Research Sponsors
There are numerous energy related projects ongoing across campus. The following list highlights projects that are sponsored through SEI.
Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is committed to expanding and diversifying the world's energy sources. Chevron Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of Chevron, has formed a strategic research alliance with Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Institute to pursue advanced technology aimed at making cellulosic biofuels and hydrogen viable transportation fuels.
General Electric
GE is dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world's toughest problems. GE Energy, a major division of this global company, sponsored Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Institute and the College of Management in a program designed to train Iraqi Power Plant Managers to assist with rebuilding and modernizing the country's power production infrastructure.
Southern Company
Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Southern Company and Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Insititute are collaborating on a feasibility study to determine if offshore wind power is a viable renewable energy option for power generation in the southeastern United States.
C2 Biofuels
C2 Biofuels is dedicated to commercializing the technology for producing cellulosic ethanol. C2 Biofuels is working closely with Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Institute to develop the initial process technology using southeastern U.S. pine forest resources as a feedstock for ethanol.
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips uses its pioneering spirit to responsibly deliver energy to the world. As the third-largest integrated energy company in the United States, based on market capitalization, oil and natural gas reserves, the company understands its responsibility to deliver energy in a safe, environmentally and socially responsible manner.
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
SAIC is a Fortune 500 scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. SAIC does this with the constant and deliberate commitment to ethical performance and integrity that has marked SAIC since its founding.