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Current research in the area of biofuels includes a major R&D program with Solix Biofuels and the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab to develop photobioreactors for the mass production of algae as a biodiesel feedstock. Designing and building a Photobioreactor...
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The vision of Solix Biofuels is to unlock the complex secrets of one of the simplest organisms on Earth, microalgae, to create a commercially viable biofuel that will play a vital role in solving climate change and petroleum scarcity, without competing...
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Colorado State's EECL is actively working with Envirofit International to design low cost, high performance cookstoves for the developing world. Indoor air pollution from cookstoves causes over 1.5 million premature deaths each year. Through support...
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The Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University has a 15 year history in developing products which improve engine efficiency and reduce harmful emissions from engines as small as 1 hp to as large as 2500 hp. As the quest for...
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A major source of outdoor air pollution is carbureted two-stroke engines, which power 100 million "two-wheelers" (e.g. motorcycles, scooters) and "three-wheelers" (e.g. tricycles, "tuk-tuks") across Southeast Asia. Nathan...
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Envirofit is clearing the air and saving fuel in the Philippines by retrofitting dirty two-stroke engines with clean, fuel-efficient direct injection technology.
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Dr. Bryan Willson, Director of Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, discusses their work with two co-located partners. Spirae's InteGrid laboratory ranks among the world’s most advanced centers for test and development...
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Research at the Energy and Engines Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University focuses on Fuels, Energy Conversion, and Energy Distribution. Applications are concentrated in transportation, air quality, indoor air quality, village energy systems...
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Other biodegradable plastics utilize expensive, limited, food feedstocks and costly biological production processes. Novomer re-uses carbon dioxide as a major input in a low-cost, precision-quality, chemical process that produces a class of uniform polymers...
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Som Mitra, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and environmental science at New Jersey Institute of Technology, is experimenting with polymers that when dissolved in a solvent become like a paint, and thus can be used as a coating. Solar cells can be inexpensively...
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Developing organic solar cells from polymers is a cheap and potentially simple alternative energy. New Jersey Institute of Technology's Dr. Somenath Mitra has developed solar cells that use a carbon nanotube complex. Nanotubes are 50,000 times smaller...
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MIRTHE is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center headquartered at Princeton University, with partners City College New York, Johns Hopkins University, Rice, Texas A&M, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The center...
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QC lasers are a rapidly evolving class of high-performamce, mid-infrared, semiconductor light sources. They offer considerable wavelength tunability, high output power, high-speed modulation capabilities and may be fabricated in several different materials...
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AFS Trinity Power has developed two fully operational XH-150 SUV prototypes using off-the-shelf components that make it possible for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to achieve 150 MPG, go 40 miles in all-electric mode, and use gasoline for additional...
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This premium sports sedan's Q DRIVE configuration consists of a small gasoline engine that turns the generator, which charges the lithium ion battery pack, powering the electric motor and turning the rear wheels. This proprietary design allows consumers...