With the help of $500,000 in USTAR funding last fall, Utah State University formed a new unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation (USURF), called the Energy Dynamics Lab (EDL).

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Exploiting Energy Expertise
New Energy Dynamics Laboratory having statewide impact
With the help of $500,000 in USTAR funding last fall, Utah State University
formed a new unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation
(USURF), called the Energy Dynamics Lab (EDL). The initiative is already
demonstrating an impact, pursuing a water quality/biofuels project in Logan,
a sustainability study in Park City, and commercialization projects in Southern
and Eastern Utah. EDL is aggressively pursuing federal energy funding.
Cleaner water, sustainable energy, lower costs EDL and the USU Jon M. Huntsman School
of Business are conducting an energy
The USU Biofuels Center conducted USTAR-funded research at the City of feasibility study that will serve as a guide as
Logan’s wastewater lagoons and showed that high oil-producing algae could the City of Park City works to reach major
milestones for environmental sustainability
be used to remove phosphorous and produce biofuels. If not checked, and alternative energy.
phosphorous discharged into streams can have devastating effects on
downstream ecosystems, raising municipal infrastructure and ratepayer costs.
Innovation-based
EDL is leading a multi-functional team to
develop a wastewater remediation system. economic development
The pilot facility could lower costs for
Logan residents and validate a commercial Impact: USU is leveraging ad-
application that targets more than 16,000 vanced USTAR research with
municipal wastewater lagoons nationwide. existing institutional strengths.
USTAR focus areas:
Building on a successful model
1. Diversify Utah’s economy with
EDL’s approach follows the model USU has successfully deployed for de- high quality jobs
cades with USURF’s renowned Space Dynamics Lab. An outgrowth of USU’s 2. Build Utah’s innovation
USTAR research in biofuels and advanced sensing and infrastructure
imaging, the Energy Dynamics Lab (EDL) focuses ap-
3. Recruit & grow world-class
plied research, development, design and implementa- research talent
tion of renewable energy and environmental solutions
for government and commercial customers. 4. Commercialize technology
and promote innovative
While USTAR teams focus on early stage research, entrepreneurship statewide
EDL takes it one step further by creating larger-scale visit http://newmedia.innovationutah.com
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prototypes and methods to implement the technologies contact Ted McAleer, Executive Director
that come from USTAR research. (801) 538-8709 tmcaleer@utah.gov