Seed fund projects focus on clean energy

By:	William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date:	July 30, 2008

In support of its mission to pursue the development of abundant and inexpensive energy sources that do not harm the environment, the University of Notre Dame’s Energy Center has announced that three projects pursuing novel concepts in clean energy will be supported through the center’s new Seed Fund program.

According to Joan F. Brennecke, center director and Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the Seed Fund program sponsors early-stage research related to energy production, delivery and use.

“The challenge for us all is to find solutions to energy that are clean, economically feasible and renewable for the long term,” Brennecke said. “The Energy Center, and these seed fund projects, actively address that challenge.”

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