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A new professional master’s program will launch at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in fall 2015 and become the first in the world specifically designed to train analytically minded students to evaluate energy efficiency and other resource conservation initiatives.

Energy & Society, Economics

| Leslie Shown

When Mike Arnold thinks about solar energy, he thinks big, as in the “more than one-hundred-million-billion watts of sunlight that the Earth continuously bathes in.” But he also thinks very, very small, exploring how a one-billionth-of-a-meter thick carbon-based nanomaterial could dramatically re

Electricity Systems, Materials, Solar

| Krista Eastman

MADISON – The Mid-west Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) board of directors appointed University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of engineering physics and Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) director Michael Corradini chairman during their October meeting.

Industry

| David Tenenbaum

Scientists today disclosed a new method to convert lignin, a biomass waste product, into simple chemicals.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion

| Scott Gordon

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota, and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3 million grant from the United States Department of Energy.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Industry

| Eric Anderson

On Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, the Wisconsin Energy Institute will host experts from around the world for a day of robust discussions on the energy challenges and opportunities facing cities.

Energy & Society, Policy & Regulation

| Terry Devitt

Trisha Andrew, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of chemistry, is one of 18 early career scientists from around the country named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering.

Electricity Systems, Solar, Storage