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Kotzebue home energy audits help kick off study to reduce heating fuel costs
September 19, 2023
Homeowners in Kotzebue participated in ACEP's Home Heating Field Study and received professional home energy audits to help establish their baseline energy use, a critical step to help address high space-heating costs in rural Alaska.
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The first load and electrification forecast for the Railbelt published
September 13, 2023
ACEP's Railbelt Decarbonization study team has recently published a paper that provides the first load and electrification adoption forecast for the Alaska Railbelt transmission system.
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Chemical engineer and entrepreneur Nathan Prisco joins ACEP
September 12, 2023
Nathan Prisco recently joined ACEP as a research assistant professor of chemical engineering. His focus is identifying and testing affordable hydrogen technologies for communities in Alaska and elsewhere to promote energy security and decarbonization.
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ACEP seeks deputy director of research
September 11, 2023
ACEP is seeking a deputy director of research. This is an opportunity to work with the director and program leadership to define strategies for new and existing research programs that position Alaska as an innovative ecosystem for energy research.
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How efficient are mariculture vessels?
September 11, 2023
Equipped with a newly designed data logging system, a team of researchers went on sea trials this summer to study energy use in shellfish and seaweed farms.
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ACEP researchers offer two edX courses
September 07, 2023
Two engineering open online edX courses are offered through AlaskaX.
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ACEP and partners receive $6 million to help secure electric grids
August 28, 2023
Communities hit hard by climate change in Alaska and elsewhere in the U.S. could benefit from a new research project aimed at improving their electric grids. ACEP and partners have received $6 million from NSF to conduct the study.
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Partners collaborate to create T3 success
August 25, 2023
When partners collaborate to create meaningful experiences for students to learn and make a difference in their communities, epic things can happen. As was the case with the 2023 Teaching Through Technology summer program.
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Sustainable energy storage systems spark new life to existing infrastructure
August 24, 2023
ACEP intern Dallas Fisher worked under Phylicia Cicilio on the Railbelt Decarbonization project this summer.
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Optimizing ACEP research processes through AI and ML
August 24, 2023
This summer, ACEP intern Lauren Leadbetter worked to find helpful applications of AI and ML to Cook Inlet tidal research processes happening at ACEP.
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Nuclear generation assessment for Alaska's Railbelt
August 24, 2023
ACEP intern Gus Lewis worked under Phylicia Cicilio on her Railbelt Decarbonization project this summer.
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Modeling the future of Alaska's EV charging station infrastructure
August 24, 2023
As ACEP鈥檚 intern this summer, Ashton Curry worked on a web map project aimed at optimizing theoretical plots of EV charging stations along Alaska road systems, leveraging the vehicle ranges for the best placements.
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