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Energy and Environment
National Science FoundationDirectorate for Engineering
Judy Raper and Usha Varshney
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Outline
Global needNSF investmentsEngineering DirectoratePrograms and initiativesTypical projects
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Daily Oil Production
Source:Chicago Tribune
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Daily Oil Consumption
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Energy Demand An Escalating Concern
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
Billion Metric Tons
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
Ralph T. Yang, U Michigan
Umit S. Ozkan, Ohio State U
Benny D. Freeman, UT Austin
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Questions