{"679724":{"#nid":"679724","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Powering Up","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 20 years, Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrategic Energy Institute (SEI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has brought together campus researchers who collectively develop better ways to meet the energy needs of\u0026nbsp;today and tomorrow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese days, that amounts to more than 1,000 people. Georgia Tech faculty are creating advanced communications and information systems, sensing and control approaches, and transmission and energy storage technologies that will make the nation\u2019s power distribution systems more efficient and cost-effective. Their research also focuses on integrating renewable energy sources and electric vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs the nation\u2019s largest technologically focused university, Georgia Tech is playing an integral role in developing solutions that enable more equitable, lower cost, and cleaner generation, storage, distribution, and utilization of energy,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s interim executive vice president for research. Lieuwen knows SEI better than anyone: he had been its executive director since 2012 until stepping in this summer as interim leader of Tech\u2019s entire research enterprise.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech researchers are not just helping to create cleaner, more efficient fuel options or mitigate the environmental impact of conventional energy supplies. They also are creating better performing, more economically viable energy options,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work at SEI and across Georgia Tech has helped make the state of Georgia one of the nation\u2019s leaders in clean energy, battery technology, and energy sustainability. It\u2019s attracting numerous companies to invest in research and development in the state, including Hyundai, SK Battery America, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/23b-qcells-solar-power-investment-holds-major-potential-georgia\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Esolar panel maker Qcells\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\/2024\/fall\/powering-up#leading-the-charge\u0022\u003ERead Full Article on the College of Engineering Webpage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Our researchers are creating new technologies that pollute less and store more energy \u2014 while also ensuring the manufacturing process is clean."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor 20 years, Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrategic Energy Institute (SEI)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E has brought together campus researchers who collectively develop better ways to meet the energy needs of\u0026nbsp;today and tomorrow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese days, that amounts to more than 1,000 people. Georgia Tech faculty are creating advanced communications and information systems, sensing and control approaches, and transmission and energy storage technologies that will make the nation\u2019s power distribution systems more efficient and cost-effective. Their research also focuses on integrating renewable energy sources and electric vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs the nation\u2019s largest technologically focused university, Georgia Tech is playing an integral role in developing solutions that enable more equitable, lower cost, and cleaner generation, storage, distribution, and utilization of energy,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/people\/timothy-charles-lieuwen\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s interim executive vice president for research. Lieuwen knows SEI better than anyone: he had been its executive director since 2012 until stepping in this summer as interim leader of Tech\u2019s entire research enterprise.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Our researchers are creating new technologies that pollute less and store more energy \u2014 while also ensuring the manufacturing process is clean."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-01-17 22:46:20","changed_gmt":"2025-01-17 22:51:54","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676069":{"id":"676069","type":"image","title":"Powering-Up-webHeader.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EImage with GT researchers Tequila Harris, Matt McDowell, Anna Erickson, Wenting Sun, Valerie Thomas, Adam Steinberg, and Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1737153996","gmt_created":"2025-01-17 22:46:36","changed":"1737153996","gmt_changed":"2025-01-17 22:46:36","alt":"Image with GT researchers Tequila Harris, Matt McDowell, Anna Erickson, Wenting Sun, Valerie Thomas, Adam Steinberg, and Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena","file":{"fid":"259777","name":"Powering-Up-webHeader.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/Powering-Up-webHeader.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/Powering-Up-webHeader.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":896934,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/17\/Powering-Up-webHeader.jpg?itok=nJjwQ_GB"}}},"media_ids":["676069"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/magazine\/2024\/fall\/powering-up","title":"Read Story on CoE webpage"}],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer (maderer@gatech.edu)\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EDirector of Communications, College of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}