Smart Grid and Energy Storage

Reconfigurable, parallel, distributed, and fault-tolerant computing; High-performance computer architectures, networks, systems, services, and applications; Interdisciplinary problems bridging computational science and computer engineering

Metals, metallurgy, instrumentation

Hydrogen production and storage, detection and sensing

Fuel Cell Design and Optimization; Energy and Thermal Systems; Systems Dynamics; Modeling; Solar Energy

Nanotechnology, thin films, sensors, surface science

Data mining and data-driven decision making with a focus on learning from Web clickstream data; Applications such as behavioral profiling; Recommender systems and online fraud detection

Hydrokinetic energy conversion, ocean turbine dynamometer – Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion; 22 kW Ocean Turbine Dynamometer; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

Hydrogen production & storage; Fuel cells; Energy systems; Hybrid/electric vehicles

Information policy research

Electrochemical energy production, nanostructured electrodes for Li-ion batteries

Control systems; Applied power electronics; Electrical machinery/variable speed drives; Renewable energy sources that utilizes cutting edge theory and technology

Synthesis, characterization, processing and integration of multifunctional materials

Financial Distress, Fixed Income Securities, Real Estate Finance

Sustainable energy systems and control, and related energy policy and economic impacts of sustainable energy technology

Technology systems; Virtual environments – Decision-making

Microeconomic theory, experimental economics, economic psychology

Department of Economics

Hydrogen production & storage; Electric/hybrid vehicles

Modeling, and computation of complex, novel molecular and materials systems; Electronic structure of materials in condensed phase, in solution and as nano structures; Time dependent electronic and molecular dynamics simulations;

Parallel programming at the petascale using the Super Instruction Architecture to describe electronic structure of large complex systems (http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/ACES)

Super Capacitors for hybrid vehicles and for other energy-related applications.

Grid-connected residential and utility scalable photovoltaic (PV) systems

Mathematical systems theory; Control systems

Communication theory; Data communication networks; Multimedia information systems

Design, manufacturing, testing and analysis of renewable energy systems

Physical phenomena at ultra small (nano)-scale via a large-scale computational approach.

Distributed computing; Service-oriented architecture; Web-services; Grid services; Distributed object technology; Database management; Computer architecture for non-numerical processing; Computer aided digital hardware design; Microprocessor-based design

Power Electronics

Advanced signal processing techniques; Networking adaptivity; Wireless sensors networks and wireless telemetry; UWB, OFDM based wireless technologies with emphasis on WIMAX and IMT-Advanced

Electrochemical systems, PEM fuel cells

Thermal transport sciences applied to fuel cells, microsystems

Computer networks; Wireless and mobile networking; Sensor networks; Mobility and handoff management; Security and authentication

Medium access control

Parallel and distributed discrete-event simulation; High-performance simulation and modeling of large-scale computer networks.

Catalysis for hydrogen production, surface chemical reactions

Capacitors, nano-sensors, energy storage, fuel cells, photonics, thin film growth

Energy deposition in materials by swift ions

Network computing; Advanced computing architecture; Biologically inspired nanocomputing;

Distributed information processing systems

Solid oxide fuel cells

Polymer matrices for battery gels and solar cell electrolytes

Electric power systems; Control and automation strategies for electric power systems; Soft computing; Distributed algorithms; Medium voltage AC and DC shipboard electric power systems; Large-scale electric power systems on the transmission level, i.e., Florida’s grid

Software engineering; Business intelligence; Decision support systems; Information security & risk management; Distributed systems

Urban and regional problems; Economic development incentives

Batteries, antenna and rectenna technology

Processing and characterization of semiconductors devices, batteries, and materials including Ion Implantation, TEM, LEAP, SEM, XRD

Solar energy conversion, hydrogen production & storage, electric/hybrid vehicles

Special Purpose Hardware Implementations

Renewable energy source grid integration; Modeling and control of energy systems; Large-scale power system planning and operation

Organometallic catalysts for use in anodes of liquid fuel cells

Business risk management decision making models; Global risk issues; Catastrophe risk financing and reputational risk management

Public Utility Regulatory Policy

Fuel Cells

Electrochemical engineering, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, corrosion (including cathodic protection), current distribution in electrochemical systems, fuel cells, batteries, mathematical modeling.

Software quality; Electronic intermediaries and the development of Agent-based systems for negotiations and fraud detection.

Usability Engineering; Search User Interface Design, E-commerce; Naturalistic Decision Making; Consumer Product Labeling; Human Reliability

Markets for Information and R&D Effort; Incentive-Compatible Mechanisms; Mechanism Design for Public Policy; Asset Markets

Department of Economics

Leadership and Strategy, Competition and Pricing, Cost Analysis, Universal Service

MAC and Routing Protocols; Network Traffic Modeling; Radio Resource Management

Integration of novel high power apparatus, such as superconducting devices, power electronics converters, and novel rotating machines into power systems; Large scale hardware-in-the-loop simulations coupled to high power testing for model validation and analysis

High-speed communication networks (wireless, sensor, optics, traffic management, healthcare)

Co-simulation; Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation; Modeling and simulation of FACTS; HVDC and renewable resources; Electric ship power system; Grid Integration of distributed resources and their impacts on electrical systems; Modeling and simulation of renewable energy and its impact

Power System Operations and Control; Artificial Intelligence Applications to Power Systems; Energy conservation and alternate energy sources;

Electromagnetic Field Modeling and computations; Asynchronous Learning Networks and Educational Methods

Modeling and simulation of nanoscale semiconductor devices and magnetic materials, and on computational electromagnetics.

Green building principles and practices;

Energy efficient residential design and construction; Disaster mitigation through durable construction

Program for Resource Efficient Communities

Ultrahigh-energy-intensity integrated capacitors with small form factor for space applications

Local government, public policy, and institutions and organizations

Energy systems, transmission, conversion, integration, management

Power Systems Protection and Control, Renewable Energy Integration and Smart Grid Technologies, Wide-area Monitoring, Distribution Automation

Wireless networking (traffic engineering and security), Internet security (worms, DDoS, malware, and spreader detection), network algorithms and protocols

Distributed Multimedia Database Systems; Database Management; Multimedia Data Mining; Multimedia Systems, GIS

Neural networks; Ant colony systems; Genetic algorithms; Fuzzy logic; Pattern recognition; Random number generators; Field programmable gate array (FPGA) applications

Solid-oxide fuel cells, thermal transport, properties of oxide materials for nuclear-fuel applications

Applied Microeconomic Theory; Auctions; Game Theory; Experimental and Behavioral Economics

Department of Economics

Wireless communications and wireless sensor networks; Smart, On-chip, miniaturized, High frequency (HF) antennas; Broadband analysis of RF propagation for wireless communication systems; RFID; Computational and applied electromagnetics

Telecommunications and Information Technology Institute

Mobile and Pervasive Computing; Sensors/Systems in Pervasive Spaces

Nanomaterials and their potential role in energy applications such as fuel cell electrolytes

Large scale data mining; Knowledge discovery

Regulatory Policy, Energy Risk Management, Energy Policy and Regulation, Energy Pricing

Human ecological impacts; Remote sensing; GIS; Energy conservation; Climate change

Department of Geography

Signal and Image Processing

Application of modern tools that combine laser spectroscopy and electron microscopy to study localized optical properties of highly structured nanomaterials; Nanomaterials for rechargeable batteries; Functional nanostructures for advanced energy storage; Visible-light photocatalysis for hydrogen production and CO2 reduction

Synthesis and testing of novel nanostructured materials for energy storage (secondary batteries)

Nano Materials (Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, ZnO nanowire, ZnO thin film), Energy materials: Li-ion battery, Dye sensitized Solar Cell and Biofuel Cell, Nano-bio Electronic Sensors (DNA, NO), and Nanoelectronics (high field emission, FET, Interconnect and Memory)

Biological PV, alternative renewable energy, nanotechnology, sensors, environmentally-conscious design and manufacturing

Solar thermal, thermodynamics, heat transfer, HVAC, photovoltaics, hydrogen, fuel cells

Stability of power systems, distributed control of DGs, distributed optimization and communication for smart grid, islanding operation and anti-islanding algorithm

Propulsion and combustion, with special emphasis on rocket engine applications.

Development of nanostructured adsorbents, purifiers, and heat transfer media for the hydrogen, microelectronics, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries.

Influence of the gravitational force on single crystal growth, directional solidification,and casting.

Interaction of short pulse lasers with scattering absorbing media such as tissues, ocean water and clouds for non-invasive detection.

Mathematical modeling, simulation, design and control of dynamic systems

• Center for Advanced Power Systems (http://www.caps.fsu.edu/)
• Institute for Energy Systems Economics and Sustainability (www.ieses.fsu.edu)
• Energy and Sustainability Center (www.esc.fsu.edu)
• Sustainable Energy Governance Center (www.seg.fsu.edu)
• National High Magnetic Field Lab (http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/)
• Clean Energy Research Center (http://cerc.eng.usf.edu/)
• Florida Solar Energy Center (http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/)
• The PV and TE Process Development and Integration Laboratory at FSEC and NSTC
• Major Analytical and Instrumentation Center (MAIC : http://maic.mse.ufl.edu/ )
• University of Florida High-Performance Computing Center (http://www.hpc.ufl.edu)
• Florida Lambda Rail (http://www.flrnet.org)
• Glove box and hoods, battery processing and testing capabilities, RTA and furnaces (Dr. K. Jones)
• Electrochemical laboratory, impedance and electrochemical instrumentation (Dr. M. Orazem)
• Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) at Florida Atlantic University, 101 N. Beach Road, Dania Beach, FL 33004 (http://www.coet.fau.edu/)
• Quantum Theory Project at UF is the world’s largest research center for theory, modeling, and computation of complex, novel molecular and materials systems (http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/)

Industrial Collaboration and Technology Commercialization

Strong partnerships with various private sector entities in areas:

• Integration of renewable energy into grid
• Distributed systems, Microgrid
• Energy storage technologies
• Hydrokinetic and ocean thermal energy conversion
• Education