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Daniel Schwartz

Full Name:

Daniel T. Schwartz

Project:

IGERT: Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies Faculty: Project PI

Joined IGERT:

2007

Univ. or Institute:

University of Washington

Department:

Chemical Engineering

Title:

Boeing-Sutter Professor and Department Chairman

Primary Discipline:

Chemical Engineering

Academic Interests:

Electrochemical engineering energy electrochemistry

About Me

My research has two dimensions: (i) Traditional focused research and (ii) integrative energy research. (i) My focused research group in Seattle is called the “Electrochemical Materials and Interfaces Lab”. Our core activities seek to develop, characterize, and optimize the electrochemical materials and interfaces that underpin electrochemical energy conversion devices, photovoltaics, sensors, and microsystems. Current examples include work on water transport in fuel cell gas diffusion electrodes, protein-aided nucleation and growth of materials for photovoltaics and electrocatalysts, as well as microfabrication via electrodeposition. (ii) At the same time, as part of IGERT, I lead interdisciplinary energy research projects in collaboration with Native American communities. These applied projects expose students to the full energy life-cycle, from extraction of natural resources to the logistics and engineering of systems that convert and distribute those resources to the market. A key element is learning directly about the impacts of energy development on the environment and communities, helping IGERT students form a personal understanding of “sustainable societies”.

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