A University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor known for his work in chemical process monitoring and control, a chemical engineering alumnus who is a leader in the pharmaceutical industry, an environmental engineer who has made significant contributions to water c

Grassland bioenergy could be a win-win for Wisconsin’s farmers and its wildlife. A new University of Wisconsin—Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources study shows that converting marginal farmlands to perennial grassland biofuel crops could spell big gains for both landowners a

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Energy & Society, Environmental Studies

When you’re on the go and your smartphone battery is low, in the not-so-distant future you could charge it simply by plugging it into your shoe.

Electricity Systems, Storage

On January 15th, 2016 a collaborative team led by UW–Madison’s Grainger Professor of Power Engineering and Wisconsin Energy Institute affiliate Christopher DeMarco was awarded $1.9 million in research funding to develop data sets f

Electricity Systems, Electricity Distribution, Modeling

Long before Tim Donohue became the director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), he was a teenage beach cleaner and would-be biologist growing up on the boardwalk of New York City’s

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion

Now you see it, now you don’t. In books and movies, wizards use magic spells to make the visible see-through.

Electricity Systems

Momentum, it seems, might finally be on renewable energy’s side. The landmark global climate agreement signed by 196 countries in Paris this past December could help hasten a historic shift away from the use of fossil fuels and toward “clean” or low-carbon energy.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts