The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) or Grand Technion Energy Program was established in 2007 at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which is Israel's first university, founded in 1912.

Overview

GTEP's stated aim is to bring together Technion's researchers to discover and tap alternative and renewable energy sources, promote more

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, and reduce the environmental damage caused by the production of fossil fuels. GTEP is

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, with members spanning the range from nano science through to

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. The stated GTEP mission is: # To support energy projects with global impact # To promote multidisciplinary cooperation # To build on Israel and Technion's existing strengths in energy research and application # To attract new faculty into energy research # To attract graduate students # To strengthen industrial & international cooperation # To raise awareness in Israel and across the world of energy issues More than 40 faculty members from nine Technion faculties are involved in GTEP projects.

GTEP's four-point strategy

;Alternative fuels * Non-carbon fuels *

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technologies *

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-based fuels ;Renewable energy sources *

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technologies *

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cells *

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;Energy storage and conversion *

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* batteries ;Energy conservation * Conservation-minded urban planning * Insulation substances * Smart windows that can deflect sunlight as needed * Combustion processes

National leadership

Solar dish at Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center in Israel

In 2011, GTEP submitted the winning proposal to the

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, through the framework of the Israeli Centers for Research Excellence (I-CORE). As proposal coordinator, GTEP is coordinating top researchers to advance research into Solar fuels from Technion, the

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and

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

. The I-CORE for Solar Fuels includes nine existing faculty members from each university and 3 new faculty members in each school (a total of 36 members).

Notable GTEP faculty members

* Prof. Yoed Tsur, GTEP Director, Technion Faculty of Chemical Engineering. * Prof. Gideon Grader, Founder and Former GTEP Director, Technion Faculty of Chemical Engineering. * Prof. Avner Rothschild, Technion Faculty of Materials Engineering. * Prof. Yair Ein-Eli, Technion Faculty of Materials * Prof. Ilan Riess, Technion Faculty of Physics. * Prof.

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, Technion Faculty of Electrical Engineering. * Prof. Gadi Schuster, Technion Faculty of Biology. * Prof. Avner Rothschild, Technion Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering * Prof. Lilac Amirav, Technion Schulich Faculty of Chemistry * Prof. David Greenblatt, Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering .

Technion faculties involved with GTEP

* Aerospace Engineering * Architecture and Town Planning * Biology * Biotechnology and Food Engineering * Chemical Engineering * Chemistry * Civil and Environmental Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Materials Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Physics * Mathematics

GTEP International Graduate Studies Program

GTEP houses Israel's only multidisciplinary graduate studies program in energy science and technology. * MSc in Energy Engineering * MSc in Energy * PhD Program

References

External links

GTEP website

GTEP blog
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