Forging Innovative Connections and Discoveries in Energy Research
The expertise of over 350 energy-related faculty and researchers and over 30 energy centers and programs at UT facilitates an integrated, systems-oriented approach to meeting the energy challenges of today and the future. This diverse research footprint, which we call Energy@UT, is pioneering novel ways to enable energy sustainability – from state-of-the art technology for mitigating methane emissions to next generation anode materials for battery storage to radically smarter management of water resources in energy production.
Fueling a Sustainable Energy Transition
Over the next several years, the Energy Institute (EI) is funding a series of interdisciplinary projects to support the most promising global energy transition research at UT.
The projects funded so far include 53 faculty members and researchers from nine schools across the university — from the Moody College of Communication and the Jackson School of Geosciences to the School of Architecture and the Cockrell School of Engineering. Interdisciplinary collaboration was a key criterion for award of EI funding, and the selected teams reflect different approaches from departments and disciplines throughout the university.
From developing the next generation of battery packs and new solar-powered water purification systems to designing and optimizing techniques for carbon capture, these EI-funded projects attack a broad range of key issues that are critical to a sustainable energy transition.
UT Energy Research Centers
School of Architecture
Center for Sustainable Design
Austin Technology Incubator
ATI Clean Energy Incubator
McCombs School of Business | School of Law
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center for Business, Law, and Policy (KBH Center)
Environmental Science Institute
Environmental Science Institute
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Texas Advanced Computing Center
Cockrell School of Engineering
Center for Electromechanics
Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
Center for a Solar Powered Future
Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy (joint with Jackson School of Geosciences)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Advanced Energy Consortium
Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy (joint with LBJ School of Public Affairs)
College of Natural Sciences
Center for Electrochemistry
UT Energy Experts Guide
Many of the world’s top energy researchers call The University of Texas at Austin home, with more than 300 energy experts at work in schools, colleges and research centers dispersed across the UT campus.