integrated education and research energy programs at uh prof. and chair tony kuh dept. of electrical...
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Integrated Education and Research Energy Programs at UH
Prof. and Chair Tony KuhDept. of Electrical Engineering
Director REIS CenterJune 4, 2010
Outline Renewable Energy and Island Sustainability (REIS) Center
Goals and Personnel
Funding
DOE workforce training
Education
Research
Outreach Energy Programs UH COE/ HECO relationships
REIS Goals Multidisciplinary team formed to conduct cutting edge renewable
energy and island sustainability research
Obtain sustained funding from (NSF, DOE, military)
Become internationally recognized program Develop REIS program to educate students in renewable energy and
sustainability and provide work force for Hawaii, USA, and globally Work with state of Hawaii and industry to help with renewable
energy and energy efficiency goals Develop experimental lab: Green Holmes Hall Initiative Recruit undergraduates, K-12 students, underrepresented students
into REIS program
REIS Members O. Boric-Lubecke- EE M. Burkett - Law B.-H. Chao- ME M. Coffman- RUP D. Garmire- EE M. Ghasemi Nejhad-ME R. Ghorbani- ME P. Johnson- ICS A. Kavcic- EE D. Konan- Econ S. Khanal- MBBE A. Kuh - EE
B. Y. Liaw- HNEI E. Miller- HNEI D. Nakafuji - HECO A. Ohta- EE W. Qu- ME D. Rockwood – Arch. N. Tarui- Econ M. Teng- CEE S. Turn- HNEI S. Yamada- Business X. Zhou- EE R. McGehee- Admin. Asst.
Members from 8 schools/ colleges and11 units
Funding Support Internal: $1M Sustainability Grant from UHM
VCRGE Gary Ostrander External: $2.5M DOE workforce training (STEPS) Other: NSF, DOD, ARPA E, State, Industry and
private
Research Proposal Structure Large: Center grants and proposals
UHM Internal: Sustainability grant 6/9-5/11
DOE Workforce Training (WFT) (HECO is a partner, 5/10-6/13)
NSF IGERT: Applied for pre-proposal Targeted Research Proposals: Group Target Research Proposals: Small proposals
REIS DOE workforce training goals Form new interdisciplinary graduate education and
research program in renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grids, and sustainability
A major focus on Hawaii energy problems Students will obtain broad education in engineering,
technology, and social science with depth in one of several areas
Fundamental and applied research will be conducted Recruit and retain underrepresented students Work with energy and sustainability companies in
Hawaii and state government to help provide workforce
Educational Curriculum Course Breadth and Depth: Students will take two core courses
in RE and sustainability (one with engineering focus, one with social science focus) and have depth in one of several areas:
Materials, devices, and manufacturing
Systems, integration, and smart grid
Sustainable infrastructure
Biofuels and bioenergy
Energy economics Several new graduate courses plus existing courses on RE,
energy efficiency, smart grids, and sustainability. Background courses will be weaved into curriculum
Educational Activities continued Student would obtain (MS, PhD) in department plus REIS
certificate Industry experience: students encouraged to work in Hawaiian
energy and sustainability companies (summer interns, Coop students)
Multidisciplinary research: Projects will be group oriented requiring multiple disciplines
Undergraduate RE course Undergraduate research projects Develop short courses with HECO (community based and more
technical courses addressing needs) Seminar series
GraduateStudentsGraduateStudents
UGStudents
UGStudents
CEIS Graduate Courses
CEIS Graduate Courses
CEIS Research Projects
CEIS Research Projects
FacultyFaculty
EngineersEngineers
CommunityCommunity
Short CoursesShort Courses
SeminarsSeminars
UG RE CourseUG RE Course
InternshipsInternships
participant
coordinatoror lecturer
both
Recruitment, Retention, and Outreach Recruit UG students through design projects and Green
Holmes Hall Initiative Special attention given to underrepresented students
Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentorship Program (NHSEMP)
Society of Women Engineering (SWE), Women in Technology
Retention through a sense of academic community, mentorship, and cultural knowledge
Outreach: REIS faculty and students interface with community and recruit K-12 students into STEM
Research Clusters Smart micro-grids: A. Kavcic, P. Johnson, X. Zhou, P. Santhanam,
A. Kuh, D. Nakafuji Energy Sustainable Buildings: D. Rockwood, W. Qu, D. Garmire Nanotechnology Production and Storage: M.Ghasemi Nejhad, A.
Ohta, D. Garmire, B. Liaw, E. Miller Wave Energy: R. Ghorbani, M. Teng Human Energy Harvesting: O. Boric-Lubecke, A. Ohta, V. Lubecke,
E. Miller Biofuels: S. Turn, S. Khanal Energy economics and sustainability: D. Konan, N. Tarui, M.
Coffman RE applications: R. Ghorbani, W. Qu
REIS Program Constituents
REISFaculty ISAC
ViceChancellorOstrander
REISStudentsOther UHM
faculty, students
Federal Funding Agencies Hawaii State Industry
InternationalInstitutions
ExternalEvaluators
External Collaborators Academic: CMU, Hong Kong Univ. Imperial College,
Manitoba Univ., Tokyo Institute of Technology Industry: HECO Industry, institutions, and labs that have written
support letters: DBEDT, HREDV, Better Place, WIT, NHSEMP, ORNL
Looking for more partnerships to write collaborative proposals and to work on joint research and education projects.
Other Activities Experimental component: Green Holmes Hall
Initiative (GHHI), renewable energy generation, monitoring environmental conditions at UH (spatially and temporally)
Commercialization of research (HREDV): wave energy generator, water desalinization using solar power
Industry and private partnerships: donations
UH COE Energy Programs Budget situation: 2009-2010, roughly 12% budget cuts
plus hiring freezes In EE, ME, CEE for 2009-2010 likely to have six
faculty retire or resign Chancellor Hinshaw: cluster hiring in important
areas, mentioned sustainability COE will submit proposal to hire in energy area:
Could involve all three departments: EE, ME, CEE
Could also partner with other departments: Economics
EE Program Will reestablish energy and power program in EE Looking to hire faculty with expertise in power systems
/ power electronics with good understanding of smart grids and renewable energy
Will develop undergraduate power systems and power electronics labs
Will develop smart grid lab to interface with renewable energy generation on Holmes Hall roof and also simulate grid (using hardware and software tools)
Current Activities Have REIS funds to bring in visitor to help with REIS
educational and research activities ONR funds (subcontract from HNEI) are being used to help
develop power and energy program
Hire visiting faculty member to teach power and energy courses and labs
Purchase equipment for power and energy labs Part of Univ. of Minn. DOE WFT STEPS program to develop
national UG energy systems program On organizing committee to hold a ECEDHA Energy and Power
Workshop in Washington DC (Universities, Utilities, Industry, National Energy Labs)
UH COE/ HECO Activities Collaborative research and education activities
Grants: DOE WFT: UH lead/ HECO assisting
Proposals: NSF CPS GOALI: UH lead/ HECO assisting, DOE FOA 313: HECO lead/UH assisting
Support letters: for many other proposals
Joint presentations: Grid Comforum, 6th Annual Carnegie Mellon Conference on the Electricity Industry, 2010 APCESE Education Session
Submitted joint papers to IEEE Smart Grid Conference, World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives
Summer interns
Contact information
REIS homepage: http://reis.manoa.hawaii.edu
Tony Kuh: 956-7527, [email protected]
Mahalo!!