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

Recruiting, Outreach, and Work Force Training

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, kuh@hawaii.edu

Mahalo!!