Research Collaborations
InfinitEnergy
InfinitEnergy is a unique consortium of academic and industry partners promoting a Coastal Georgia "Partnership for Innovation." This collaboration
was formed with the support of a National Science Foundation grant and is designed to stimulate and promote innovation and economic development in the
field of alternative energy. It is based on an overall multidisciplinary systems approach incorporating socioeconomic/political, as well as
technological elements to study alternative energy systems technology, deployment, and infrastructure.
Learn more about InfinitEnergy →
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
In 2001 Georgia Tech's President Wayne Clough was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). He is currently
a member of the Advanced Energy Technologies subcommittee. The task before us, as President Clough said in the State of the Union, is to develop
technologies that will change the way we power our homes, our businesses and our transportation sector. This requires, among other things, a
significant investment in basic science research and in programs to train and educate the next generation of innovators and inventors who will find
ways for us to further develop and commercialize energy alternatives.
Read a transcript of U.S. Department of Energy PCAST speach →
Download The Energy Imperative, a PCAST Publication (4.1 MB Adobe PDF) →
AtlantIC Alliance for BioPower, BioFuels and Biomaterials
Researchers and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to develop
research and educational programs that envisaged the global importance of energy, environmental, and sustainability issues. With world oil demand
growing, and supplies dwindling, it is apparent that other types of fuels and technologies are needed to address future energy concerns. It is these
challenges that encouraged our multi-institutional consortium — called the AtlantIC Alliance for BioPower, BioFuels and Biomaterials — to meet and
develop a common roadmap from which collaborative research plans and educational opportunities can be developed.
Learn more about the AtlantIC Alliance →