Students and researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) are striving to improve the quality of life in our nation while preserving the natural resources and the environment for future generations. At the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), more than 50 faculty members are currently involved in energy and sustainability research and educational activities across the colleges and institutes at IIT.
PERFECT POWER
Digital technology that collects, communicates and reacts to data, allowing the system to adapt to trends in electricity usage and to change supply accordingly.
CLEAN COAL
Advanced design tools for gasification processes based on the computational fluid dynamics approach, produced hot gas cleaning and novel sorbents for CO₂ removal and hydrogen separation.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
Innovative sustainable high rise buildings that actually produce energy, utilizing renewable sources such as wind, sun and geothermal.
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS
IIT will become the most sustainable, urban university campus in the United States.
HYBRID VEHICLES
Pioneering sustainable energy-efficient solutions from advanced power electronic converters and electric motor drives to electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
EVENTS
C2ST Sustainable Energy Program
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
5:00 pm Registration and Reception
6:00 pm Presentation
IIT McCormick Tribune Campus Center
McCloska Auditorium
3201 S. State Street
"Sustainable Energy: Factor or Fiction"
presented by:
George W. Crabtree, Ph.D.
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago
>>Registration required: see program details
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WISER Announces Request for Proposals for 2011 Interdisciplinary Seed Funding Grants (ISFG) Program
(Deadline for submission: Nov. 30, 2011)
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IIT WISER and Armour College of Engineering Announce Endowed Chair Professorship
Illinois Institute of Technology invites nominations for and expressions of interest in the position of The Rowe Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Energy with tenure in one of the engineering disciplines at IIT.
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NEWS
IIT WISER and Cook County Partner on New Campus Composter
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IIT Installs Chicago's First Advanced Wind Turbine
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IIT to Establish $12.6 Million Smart Grid Training Center
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WISER Formula Hybrid Team Wins GM Award
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IIT's Campus Sustainability Initiative Receives Princeton Review Best Green Rating in State
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