Objective of the workshop:
The purpose of the event is to explore potential joint UK US applied research projects around clean energy/energy management issues within three focus areas - biofuels including algal and hydrogen, energy storage and conversion (batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen etc) and energy management particularly in the built environment. The aim is to discover potential links between UK and US academics which together would look to develop solutions to the issues which can be commercialized. These foci areas are being honed further as we identify specific issues within these subject areas. The workshop is not an opportunity to formally present research but more the opportunity to explore its relevance and synergy with UK and US academics to hopefully stimulate collaboration and identify projects which can be developed as research proposals that are based around one or more of the identified theme areas. Ideally the projects will leverage the expertise of a few of the attending institutions with collaborators from both the UK and the US. Projects ideally would be applied, with the potential to be commercially relevant.
Aim of the Workshop:
- Link up UK and US based researchers with complementary, synergistic and relevant expertise and research interests;
- Identify at least 3 tangible collaborative applied research opportunities and potential projects where the associated researchers are motivated to work together (many of the projects are likely to be multi- disciplinary);
- Begin to explore how these potential projects can be developed and secure research funding.
| UK Participants | US Participants |
| Bath Prof Gary Hawley Dr Matt Davidson Dr Tim Mays Bristol: Dr Alan Champneys Dr Bernard Stark Prof Nick Lieven Southampton: Dr Alex Rogers Dr John Owens Surrey: Prof Bob Slade Dr John Varcoe |
Boston
University Uday Pal Clark University Charles Agosta University of Connecticut Senjie Lin Prabhakar Singh University of Massachusetts Paul Kostecki John Miller Northeastern University Sanjeev Mukerjee SUNY at Binghamton M. Stanley Whittingham WPI John McNeill Grant McGimpsey Chris Lambert Ravi Datta Yale University Victor Batista |
Clean Energy Workshop agenda
Monday 9th November 2009
Muse Salon & Alexis Gallery, The Marlowe Hotel, Boston,
| Time | Activity |
| 09.30 | Participants Registration & Refreshments |
| 10.30 | Welcome, Introduction & Networking |
| Why
are we here? Outline of previous experience and hoped outcomes |
|
| Understanding
the Research Challenges Networking and discovery session Focussing around posters and themes |
|
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Sources
of funding Presentation and Q&A |
| Selecting
areas for possible research collaboration Review of ideas generated during morning session |
|
| Developing
potential collaboration projects Small groups to develop outline plans Feedback & plenary review of recommendations |
|
| 17.00 | Closing comments and move to reception |
| 18.00 | Networking Reception |
| 19.30 | Reception / Workshop Close |
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UK Universities Environmental Research Centres
- University of Bath
I-SEE Institute for Sustainable Energy & the Environment
- University of Bristol
BRITE BRIsTol Environmental Futures Institute
- University of Southampton
SUNRISE: Southampton University Research Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment
- University of Surrey
Centre for Environmental Strategy
