University of Michigan Institute of Energy director visits NCKU to foster academic partnership - CNA
Prof. Mark A. Barteau, the director of University of Michigan Energy Institute, recently visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, and at a recent interview he shared some of his insights on the development of renewable energy and battery research as well.
“I’m very impressed by the scale of college of engineering at NCKU,” said Prof. Barteau during his first trip to Taiwan. “I hope to be able to establish collaboration and also recruit some students here in the future,” he added.
“I’m very interested in learning about the curriculum here, and the courses available both in how they compliment what we are doing and how we can learn from the things that we already established here,” he said at an interview with NCKU news.
The University of Michigan Energy Institute's Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility, or Battery Lab, opens in October, according to Barteau.
NCKU professor of chemical engineering Dr. Yu-Chun Lin said, “We may start with collaborative research in the field of battery.”
As the director of the institute, Barteau said, People think of batteries mainly for electric cars, and I think they will be important for certainly many transportation and application we will probably see many more hyper cars for ten or twenty or more years than we see electric cars.
But I think they are also very important for using more renewable energy for electricity, according to Barteau who added that it’s very important for establishing wind and solar as reliable sources of energy to be able to store the energy and battery as another method.
Barteau also noted, “That can happen at the scales of the grid, the power company, but it can also happen in scale of individuals that have solar panels on their roofs. In the US, I think it costs about 7 thousand dollars that is much too expensive to be adopted widely but as the cost comes down as we bring new technology to deal with the problem I think that will become more practical.”
He continued, “it will become more practical not just in developed world but in developing world where people don’t necessarily have electric power but will be able to utilize renewable sources for more reliable round-o’clock energy in their homes and villages and so forth.”
So I see it as an important part not just of more renewable energy but of alleviating energy poverty in many parts of the world, he said.
Our institute of engineering in Michigan is less involved in education and more in research and dealing with the public, explained Barteau, “but I would like to have good ideas to help involve my colleagues from the educational side more on energy education.”
I hope to come back and learn more about some of the details in research and educational programs going on here in NCKU, he added.
“I’m very impressed by the scale of college of engineering at NCKU,” said Prof. Barteau during his first trip to Taiwan. “I hope to be able to establish collaboration and also recruit some students here in the future,” he added.
“I’m very interested in learning about the curriculum here, and the courses available both in how they compliment what we are doing and how we can learn from the things that we already established here,” he said at an interview with NCKU news.
The University of Michigan Energy Institute's Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility, or Battery Lab, opens in October, according to Barteau.
NCKU professor of chemical engineering Dr. Yu-Chun Lin said, “We may start with collaborative research in the field of battery.”
As the director of the institute, Barteau said, People think of batteries mainly for electric cars, and I think they will be important for certainly many transportation and application we will probably see many more hyper cars for ten or twenty or more years than we see electric cars.
But I think they are also very important for using more renewable energy for electricity, according to Barteau who added that it’s very important for establishing wind and solar as reliable sources of energy to be able to store the energy and battery as another method.
Barteau also noted, “That can happen at the scales of the grid, the power company, but it can also happen in scale of individuals that have solar panels on their roofs. In the US, I think it costs about 7 thousand dollars that is much too expensive to be adopted widely but as the cost comes down as we bring new technology to deal with the problem I think that will become more practical.”
He continued, “it will become more practical not just in developed world but in developing world where people don’t necessarily have electric power but will be able to utilize renewable sources for more reliable round-o’clock energy in their homes and villages and so forth.”
So I see it as an important part not just of more renewable energy but of alleviating energy poverty in many parts of the world, he said.
Our institute of engineering in Michigan is less involved in education and more in research and dealing with the public, explained Barteau, “but I would like to have good ideas to help involve my colleagues from the educational side more on energy education.”
I hope to come back and learn more about some of the details in research and educational programs going on here in NCKU, he added.
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