Energy News – Institute for Energy Solutions

Institute for Energy Solutions Celebrates IES Summerworks Internship Display!

Throughout the summer this year, high school student Khalil Pinjari prepared an interactive energy display which is now housed at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. His display features 5 interactive stations and IES encourages you to visit the display if and when you have time. The display will be kept up as long as it can endure the windy and rainy weather this late summer, but it will be taken down by the beginning of September. If you have questions or comments for the display, please reach out to [email protected].

The Engineering Education Research Program is welcoming EER Affiliate Faculty

University of Michigan’s Engineering Education Research (EER) Program is growing and is encouraging faculty who engage in engineering education research, work with EER students, or participate in EER seminars to join their EER Affiliate Faculty group. If you are interested in joining, fill out their short google form or click “Become an EER Affiliate Faculty Member” on their EER Affiliate Faculty page. By joining as EER Affiliate Faculty, you will be added to the EER website as well as be included on their email group.

IES Embraces the Ann Arbor Community

In June, 2024, IES welcomed our Summerworks intern, Khalil Pinjari, to work on an interactive energy display to be housed at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens this summer for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. IES hopes that this display will help connect us further to the Ann Arbor community who visits the gardens. Please stay tuned to see updates on the interactive project, which will showcase an introduction to several energy concepts from August 5th until early September.

IES Celebrates Vennema Professor Emeritus Ian Hiskens

IES wants to celebrate Vennema Professor Emeritus Ian Hiskens in his new appointment as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, beginning next week. Read more details about his new appointment and other IEEE news.

Congratulations!

Phoenix Project: From Kikuchi to Fastest Path

Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences (NERS) is hosting An International Symposium on Sociotechnical Research on Nuclear Technology November 7-8, 2024. The event aims to take stock of how far we have come in the path towards meaningful sociotechnical work in nuclear spaces. Papers are encouraged on a variety of multidisciplinary nuclear themes. Abstracts have been accepted through June 1, 2024. All detailed information can be found here.

University Proceeds with Plan for Campus Solar Power Projects

The University Record’s Adam Fisher reports on the plans to construct on-campus solar power installations with a capacity of 25 megawatts across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses. On May 16th, Radial Power was selected through a comprehensive RFP process to lead the effort for design and build of the installations. Read more from The University Record.

Life is Better by the Lakes

SEAS and the Erb Institute published the Life is Better by the Lakes report on the Priority Climate Action Plans in the Great Lakes Region. The report is released in conjunction with the Michigan Climate Conference May 16-17. Climate Action sectors reviewed by the Priority Climate Action Plans include electricity generation, industry, transportation, buildings, agriculture/natural and working lands, and waste management. This analysis summarizes the plans and variances between them across different jurisdictional levels.

Notable Funding Opportunities

Now available: Funding Opportunity webpage! The funding opportunities IES publishes through email, newsletters, and this page are included in a new funding opportunities page. See the new page!