2018 - 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Researchers assess Department of Energy CMU VentureWell the future of proton funds CMU project Energy Hackathon exchange membrane using machine learning launches during CMU fuel cells to power renewables Energy Week 2019 PAGE 8 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 DIRECTORS’ LETTER CONTENTS With the passing of another year, the global energy and 2 Highlights Timeline environment outlook continues to challenge us all. There 4 Research Focus Areas have been some bright spots: the adoption of renewable PAGE 8 6 Research Highlights energy technologies continues to grow everywhere, Powering Electric Vehicles there is evidence of state, local and corporate entities 16 Seed Grants taking on responsibilities that are not federally mandated Fuel cell electric vehicles could significantly 17 Engagement and energy and environmental topics are frequently reduce fossil fuel consumption and tailpipe featured in political discourse. However, this past 18 Policy Outreach carbon emissions. year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 23 Featured Events released its landmark report on the near- and long- term PAGE 11 consequences of climate change. We know now more 24 Student News Jay F. Whitacre Improving the Energy Director, Wilton E. Scott than ever that we must respond in full force as soon as 26 Innovation News possible if we are serious about responding to these Efficiency of Mobility Institute for Energy 30 Alumni News Innovation grave threats. Awards from DOE support CMU scientists’ 31 Faculty Affiliates in the News work analyzing drone and vehicle delivery. Trustee Professor in At the Scott Institute, our goal is to commit not only to 32 Energy Fellows Energy, Materials accelerating the transition to a sustainable, low carbon Science & Engineering future, but to also educate others on why our collective 33 Leadership & Staff PAGE 12 and Engineering & effort is imperative. 34 Board of Advisors CMU Energy Week 2019 Public Policy Explores What’s Next 36 Donors & Partners In 2018-2019, our distinguished lecture series, seminars in Energy Innovation and CMU Energy Week (page 12) provided opportunities for students, faculty, industry leaders and government/ More than 900 registrants and nonprofit partners to engage with experts on a variety of 85+ speakers engaged in dialogue national and local issues, and forge strong collaborations. to advance energy technologies. While Carnegie Mellon University is but one player in a PAGE 20 much larger network striving to make a difference, our 12 research and technologies have the potential to make a Sustainability, Energy positive, global impact. Just this year, one of our Senior and the Environment Energy Fellows, Edward S. Rubin, was recognized as the Energy Fellow Nicholas Muller (EPP/Tepper) world’s most prolific and highly cited author of carbon teaches at the intersection of economics capture and storage-related academic publications and environmental policy. Anna J. Siefken (page 7), and we are empowering our students so that Executive Director, they can become the next generation of critical thinkers Wilton E. Scott Institute and problem-solvers tackling the challenges we see today PAGE 28 for Energy Innovation and those we will face tomorrow (page 20). Bringing New Innovations Adjunct Faculty to Market Member, Heinz College As Andrew Carnegie famously said, “My heart is in the Scott Institute and the National Renewable of Information Systems work,” we hope that this impact report reflects this. We Energy Laboratory are catalyzing cleantech and Public Policy are eager to collaborate with you in making the world a better place. We thank you for your attention and please, technologies. don’t hesitate to contact us. PAGE 35 Best Regards, Leading in Climate Change Mitigation From CMU EPP researcher to international scholar, Jim Skea now serves on the Institute’s Advisory Board. HIGHLIGHTS TIMELINE JULY 2018 Scott Institute hosts SEPTEMBER 2018 workshop on “Real-Time U.S. Department of Energy Decision-Making for the awards CMU $2.5 million to Subsurface” with NETL improve energy efficiency of mobility through two projects Scott Institute named as one NOVEMBER 2018 of five “Power Connectors” Neil Donahue, Krzysztof and receives funding to Matyjaszewski and Greg support the national DOE Lowry named among the American-Made Solar Prize world’s most highly cited researchers according to DECEMBER 2018 Clarivate Analytics Engineering and Public Policy Postdoctoral Research Scott Institute Executive The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Associate Michael Whiston Director Anna J. Siefken is presents research on energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University part of City of Pittsburgh storage and participates on a delegation focused on panel with energy experts at addresses the world’s most important energy- global energy solutions for COP24 in Katowice, Poland sustainability in Denmark related challenges by enabling collaborative FEBRUARY 2019 research, strategic partnerships, public Scott Institute Seed policy outreach, entrepreneurship MARCH 2019 Grants for Energy Research and education. Students teams compete in program receives 25 the Scott Institute’s inaugural proposal submissions with As one of CMU’s only university-wide institutes, CMUVentureWell Energy Hackathon approximately $1.7 million during CMU Energy Week 2019 in requested funding from we seek to optimize energy resources, reduce CMU faculty Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator the environmental impacts of energy production (IN2) awards Scott Institute prestigious Channel Partner Award to and use, and develop breakthrough technologies drive cleantech innovation MAY 2019 and solutions that will have meaningful global Faculty Affiliate Krzysztof Faculty affiliate Michael McHenry and Matyjaszewski elected to the impact and to accelerate the transition to a research team win Carnegie Science National Academy of Sciences sustainable, low carbon energy future. Award for Advanced Manufacturing and Materials for their work on permeability engineering through strain annealing JUNE 2019 The Rockefeller Foundation JULY 2019 awards Carnegie Mellon Senior Energy Fellow University, Columbia University Edward Rubin recognized and the Colorado School of by international journal Mines $3.8 million to launch as world’s most prolific the Electricity Growth and and highly cited author of Use In Developing Economies carbon capture and storage- Initiative, an effort to apply data related academic publications science to electricity demand prediction in energy-poor Scott Institute Co-Director emerging economies Andrew Gellman selected to hold International Guest Civil and Environmental Chair as part of the Energy Engineering Ph.D. candidate and Environment Solutions Kelly Good recognized as a Initiative in France Siebel Scholar 2 THE WILTON E. SCOTT INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION BY THE NUMBERS RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS 178 GRADUATES OF ENERGY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM SINCE 2011 NEARLY 150 FACULTY AFFILIATES ACROSS 26 CMU CENTERS 2 AND DEPARTMENTS 1. Energy Technologies: CMU ENERGY Current and Future 2. Resource WEEK 2019: EVENTS NSF FACULTY Efficiency, 261 ORGANIZATIONS EARLY CAREER Policy and AWARD RECIPIENTS High-Performance FROM 23 STATES Renewables Analysis 3. High-Tech AND 3 COUNTRIES 35 Energy and Transportation Energy, EVs, Infrastructure and Computational 87 SPEAKERS Electrification Efficiency of Traditional Fuels and Resource Solutions Energy Storage, Batteries, Recovery 11 PANELS ATTENDEES AT Fuel Cells and Internet of Things (IoT) Environmental 8 KEYNOTES Monitoring, Sensing Grid Modernization, 56 Decarbonization, Carbon and Treatment Energy Planning, System Reliability and Resiliency 2.2 MILLION Capture, Sequestration SEED GRANT and Utilization Energy Policy, Economics ONLINE NEWS VIEWS and Community Building Performance, Urban Planning, Design PROJECTS Enhanced Water and Analytics SUPPORTED Resources Machine Learning, AI, SINCE 2013 Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics for Energy Systems AWARDED $2.6 MILLION High-Performance Computing and LEADING TO KRZYSZTOF MATYJASZEWSKI Data Centers $14.4 MILLION NATIONAL IN FOLLOW-ON OF ACADEMY SCIENCES 2.5K FUNDING 4 THE WILTON E. SCOTT INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY INNOVATION 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT 5 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Krzysztof and Emissions Proposal citing that In the paper how to regulate power plant Matyjaszewski, the economic assumptions made Assessing Carbon discharges (under review in 2019). J.C. Warner in the report resulted in a flawed Pollution Standards: University analysis that will likely increase the Electric Power Ryan Sullivan, Professor of amount of greenhouse gas emitted, Generation associate Natural Sciences in traffic fatalities and congestion. Pathways and Their professor of the Department of Chemistry, and Water Impacts published in Energy MechE and Scott Institute Director and Trustee In Quantifying the Policy, EPP Professors Haibo Zhai Chemistry, Professor in Energy Jay Whitacre, Economic Case for and Ed Rubin* and their colleagues was the first with their research team, Electric Semi-Trucks from Singapore Management in North America to use optical developed a semi-liquid lithium published in ACS University, determined tweezers, a 2018 Nobel Prize- metal-based anode that represents Energy Letters, governmental mandates to winning technique in Physics. This a new paradigm in battery design. MechE Associate decrease CO2 emissions could helps him and his team better * Lithium batteries made using this Professor Venkat Viswanathan also reduce water use in the