The energy of innovation comes from imagination, and your creativity will bring miracles to novel energy technology and green environment. Welcome—future scientists and engineers in the field of sustainable energy and environment.

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Mission

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Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust

Its aim is to become a regional and national research and educational hub as well as a global innovation leader in novel energy conversion, storage, distribution, utilization, monitoring and control of environmental hazards and advanced application technologies for a more sustainable future.

Brief Introduction

SEE Thrust, as a cross-disciplinary hard science platform, the vision is to become a leading program in cross-disciplinary education and research in sustainable energy and environment area. It provides the dynamic research agenda spans following research areas, where researchers are focusing on next-generation sustainable energy systems with low carbon footprint.

The strategic research areas in SEE are novel renewable and green energy generation, novel energy storages, digital energy/power technologies, advanced energy conversion, smart buildings, air pollution control, and carbon neutrality. SEE will pioneer innovative and cross-disciplinary energy research and will potentially uncover major solutions to the problem of climate change. We will pursue big, ambitious ideas that redefine what is possible. SEE faculty’s research will push the boundaries of fundamental science, applied science, technology, engineering, art and more to solve complex cross-disciplinary challenges and develop useful technologies that can move them from laboratory to commercial and industrial applications.

In education, SEE is privileged in sustainability, energy, and environment and striving towards excellence to be the global leader for energy, environment, and sustainability. Our cross-disciplinary research achievements underpin the education we offer to our students. Our goal is to nurture a new generation of energy professionals who take a cross-disciplinary and holistic view of climate change mitigation and emissions reduction in finding.

Cross-Disciplinary Focus Areas

  • Energy Storage
  • Efficient Energy Conversion
  • Bioinspired Propulsion/Energy
  • Digital Energy Technology
  • Carbon Capture and Conversion
  • Air Pollution Characterization and Control
  • Toxicity & Exposure Assessment

Future Career Pathways

SEE caters for the researchers who aspire to pursue a career in innovating disruptive sustainable energy technologies. Developments in energy technologies have been playing a vital role in human being’s civilization history. Currently there are huge demands for sustainable energy and environmental technologies in various areas, including large-scale distributed energy storage for grid, electric vehicles, 3C products, wind power, photovoltaic, solar thermal, smart cities, green buildings, environmental hazards monitoring and management, waste treatment, etc. The job markets for graduates are quite broad. As a key driving force for developments in modern societies, the demand for sustainable energy technologies is expected to keep increasing in the next few decades.