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NETL

NETL. Institute for Advanced Energy Studies. CMU. Pitt. WVU. 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. NETL. RDS.

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NETL

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  1. NETL Institute for Advanced Energy Studies CMU Pitt WVU 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

  2. NETL RDS Subtask Orders EG&G Office of Res & Dev. SAIC IAES Parsons CWP Corp. CMU Faculty Researchers Postdocs Students WVU Pitt Structure of the relationship

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. NETL – IAES Research Thrusts • Materials for energy technologies • Process and dynamic systems modeling • 3. Catalyst and reactor development • 4. Carbon management • 5. Sensor systems and diagnostics • Energy conversion devices • Gas hydrates • Utra-deep and Unconventional Oil & Gas NETL Energy Research Portfolio Pitt CMU WVU • Water management • Combustion

  8. 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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