| IGERT Story |
10/21/14 |
Researchers send electricity, light along same super-thin wire |
IGERT: Distributed Renewable Energy: From Science and... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
09/22/14 |
Faculty member to present at Acoustical Society of America... |
IGERT: Soft Material Robotics |
Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging |
| IGERT Story |
09/19/14 |
Faculty member receives Army Research Office grants |
IGERT: Soft Material Robotics |
Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging |
| Highlight |
09/05/14 |
Promising new approach to the production of hydrocarbon fuels... |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Highlight |
09/05/14 |
Paper published in AIChE Journal |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Highlight |
09/04/14 |
Promising new nanoscale catalyst synthesized for fuel production |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Highlight |
09/04/14 |
Paper published in Industrial & Engineering and Chemistry Research |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
06/23/14 |
Hines Interviewed in National Public Radio |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| IGERT Story |
06/10/14 |
Trainee wins Green Fee Grant through the University of... |
IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
06/06/14 |
IGERT Affiliate wins Pike Powers Energy Research Fellowship Competition |
IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
05/06/14 |
Modeling Soft Robot Motion in Zurich |
IGERT: Soft Material Robotics |
Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging |
| IGERT Story |
05/06/14 |
Increasing the Efficiency of Robot Locomotion |
IGERT: Soft Material Robotics |
Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging |
| IGERT Story |
04/22/14 |
UT Austin IGERT Students Study Abroad |
IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
04/22/14 |
IGERT Alumni Presenting at Austin Energy Symposium |
IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| IGERT Story |
04/07/14 |
Hot Couture |
IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience |
| IGERT Story |
02/07/14 |
Students Compete for UCLA’s Student Grand Challenge Competition |
Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Highlight |
02/04/14 |
SD IGERT Students Team-teach an Introductory Chemistry Course and... |
Nanostructured Solar Cells: Materials, Processes and... |
Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
A FEW (Food, Energy, and Water) Ideas for the... |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Agents of Change projects part of IGERT program |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Analysis of power system with high wind energy penetration |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Biogeochemistry Bootcamp course held |
IGERT: From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Case study of potential offshore wind development site in... |
IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Catalyst layers in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Certificate in sustainable bioenergy offered |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Class project evaluates nanomaterial health risks |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Collaboration with ORNL results in publication |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Course on cross-scale observations and experimentation |
IGERT: From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Course requires students to develop case studies |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Cross-scales biogeochemical modeling course begins |
IGERT: From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Design standards for floating wind turbines |
IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Development of a dc-based topology for offshore wind farms |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Development of field-effect and light-emitting transistors |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Ecosystem-scale greenhouse gas emissions from subtropical pasturelands |
IGERT: From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Ethics course discusses research misconduct, science and society, and... |
IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Experimental realization of Hofstadters Butterfly |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Experiments in silicon photonics |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Feasibility of biofuel and biochar production from waste materials |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Fellow wins 2012 New Venture Competition |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
First-year trainees prepare for international program |
IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN) |
Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Science |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Graduates begun professional careers abroad |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Greener Solutions program promotes the adoption of more sustainable... |
IGERT: Systems Approach to Green Energy (SAGE) |
Device Development, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
High thermal conductivity conjugated polymer nanofibers |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Hydrogen physisorption in metal-decorated silsesquioxane matrices |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
IGERT course gains in interest and enrollment across campus |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
IGERT course now designated as university course |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
IGERT focuses on trainee recruitment |
IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN) |
Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
IGERT helps students gain new knowledge in many different... |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
IGERT participating program in a NSF grant award |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Industry scientists invited to campus |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Interdisciplinary introduction to Green Chemistry course |
IGERT: Systems Approach to Green Energy (SAGE) |
Device Development, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Interdisciplinary research project focuses on denitrification |
IGERT: From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Interdisciplinary seminar series |
IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Interdisciplinary seminar series on renewable energy |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Interdisciplinary thinking moves trainee project forward |
IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN) |
Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
International student conference of the Optical Society of America |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Internships facilitate international research collaborations |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Materials for Energy Systems and Energy Policy course |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Meetings focus on academic and professional development presentations |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Microscale optical clocks |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New class on energy policy |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New graduate course on research ethics offered |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New materials for nanogenerators and piezotronics |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New method to detect surface flaws on a wind... |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New shared laboratory dedicated to IGERT research in biorefining |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
New wind energy courses developed |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Novel computational approach for assessing electric grid reliability |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Novel opto-electronic and non-linear integrated devices for silicon photonics |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Participant awarded NSF REU |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Ph.D. degree program in Wind Energy Science, Engineering and... |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Policy effectiveness and cost in driving higher wind penetration |
IGERT: A New PhD Program in Wind Energy Science,... |
Energy |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Poster exhibit showcases fellows' work |
IGERT: Offshore Wind Energy Engineering, Environmental... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Poster session showcases scientific efforts |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Program connects students with multiple faculty contacts |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Program facilitates collaboration across institutions |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Project to identify cyanobacterial proteins |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
'Promoting Sustainable Transportation among Teens' project |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Publications, patent applications, and conference presentations |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Reducing and managing energy use and CO2 emissions in... |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Research collaborations lead to several publications |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Results of collaborative work at American Chemical Society meeting |
IGERT: ConvEne--Conversion of Energy Through Molecular... |
Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Seminar Series facilitates research communication |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
STAIR seminar features range of topics and disciplines |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Statistically-unbiased random number generation |
IGERT: Engineering Photons for a Sustainable Future |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Students learn complex systems theory in project-based courses |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals by Biorefining |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Three new courses developed for trainees |
IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN) |
Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee authors chapter in book |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee co-writes paper on federal bioenergy policy |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee participates in workshops with supercomputers at ORNL |
IGERT: STAIR: Sustainable Technology through Advanced... |
Climate Change, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee partners with LANL on wind power |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee publishes first article |
IGERT: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable... |
Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee receives fellowship |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee receives McLeod Award for work as graduate teaching... |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee receives Quijote annual prize |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee uses crowdsourcing to explore energy inefficiencies |
IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy |
Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainee wins IGERT prize |
IGERT: Natural-Human Systems in the Urbanizing Tropics |
Bioinformatics, Biological Evolution, Civil Infrastructure, Climate Change, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sustainability, Water |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainees analyze net metering |
IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... |
Energy, Nanoscience |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainees, associates recognized for research |
IGERT: Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production... |
Energy, Sustainability |
| Achievement |
12/03/13 |
Trainees conduct reviews of green energy technologies |
IGERT: Systems Approach to Green Energy (SAGE) |
Device Development, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions, Nanoscience, Sustainability |
