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Discover Stevens: Energy and Sustainability
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$1.52M DOE Grant to Harness Geothermal Energy
Stevens Professor of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering Cheng Chen is advancing human-made energy reservoirs with an eye toward net-zero carbon emissions in the future.
RELATED RESEARCH CENTERS AND FACILITIES
At Stevens, we embrace technology as a central part of our research, academics, culture, and campus. Our tech-driven research enterprise is home to these cross-disciplinary centers and state-of-the-art facilities focused on research related to green energy and sustainability.
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Davidson Laboratory
Davidson Laboratory is Stevens Institute of Technology's renowned marine research laboratory that uniquely integrates the fields of naval architecture, coastal and ocean engineering, physical oceanography, marine hydrodynamics and maritime systems to create a trans-disciplinary enterprise that can address both the highly specialized issues confronting each discipline, as well as the more complex, integrated issues facing natural systems and human-made maritime activities.
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Center for Environmental Systems
The Center for Environmental Systems (CES) is recognized as a leader in the development, evaluation and implementation of new environmental technologies. Through collaborations with government agencies and industrial partners, CES researchers work to generate new scientific knowledge to create innovative technologies, sound environmental policy and sensible resource management. Over the years CES has played an instrumental role in establishing new technologies for environmental control.
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Stevens Center for Sustainability
Established through generous funding from the PSEG Foundation, the Stevens Center for Sustainability supports institution-wide programs and research in sustainability, and expands our capacity to educate the next generation of leaders in future-critical fields. The center aims to provide members of underserved communities with educational opportunities to study and research sustainability alongside our experts.
Resilience and Sustainability Research at Stevens
Stevens develops sustainable solutions for the future of the planet, including new materials, smarter power grids, better batteries and renewable energy sources. Davidson Laboratory is a national leader in resilience research, helping communities plan, prepare and face challenges such as extreme weather and climate change with leading-edge prediction systems and engineered defenses.
RELATED PROGRAMS
The educational experience in all of our more than 150 graduate programs is designed to imbue graduates with the mindset, skills, and abilities needed to stay relevant in a rapidly-evolving technological and professional landscape. The following programs prepare graduates for fields that develop and apply the latest technologies in green energy and sustainability.
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STEVENS INNOVATION MAY HELP FILTER 'FOREVER CHEMICALS'
A novel, Stevens-innovated filter medium made from recycled water treatment by-products may offer protection against harmful and persistent chemicals seeping into the region's and nation's drinking water
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More Research Highlights
Researcher Philip Odonkor uses AI to optimize the planning of ‘smart’ buildings and local microgrids in order to ensure communities are equitably and sustainably connected to power resources.