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The Center for Energy Research was established at UC San Diego in 1972 to develop solutions for the growing challenges of energy supply and utilization in our society.
09/23/2019
UCSD CER director Dr. Jan Kleissl visited the DIII-D National Fusion Facility and met with the UCSD CER researchers. UCSD team of collaborators is on of the largest groups working on this nuclear fusion experiment. Dr. Rick Moyer and Dr. Eric Hollmann accompanied Dr Kleissl on a tour of the DIII-D tokamak. @ UC San Diego
09/23/2019
08/27/2019
Cummins Partners with the University of California San Diego on Second-Life Battery Development Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today announced a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and its battery validatio
08/21/2019
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08/19/2019
https://mailchi.mp/7a59060c1ea0/2019_sno_conference-3020125
CER Seminar: Vacuum Electron Devices: History & Modern Apps. | Aug. 21, 11am in SERF 329 Abstract: Vacuum electronics remains a vibrant and evolving field with a healthy commercial market as well as extensive research and development efforts around the world. The history and basic principles of vacuum electronic devices will be discussed. Examples of modern applications of conventi...
08/05/2019
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298978&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
A good first step toward nontoxic solar cells Engineers discover lead-free perovskite semiconductor for solar cells
08/05/2019
https://mailchi.mp/53908f891f7e/2019_sno_conference
Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's - SNO 2019 Conference This year’s SNO conference will focus on looking forward in time to understand where nanotechnology is making the most significant environmental and sustainable scientific breakthroughs and demonstrate how applications using nanotechnology can be sustainably developed between 2020 to 2030. A group...
05/29/2019
TODAY! MAE/CER Energy Seminar w/speaker Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain | EBU2 479 11am-12pm ABSTRACT The properties of simple materials are well understood, under normal conditions. As pressure increases, atoms are brought closer together and become strongly coupled. Atomic orbitals start to overlap, enhancing the mobility of electrons, which are now quantum degenerate. This state, called....