Faculty Affiliate Program Connects Researchers and Policymakers Across Disciplines
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Northwestern Faculty Receive Research Awards from the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
More than 600K Presented to Faculty for Lab Instrumentation and Seed Funding
May 2, 2024
The Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy laid the groundwork for future discovery this spring by awarding $260,236 in seed awards and $358,440 in equipment awards to initiatives led by faculty affiliates of the institute.
“We were delighted to award funding for research infrastructure that will advance the work of multiple collaborating teams,” said Ted Sargent, Co-Executive Director of the Trienens Institute, the Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at McCormick.
Seed funds were awarded to research initiatives levering a range of academic disciplines to tackle climate-critical mission-oriented problems. “The Trienens Institute champions research in sustainability and energy, seeking to contribute to solving critical problems by marshalling expertise from across academic fields. This is reflected in the projects selected to receive seed funding this spring,” said Sargent. “We are thrilled with the direction of these efforts and applaud the interdisciplinary teamwork that is essential to drive this critical work forward.”
Funding
Principal Investigator |
Co-Investigator(s) |
Project Title |
Funding Type |
|
Songi Han, chemistry |
Jinlei Cui, chemistry; Benjamin Owen, chemistry |
Advancing environmental science, enhancing sustainability and energy efficiency by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and quantum information amplified nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-enhanced molecular analysis of materials chemistry | Lab Instrumentation |
|
Klaus Weber, management and organizations |
Developing a text-analytic measure of organizational sustainability culture | Seed | |
| Jennifer Dunn, chemical biological engineering |
Kim Suiseeya, political science; Daniel Posen and Heather MacLean of the University of Toronto |
Energy systems modeling of US-Canada demand and sourcing of critical minerals | Seed |
|
Sera Young, anthropology |
Geospatial insights into how climate change impacts global water insecurity and health | Seed | |
|
Omar K. Farha, chemistry |
Chris Malliakas, chemistry | High throughput X-ray diffraction upgrades | Lab Instrumentation |
|
Cecile Chazot, materials science and engineering |
Jeffrey Richards, engineering |
Fiber spinning of ethyl cellulose cholesteric mesophases: towards structurally colored textiles | Seed |
|
George Wells, civil and environmental engineering |
William Dichtel, chemistry; Joerg Drewes of the Technical University of Munich [TUM] |
Flotation-enhanced ultrasonication (“UltraFloat”) to combine PFAS separation and destruction in a unit operation process for sustainable water treatment and reuse | Seed |
Many of the funded initiatives are already underway, with others set to begin later this spring. Interested Northwestern faculty may learn more about becoming an affiliate of the Trienens Institute here.