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Energy and Environment

Energy and Environment. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering Judy Raper and Usha Varshney. Outline. Global need NSF investments Engineering Directorate Programs and initiatives Typical projects. Daily Oil Production. Source: Chicago Tribune. Daily Oil Consumption.

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Energy and Environment

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  1. Energy and Environment National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering Judy Raper and Usha Varshney

  2. Outline • Global need • NSF investments • Engineering Directorate • Programs and initiatives • Typical projects

  3. Daily Oil Production Source: Chicago Tribune

  4. Daily Oil Consumption

  5. Energy Demand An Escalating Concern Billion Metric Tons • Energy consumption has soared over the past 50 years, tripling in the United States, and demand is predicted to escalate. • Global energy consumption in 2004 averaged 14.5 terawatts. By the year 2030 that consumption is expected to increase to 23 terawatts. Energy Consumption by Fuel 1980-2030, DOE Annual Energy Outlook 2006

  6. NSF Investments • From $20 million in FY 2003, to $53 million in FY 2005 • FY05 Investments • Individual Principal Investigators (19) • Multidisciplinary teams, NIRT (14) • Centers (2) • CalTech - Materials Science and Hydrogen Storage • University of South Carolina - Fuel Cell Research • Major facilities and instrumentation (16) • Education grants (11) • SBIR/STTR (39) • CAREER (24) • GOALI (6) • SGER (15)

  7. ENG: Energy Related Programs and PDs • Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental & Transport Processes (CBET) • Environmental Sustainability (Cindy Lee) • Energy for Sustainability (Vacant) • Civil, Mechanical,& Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) • Geoenvironmental and Geohazard Mitigation (Rick Fragaszy) • Service Enterprise Engineering (Matthew Realff) • Electrical, Communications & Cyber Systems (ECCS) • Power and Energy Systems and Networks (Vacant)

  8. Future Impact • Continue to Support Proposals for Alternative Energy • Environment Friendly • Reduce Air Pollution • Cost Effective • Monetary • Planetary • Power and Energy Systems and Networks • Interdependencies of Power and Energy on Critical Infrastructures • Power Drives • Sustainable Energy Production • Solar: new materials, devices, systems and manufacturing processes for photovoltaics • Wind: fundamental understanding of wind with the blade structure

  9. Future Impact • Sustainable Energy Production (continued) • Hydrogen: hydrogen from biomass • Renewable and Alternate Energy Sources • Fuel Cells • Low temperature systems: new membrane materials for increased durability • High temperature systems: new solid electrolyte materials • Paradigm Shift on Energy Use • Education • Incentives

  10. Typical Projects and Ideas • Multiple Power Converter Systems • Hydrogen-Electric Power Park • Solar Powered Cell Tower Generator • Ocean Electric Energy Extraction • Multiple-Dye Luminescent Solar Concentrators • Efficient Organic Solar Cells • Solar-Thermal-Electric Power Generation • Reverse Selective Membrane for Hydrogen Purification • Cathodic Reaction in PEM Fuel Cells • New Sorbents for Ultrapurification of Transportation Fuels Benny D. Freeman, UT Austin Umit S. Ozkan, Ohio State U Ralph T. Yang, U Michigan

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