CEES provides student researchers an opportunity to work with the research scientists in the center on current projects. CEES offers financial support for both undergraduate and graduate student researchers. CEES currently employ 6-8 graduate students and 10 undergraduate students. All the students in the center work on various research areas, biofuels, energy and environment, or wind energy. Below is a list of our current research projects:

Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES) – NSF

  1. Bioenergy
    1. Growing crops using produced water
    2. Conversation of biomass to hydrocarbon fuels
  2. Environmental Sustainability
    1. Produced water treatment
    2. Life-cycle assessment
    3. Air quality modeling
  3. Offshore Wind Energy (Floating offshore wind turbines)
    1. Blade aerodynamics
    2. Structural uncertainty
    3. Data science
  4. Education and Outreach

Other Funded Projects

  1. Membrane Separation Processes for Water Treatment
    • A novel high throughput forward osmosis Membrane for produced water treatment – NSF
    • Zero-waste poultry processing with sequential membrane separation and anaerobic digestion – USDA
  2. Energy and Nutrient Recovery from Goat Manure – USDA
  3. Life-Cycle Environmental Impact of the Houston METRO System – Evaluation of Electric Alternatives – USDOT

Students who have become involved in research has had opportunities to display presentations of their research projects, and traveled to conferences to present their research.

The center also provides employment opportunities to students every year. Students with engineering, science or agriculture majors and an interest in energy research are encouraged to apply for student assistant positions in the center. Interested students with good academic standing should contact the individual researchers in respective groups.

Research Grants and Funding

The success of the CEES research center is due, in large part, to the grants and funding from our external partners. In addition to the CEES research, the center participates in a variety of other research projects in an effort to help develop solutions to environmental issues. The following links will provide information on the center’s grants and funding sources as well as the objectives and current work of the projects.

Completed Projects

  1. USDOE – Carbon Capture
  2. UTC – LSU TranSet LCA
  3. USDA Goat Manure