Industry Innovation Program at UCF Distributes Inaugural Awards to Fund Research in Sustainable Energy and Energy Grid Resilience The collaboration between UCF, Florida High Tech Corridor and Duke Energy collectively awards $375,000 to advance five faculty and student research projects.
Making Homes Smarter, Cooler and Cleaner UCF researchers explore ways to retrofit air conditioning systems to help all of us reduce our costs and carbon output, comfortably.
UCF Researchers Lead $1.5M Project to Improve Efficiency of Solar Cells The project is one of 19 selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to fulfill President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
UCF Research Team Moves to Build Mobile Resilience Hubs for Local Neighborhoods The team, led by Kelly Stevens, will take its designs and data from Phase 1 of the project and implement them into fully built and tested trailers that will serve residents in need during future emergencies.
Startup M2X Energy Partners with UCF’s FSEC, Aims to Convert Greenhouse Gases into Low-carbon Methanol The startup-university partnership is creating a technology to convert stranded gas methane, which is a common byproduct of oil production, to methanol, that can be used in low-carbon fuels and other materials.
UCF Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Establish Local Resiliency Hubs The $50,000 award allows the university’s team to develop the project with government and community partners.
New Tool Calculates Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings RESNET’s new tool is called the CO2e Rating Index and is the first of its kind.
UCF, Mitsubishi Power Elevate Partnership in National Push for Hydrogen-Based Clean Energy UCF and Mitsubishi Power to co-host hydrogen forum Sept. 8 to address hydrogen’s role in the nation’s push to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.
UCF Professor Receives National Medal from His Home Country, the Republic of Azerbaijan The honor represents the 100th anniversary of diplomatic service for the Republic and is awarded for diplomatic excellence to Nazim Muradov.
FSEC Energy Research Center Program Director Recognized by Congress Muthusamy Swami was honored for his contributions to the field of building energy conservation and climate change, as well as his leadership in the local community.
