Energy and Environment Affiliates Program
Overview of the Affiliates Program
Program Objectives
- Engage companies and other organizations in the Initiative.
- Encourage organizations to participate and provide a real-world perspective.
- Team faculty and graduate students with industry representatives on research projects.
- Provide financial support for the Initiative's activities and infrastructure.
- Select focal areas which represent rich opportunities for developing timely and appropriate solutions.
- Create a forum where companies, foundations, and universities can exchange best practices and pursue out-of-the-box ideas.
- Foster more rapid commercialization of working solutions.
The Energy and Environment Affiliates Program is a partnership between member industrial firms and Stanford University.
The program supports advanced research, policy study, outreach, and education across a broad range of issues at the intersection of energy and environmental science, technology, and policy. In addition, it provides a means for member organizations to not only directly support our activities, but to be involved more closely than they could otherwise with Stanford's research activities in these areas.
Featured Research
Nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery
Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Stanford researcher Yi Cui sees many uses for this new way of storing electricity.
Revolutionary Solar Energy Conversion Process Developed
A new process that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could offer more than double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology. The process, called "photon enhanced thermionic emission," or PETE, could reduce the costs of solar energy production enough for it to compete with oil as an energy source.
Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean
Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data about these gorgeous, threatened fish and the ocean habitats they move through.
Related Sites
The Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) facilitates education and research on advanced materials in science and engineering.
The Woods Institute is pioneering innovative approaches to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century.
The Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) engages in a broad-ranging, interdisciplinary program of research and education on energy.
