordon, William B. Rose, Karen Winter-Nelson, Paul Francisco
Committee on a Sustainable Campus Environment
Energy Subcommittee of the Committee on a Sustainable Campus Environment
Environmental Council Earth and Society Initiative
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
Illinois Natural History Survey
Office of Technology Management, promotes technology development on campus: Fuel Cells, Inventions, Ingenuity, Energy Research
Smart Energy Design Assistance Center
University Strategic Plan (January 2006), includes Illinois Sustainable Energy and the Environment Initiative: President B. Joseph White