Virginia Tech (CEHMS)
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Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) in an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). CEHMS aims to lead the global research and development in the area of energy harvesting at both small and large energy scales, by providing comprehensive expertise in all the related aspects including materials, components, system design, analysis, characterization and prototyping. We will discover new methods to create electricity and invent technologies that allow transitioning the prototypes to society. CEHMS has the mission of providing integrated power solutions to microelectronics, sensor networks, portable devices, and wireless communications through modeling, analysis, fabrication and demonstration of intelligent systems. The devices developed at CEHMS will provide the architecture for "self-powered sensing and actuation" and open the pathway for distributed power sources. The research at CEHMS covers development of harvesters utilizing single and multimodal conversion mechanisms, adaptive energy harvesting circuits, intelligent energy management system, and conformal storage media. Our access to cutting-edge facilities at multiple campuses allows us to explore various challenging industrial problems in a timely and efficient manner.
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11 Aug 2010
Car that uses solar and piezoelectric energy
Davind Seesing has created a vehicle that uses double glazing as a conduit to allow air to flow through to generate and store energy in the vehicle.9 Aug 2010
Miniature energy harvesting technologies
Dr. Shi's work focuses on miniature energy harvesting technologies that could potentially power wireless electronics, portable devices, stretchable electronics, and implantable biosensors.16 Jul 2010
Piezoelectric fabric that can detect and produce sound
For the past decade, Yoel Fink, an associate professor of materials science and principal investigator at MIT's Research Lab of Electronics, has been working to develop fibers with ever more sophisticated properties, to enable fabrics that can interact with their environment.29 Jun 2010
BAE Systems gains Military EV business
In March 2010, BAE Systems has received a contract to develop an onboard vehicle power management system designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps mission effectiveness by significantly increasing electric power available to ground forces.23 Jun 2010
Amazon rainforest, electro-active papers using piezoelectric cellulose
The biggest challenge of the XXI Century is probably the sustainable use of biomass. In this sense, Amazon Rainforest appears as a great source of technological possibilities, especially in Materials Science, where this reality is very clear due, mainly, to the various Cellulose applications.16 Jun 2010
US truck, bus, military EV producers get active
manufacturing plant will produce 2,500 electric buses a year, and employ around 1,300 workers over the next five years8 Jun 2010
Piezo and pyroelectric energy sources
At the recent IDTechEx Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe conference in Munich, Dr. Nantakan MUENSIT, associate professor at the Material Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Hat Yai, Thailand spoke on "Applications of Piezoelectric and Pyroelectric Materials as Microsources of Energy".2009
5 Nov 2009
Energy Harvesting and WSN & RTLS Award Winners Announced
This week the IDTechEx events Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) & RTLS took place in Denver, CO, USA. The event was attended by more than 290 attendees, with a brilliantly diverse spread of those through the value chain - from component suppliers to solution providers to many end users from different industries.8 Jun 2009
CEHMS planning grant meeting
CEHMS will address an important problem of our generation facing the sensor networks, wireless communication and microelectronics industry related to power source.5 Jun 2009
Energy Harvesting and Storage Conference - Day Two
The second day of the IDTechEx conference on Energy Harvesting and Storage in Cambridge UK was dedicated to the technology roadmap.4 Jun 2009
Multimodal Energy Harvesting and Research at Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems
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