The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation works through the academic units of Carnegie Mellon University to find solutions for the nation’s and world’s energy challenges through research, strategic partnerships, public policy outreach and education.

1. Wilton E. Scott Institute
for Energy Innovation

2. Scott Institute Leadership
Jay Whitacre,
Director
Professor of Materials Science
and Engineering and
Engineering and Public Policy
Andrew Gellman,
Co-Director
Lord Professor of Chemical
Engineering, Chemistry
(Courtesy), Materials Science
and Engineering (Courtesy)
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Deborah Stine,
Associate Director for
Policy Outreach
Professor of the
Practice, Engineering
and Public Policy
Anna J. Siefken,
Associate Director for
Innovation and Strategic
Partnerships

3. Mission
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The Scott Institute for Energy Innovation works through the
academic units of Carnegie Mellon University to find
solutions for the nation’s and world’s energy
challenges through research, strategic partnerships, public
policy outreach and education.

4. Scott Institute Activities
• Research
– Seed grants
– Presidential Fellowship matching for proposals
– Investments in strategic areas
• Industrial Partnerships and Technology
Commercialization
• Education
• Outreach
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5. 2016-2017 Highlights
• 130 Faculty Affiliates
• 8 Seed grants supported with nearly $553K
• 2nd Annual Carnegie Mellon Energy Week
• Allegheny Region Cleantech University Prize Collegiate
Competition
• Public Radio Energy Bite Radio Program Turns 2
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6. Strategic Investments
• Leverage CMU’s comparative advantages
• Choose important parts of the energy system
where we already have competitive advantage
Solar
Hydro
Nucl.
Wind
Geoth
Nat
Gas
26.0
Coal
17.4
Bio
Petro
34.7
0.24
8.05
2.69
1.36
0.23
4.32
Elect.
Gener.
38.1
Rejected
energy
58.1
Energy
Services
37.0
Resid.
10.6
Comm.
8.3
Indust.
23.9
Transp.
26.7

7. CMU’s Comparative Advantages
• Systems approach to problem-solving and design
• Unique energy policy expertise
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Innovative and entrepreneurial
• Location (Marcellus shale, industry, NETL)
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8. Strategic Thrusts
• New Materials: Developing new chemistry for a photo-
rechargeable energy storage technology
• Energy Efficiency: Sensors, the Internet of Things,
Building design, Consumer Behavior, Utility and Grid
Design and Policy
• Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future
– Carbon Intensity Index
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9. RESEARCH
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10. Seed Grants 2016-17:
8 funded of 22 submissions
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Name College/School Project Title
Agarwal Computer Science Creating an Instrumented Scott Hall “Living Lab” Testbed
Severini Heinz
The Impact of Climate Change on Air Pollution: Evidence
from Ground-Level Ozone Concentration
Litster Engineering
Advanced Chemical Synthesis and Engineering to Enable
Low Cost Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells
Viswanathan Engineering
Catalytic approaches to improvements in long-term
stability of Li-ion batteries
Karamalidis Engineering Critical Mineral Recovery from Energy-Related Fluids
Secomandi Tepper
Pathwise Optimization for Large Scale Energy Merchant
Operations Models
Whitacre Engineering Concurrent Assessment and Design of Systems (CADS)
Michalek Engineering
How Do Shared Mobility and Autonomous Taxis Affect
Energy Consumption, Vehicle Use, and Greenhouse Gas
and Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions?

11. Matching Fellowship Program
• For energy related proposals that will
support ≥2 PhD students, the SI will
provide funding for an additional student
for up to 3 years.
• Goal: incentivize writing of larger
proposals, increase odds of success
through CMU investment (cost matching),
increase productivity.
• Status: 14 submissions, 3 awards, 3
pending
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12. Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• Provides support for senior visitors from
academia, industry or gov’t for 1-2 semesters.
• CMU has not traditionally been a sabbatical
destination, in part due to lack of resources.
Prof. Nicholas Muller
Economics, Middlebury College
(now CMU, EPP & Tepper)
Prof. Junho Song
Civil and Environ. Eng.,
Seoul National Univ.
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13. Six ARPA-E Grants
• Innovative, predictive "InfoRich” vehicle dynamic and
powertrain technologies to improve energy efficiency.
• Rugged robotic system to measure characteristics of
sorghum in the field.
• Smart Wire power flow control devices to increase
overall grid transmission utilization by more than 30%
and reduce cost by 50%.
• Dendrite-blocking polymers in lithium-ion batteries to
reduce overheating and fires. Two different grants:
– Nano-composite protective layers in low-cost, high-energy
lithium batteries
– Optimize a new solid electrolyte made of polymer material
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14. ARPA-E Grants (continued)
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• New nanoscale magnetic material to
reduce the size, weight, and cost of utility-
scale PV solar power conversion systems.
• Advanced electrochemical process to
produce low-cost, low-weight titanium to
reduce fuel cost savings for military
vehicle and aircraft applications

15. Corporate Engagement &
Industrial Partnerships
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16. Corporate and Industrial
Partnerships, Engagement
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• Value proposition for corporations and industrial sectors
• Growing Brand awareness
• Amplifying faculty & specific research interests
• Deeping student recruitment opportunities
• Physical assets (Scott Hall, labs, clean room)
• Recruiting
• Relationship building and events
• Energy Week 2017 & 2018
• One-on-one sessions with corporate entities
• Speaking engagements & Distinguished Lectures
• Enhance Commercialization efforts

17. 2017 Distinguished Lectures - Industry
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Itron Inc.
President & CEO
Philip Mezey
Chevron Appalachia
President Stacey
Olson
ComEd
SVP of
Customer
Operations
Val Jensen

18. Smart Cities: The Energy-Water Nexus
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February 16, 2017
More than 450 guests + VIP reception for 150 including 30 faculty
Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Webber, UT Austin
Panelists:
• Bill Peduto, Mayor - The City of Pittsburgh
• Rich Fitzgerald - Allegheny County Executive
• Rich Riazzi, CEO - Duquesne Light Company
• Morgan O’Brien, CEO - People’s Natural Gas
• Rick Stafford - CMU, Metro21/MetroLab Founder
• Phillip Mezey, CEO - Itron Inc.
Dr. Jared Cohon + Anna J. Siefken, moderators
Opportunity to bring city-related initiatives to campus and
demonstrate our leadership position in the energy space.

19. Company Snapshot
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Arconic
BNY Mellon
Braskem
BuroHappold
Chevron Appalachia
Cisco
ComEd
Covestro
Direct Energy
Duke Energy
Duquesne Light
Encentiv
FedEx
GE Energy
Giant Eagle
Highmark
Honeywell
ICF International
JLL
Jones Day
Michael Baker
Orbital Engineering
Oxford Development
Pittsburgh Magazine
Platypus
PNC Financial
Rice Energy
Saint-Gobain
Shell
Siemens
Stantec
State Farm
The Southern Company
WGL Energy

20. Energy Week 2017 - Sponsors
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Silver
Bronze
Platinum

21. Financial Support via CMU Center for
Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation
(CTTEC)
• NSF I-Corps CMU Team Support (Regional
and National) for Costs Not Supported by NSF
(e.g,. Mentorship)
• Gap Funds (match with CTTEC gap funds)
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Program Gap Funds
• Energy Knowledge Hub at CTTEC to Support
Analysis for CMU Spinouts (Interns; Database)
• Support for CTTEC Staff to Promote CMU
Energy Innovations at ARPA-E and NREL
Events
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22. EEme, LLC processes smart meter interval data
using proprietary load disaggregation algorithms
to predict the technical and behavioral energy
efficiency (EE) potential by EE measure for
every residential user for a given service
territory.
Rapid Flow Technologies is an innovative
approach to traffic signal control, combining
research from artificial intelligence and traffic
theory to optimize the performance of signals
for the traffic that is actually on the road.
Lean FM Technologies is a lifecycle software
solution for economic, proactive and intelligent
Facilities Management.
Building Ideas is developing systems for data
collection, analytics and visualization on energy
usage to reveal actionable information for building
occupants, managers and owners.

23. D-PowerNet is developing software that
will enable dynamic, distributed, parallel
management of load balancing in electric
power distribution networks.
Gecko Robotics has developed robotic
systems to facilitate the inspection of boiler
tubes in power plants.
Platypus LLC manufactures small, low-cost
autonomous robotic boats with the ability to sense
environmental contaminants in large areas of calm
water along with other critical data such as water
depth, dissolved oxygen and pH.
SolePower is converting kinetic energy into
electrical energy. The technology is being
integrated into "Smart Boots" that have
embedded GPS trackers, temperature,
pressure sensors and other applications to
improve worker safety and
efficiency. Partners include the US Army,
NSF, and leading industrial boot
manufacturers.

24. OUTREACH
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25. Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Support for CMU Faculty, Students, and
Alumni
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26. New and Potential Energy Education
Initiatives
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27. We Partner With Over 30 CMU Centers
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28. Tri-State University Energy Alliance (TrUE)
• Four leading research universities
– Case Western Reserve University
– Carnegie Mellon University
– University of Pittsburgh
– West Virginia University
• Joined forces to accelerate innovations to address challenges and
opportunities facing the energy sector.
• Activities Thus Far:
– Two joint proposals to DOE (Energy Innovation; Energy and
Economic Development
– Joint TransTech Energy Innovation Competition
– Downstream Shale Gas Related Innovation
– Joint Meetings to Identify Potential for Research Collaboration
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29. Policymaker and Public Outreach
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30. Energy Week 2017
• 1,010 Participants
• Speakers included:
– Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems President and
CEO Paul Browning (Engineering '90)
– Tesla's Special Projects Andrew Stevenson
– National Academy of Sciences President Marcia
McNutt
– U.S. Energy Information Administration Acting
Administrator and former CMU Professor Howard
Gruenspecht
– PA Public Utilities Chair Gladys Brown
– Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Colette
Honorable
– Columbia University’s Timothy Mitchell
– Eight CMU faculty members who gave “Andy
Talks” on Innovative Research (brief 20-minute
presentations)
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31. Energy Week Continued
• Roundtables on:
– Regional Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship
– The Energy Workforce
– Technical Innovation, Policy and Shale Gas Development
• Energy Career Fair
• Student Competitions
– Allegheny Cleantech University Prize Competition
– Low-Carbon Energy Innovation Talks
– Energy-Related Research Poster and Multimedia
• Policy and Law Forum
• Field Trips to Chatham U’s Eden Hall, Greenstar Recycling +
more
• An augmented reality tour of East Liberty’s history of electrical
infrastructure development (sponsored by CMU’s Center for the
Arts in Society and School of Drama)
• Contesting Energy Symposium with CMU’s English and History
Departments
• Thank you to our sponsors: Automated Logic, Duquesne Light
Company, Wells Fargo, The Southern Company, Philips, Itron,
WGL Energy, NRG Energy and NGH Energy.
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32. 2016-2017 Distinguished Lectures and Seminars
Lectures
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Seminars
Patricia Falcone,
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Deputy Director of
Science and Technology
(top) and George
Crabtree, Joint Center
for Energy Storage
Research Director (left)

33. For More Information
• Website: www.cmu.edu/energy
• Newsletter Signup: tinyurl.com/scottnews
• Funding Opportunities Newsletter Signup (CMU only):
tinyurl.com/ScottFundingNews
• Scott Institute Affiliate Signup (CMU only): http://bit.ly/scott-institute-affiliate
• Seed Grant Proposals: tinyurl.com/Scott-Seed-2016 (CMU only)
• Energy Week: cmuenergyweek.org
• CleanTech Competition: cleantechprize.org
• Energy Bite: energybite.org
• Jay Whitacre: whitacre@andrew.cmu.edu
• Andrew Gellman: gellman@cmu.edu
• Deborah Stine: dstine@andrew.cmu.edu
• Anna J. Siefken: asiefken@andrew.cmu.edu
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