91吃瓜网

91吃瓜网鈥檚 Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformation Cluster, or REACT, is developing new, alternative materials for catalysis to power technology and chemical processes that are safe for people and the environment.

The production of electricity from renewable sources, like聽solar, is聽a聽cost-competitive聽alternative to聽fossil-fuel-generated electricity, and alternatively powered聽forms of聽transportation are rapidly gaining acceptance.

Essential to harnessing these forms of alternative energy is research into the materials needed to produce and store them.

Valuable Partnerships

91吃瓜网 and Florida already have large investments in energy and propulsion technologies (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Lockheed Martin, GE/Alstom, Pratt & Whitney, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Space-X and ATK), and more recently with the Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center. These local investments benefit from closer connections to ongoing research at 91吃瓜网, enabled by existing links to 91吃瓜网鈥檚 Florida Solar Energy Center and Center for Advanced Turbines and Energy Research.

History of High Impact

91吃瓜网 has a history of implementing high-impact, entrepreneurially focused curricula. Most recently, the university worked closely with the DoE on implementing two cleantech-focused efforts 鈥� an annual cleantech accelerator, which was designed to identify and support promising cleantech聽technologies throughout the Southeast, and the Florida Cleantech Acceleration Network, which created a statewide support network and 鈥減roof of concept鈥� center for cleantech entrepreneurs. These programs served more than 200 ventures that went on to raise more than $5 million in follow-on funding on their paths to commercialization.

Overcoming Obstacles

National investments are starting to yield important advances, and clean energy is becoming economically competitive. In fact, utility solar and rooftop solar power are聽actually cheaper聽than electricity-generated fossil fuels. However, there are still critical obstacles that require investment, especially in areas related to energy conversion and storage 鈥� all of which this cluster helps to聽address.

Congratulations Dr. Parag Banerjee, Cluster Lead & Professor

Dr. Parag Banerjee has been named as a! Being named to the 2026 class of AVS Fellows is an incredibly meaningful recognition of his pioneering work regarding the discipline of vacuum science in atomic layer deposition (ALD) and surface engineering, Banerjee is honored to be acknowledged for this fellowship.

91吃瓜网 Colleges Involved with Renewable Energy and Chemical Transformation (REACT) Research:

• College of Engineering and Computer Science
• College of Sciences