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NETL CMU Pitt WVU Institute for Advanced Energy Studies Form and function of an academic / government collaboration: NETL-IAES Andrew J. Gellman Dept. of Chemical Eng. Carnegie Mellon Univ. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 and DOE – NETL Pittsburgh, PA 15236
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NETL IAES Office of Res & Dev. RDS EG&G SAIC Parsons CMU WVU Pitt CWP Corp. Structure of the relationship Subtask Orders Faculty Researchers Postdocs Students
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NETL – Key Features Origins in 1910 with Bureau of Mines DOE National Lab status in 1999 Research mandate in fossil fuels 1100 employees including 150 scientists $800M budget with ~$100M internal research expenditures
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IAES establishment 2004 - NETL support services contract awarded to Research and Development Solutions (RDS)LLC (EG&G, Parsons, SAIC, CMU, Pitt and WVU) 2005 -NETL Funds “Round 1” projects totaling $1.5M to encourage University – NETL collaborations 2006 -NETL Funds “Round 2” projects totaling $6-8M to encourage collaborations between Universities and with NETL scientists 2006 -NETL initiates discussions with and between CMU/Pitt/WVU to form and energy research institute 2007 -CWP manages “Round 3” research program planning 2007 -IAES and research program formed
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NETL – IAES operating model IAES Fellows have formal affiliation with NETL. IAES research is published and presented as originating from NETL. Faculty and students also represent their academic affiliation. A significant fraction of the research is to be performed on site at NETL. CWP must seek external (non-NETL) sources of funding for the IAES research portfolio.
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NETL – IAES In existence since 09/07. Research funding $13 M/yr from NETL ~$10M in external funding for IAES-related research 24 Resident Institute Fellows (8 x 3 universities). RIF’s establishing labs at NETL and spending 1 day/wk at NETL ~70 Institute Fellows IF’s have collaborative research projects with NETL scientists ~90 students and postdocs working on IAES research program
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NETL – IAES Research Thrusts 1.Materials for energy technologies 2.Process and dynamic systems modeling 3.Catalyst and reactor development 4. Carbon management 5. Sensor systems and diagnostics 6.Energy conversion devices 7.Gas hydrates 8.Utra-deep and Unconventional Oil & Gas NETL CMU Pitt WVU Energy Research Portfolio 9.Water management 10.Combustion
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Issues and Lessons Learned Not all universities are created equal. Significant effort needed to develop an understanding of other organizations: university – university; university – national lab; national lab – university. Timescales for decision making and program planning differ. National lab is annual. Universities have timescales ~4 years for research activities (but much shorter for some other decision making). Safety and security protocols are entirely different.
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