Sustaining Success
The University of Delaware's dairy farm serves as a model for farmers in the region and leads the way in utilizing the latest green methods of farming and green technology.
Climate scientists, philosophers, economists, ethicists and students gathered at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 to discuss the ways in which humans should respond to climate change, as part of a conference titled, "The Ethics of Climate Change: Intergenerational Justice and the Global Challenge." (http://sepp.dbi.udel.edu/CJprogram.html)
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Leaders in sustainabilty research at UD
John Byrne is a Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and director of UD's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy and member of a working group within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/oct/nobels102507.html
UD is operating a hydrogen-powered bus on a regular shuttle route through a $1.7 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant awarded in 2007. Principal investigator is Ajay Prasad, professor of mechanical engineering, and co-investigators are Ardeshir Faghri, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Suresh Advani, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/bus040907.html
Two UD professors are part of a research team that was awarded a $4.6 million research grant by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2007 to find ways in which hydrogen fuel cells can be made less costly and more stable by using materials such as tungsten carbide modified with low concentrations of platinum instead of pure platinum. Jingguang Chen, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, and Brian Willis, assistant professor of chemical engineering, will be working in conjunction with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Ballard Power Systems, a fuel cell manufacturer.
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/mar/cells030607.html
Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by UD in 2007 achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions. That number is a significant advance and demonstrates an important milestone on the path to the 50 percent efficiency goal set by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The investigators are Allen Barnett, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Christiana Honsberg, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
A Sustainable UD seeks to promote all University of Delaware faculty and researchers whose research and scholarship offer new solutions to local, regional and global environmental challenges. We welcome your feedback in selecting these leaders:ud-sustainability@udel.edu