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UW News @uwnews.uw.edu · 07/04/2026

The @uofwa.uw.edu graduate and professional degree programs again were recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday. www.washington.edu/news/2026/04...

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University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences @uwartsci.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Congratulations to the @uofwa.uw.edu faculty members who have been awarded early-career fellowships from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social! The new Fellows include #UWArtSci faculty members Maria “Masha” Baryakhtar, Matthew R. Golder, and Willem Laursen. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

Five UW faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. They are, from left to right, Maria “Masha” Baryakhtar, Matthew R. Golder, Vikram Iyer, Willem Laursen and Frankie Pavia. Photo: University of Washington

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Honored to welcome His Excellency Tumisang Mosotho, Ambassador of Lesotho to the U.S., to the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds last week! 🇱🇸🇺🇸☀️🔋⚡ @uofwa.bsky.social @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Nov 6, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Alex Gagnon, associate professor of oceanography @uwenvironment.bsky.social and co-founder/CEO of Banyu Carbon @uwcomotion.bsky.social — a UW spinout using sunlight to power marine #carbonremoval #CCUS ☀️🌊🧪

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Thu Oct 30, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Dr. Geri Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry @uocas.bsky.social (U.S. DOE Undersecretary for Science and Innovation 2021–25) 🐾🦆💡⚡🇺🇸 "Research and innovation needed for the nation's energy security"

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IMOD @imod-stc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

SPEED printing quantum dots: how IMOD is enabling next-generation electronic and optical devices with nanoscale additive manufacturing 🧪🖨️🚦 @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Sep 25, 4pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Mike Scarpulla, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering + Materials Science & Engineering @price.utah.edu Learn why defects in #semiconductors are key for next-gen #cleanenergy tech — from high-voltage #powerelectronics to thin-film #solar cells! 🙌⚡☀️

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

This May, Big Bend Community College students visited the Testbeds for a battery fabrication workshop, exploring slot-die coating, coin cell assembly, and battery testing with staff scientists! Full story: www.cei.washington.edu/charging-up-to-build-batteries/ @uwengineering.bsky.social #UWserves

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Big Bend Community College students explore battery fabrication at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, an open-access lab operated by the University of Washington Clean Energy Institute.

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

New this year: the Torrance Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy (AXP) is open to MS and PhD students! @uwgradschool.bsky.social students in STEM can perform climate tech due diligence or science policy analysis. Application deadline extended to Aug 18! www.cei.washington.edu/education/uw...

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

UW doctoral students in STEM: apply by Aug 8 for the 2025–26 Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy! Evaluate climate tech for local angel investors E8, or write technical policy briefings + white papers for state gov + community orgs w/ WA State Academy of Sciences. www.cei.washington.edu/axp

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Join us tomorrow for our last CEI seminar of the year! Professor @kelseyhatzell.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu will discuss solid-state batteries + advanced synchrotron techniques to understand their interfaces. 🔋 Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291 Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Jonathan Phillips, director of the Energy Access Project at Duke University! @nichinstitute.bsky.social "Energy in Transition: The end of aid and what it means for achieving modern energy systems in emerging economies" Thurs May 15, 4 pm @ NanoES 181

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@UWCoMotion @uwcomotion.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

So much going on this week for #UWInnovationMonth2025! From art, to jazz, from physics to clean tech, entrepreneurship, science in medicine lectures and more! See the full schedule: bit.ly/UWInnovMo25 @uwartsci.bsky.social @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social @uw-cei.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

May 19: Join CEI, @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social, and the CleanTech Alliance at Founders Hall for Carbon X Change: an educational event across UW departments! Learn about PNNL CO₂-to-product research, climate tech startups, and UW resources for deep tech innovation 🐾🤝🌎 RSVP below — free for students!

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Support our K-14 education and engagement programs and inspire future clean energy leaders! Apply by May 15 for the 2025–26 CEI Education & Training Fellowship — open to all UW doctoral students in science, engineering, education, or clean energy-related fields 🐾 💡 cei.washington.edu/etf

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University of Washington Materials Science & Engineering @uwmse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Professor Xiaodong Xu will be presented with his NAS Award for Scientific Discovery this Sunday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. Register for the live webcast and cheer him on! nasonline.swoogo.com/nas162_award... #NASaward #nas162

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Maksym Kovalenko @maksymuki.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It was an honor to visit UW (Clean Energy Institute) in Seattle (and this city). Beautiful campus. Wonderful colleagues. Thanks for hospitality to: Eden , @velian-lab.bsky.social , Daniel Gamelin, @brandicossairt.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social and their students, @uw-cei.bsky.social

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Dr. Maksym Kovalenko from ETH Zurich! @maksymuki.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇨🇭 "My quantum dot journey: from water to infrared, and finally to luminescent salts" 🧪💡 Thurs Apr 10, 4:00 pm @ NanoES 181 @gingerchem.bsky.social @imod-stc.bsky.social

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Starting soon at #S25MRS: CEI Distinguished Postdoc Rachel Woods-Robinson's tutorial in Materials for Sustainability! @rachelectron.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social "From Formula to Footprint — Integrating Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking into Materials R&D" Summit 321 @ 10:15

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Congrats to EnviroTect, our Climate Action Prize winners at the @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social Environmental Innovation Challenge! @uwbioe.bsky.social MAB students created a filtering device to capture volatile gases from anesthesia machines during surgeries before they are expelled into the environment

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Welcome Distinguished Postdocs! Akash Dasgupta: perovskite PV w/@gingerchem.bsky.social @uwchemistry.bsky.social via @ox.ac.uk Snaith lab Yi-Fan Zhao: 2D materials w/ Xiaodong Xu @uwartsci.bsky.social via Kavli ENSI @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov + @pennstatescience.bsky.social

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Congrats to 2025 Testbeds Undergrad Research Award winners: Tristan Angeles, Dijia Bao, Andrea Guiley, and Gabby Zaher! These projects advance generative AI for battery datasets, 2D materials for water treatment, battery characterization, and perovskite solar. www.cei.washington.edu/2025-testbed...

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University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences @uwartsci.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Xiaosong Li, the Larry R. Dalton Endowed Chair in @uwchemistry.bsky.social and associate dean for research @uwartsci.bsky.social, has been named an @aaas.org Fellow!

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This summer, CEI is partnering with UW UPWARDS to offer Research Experiences for Teachers! Instructors work with expert UW faculty + trainees on cutting-edge research + curriculum development in semiconductor manufacturing. ($8k stipend) Apply by March 31: www.cei.washington.edu/community-en...

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Applications are now open for the 2025-26 CEI Graduate Fellowship! UW PhD students receive support to conduct research on clean energy adoption and participate in professional development + K-12 engagement activities. RA salary + tuition provided for 1–3 quarters between Sep 16, 2025–June 15, 2026.

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

On March 11, join us at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds for the next event in our climate tech discussion & networking series! The Impact of Electric Vehicles and Solar on the Grid 🚗🔋☀️🔌 Details and registration here: wcet.washington.edu/events/ #cleanenergy #climatetech #EV #solar #smartgrid

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Secondary STEM educators: on March 8, join CEI and @imod-stc.bsky.social at UW Seattle for our workshop on connecting Next-Generation Science Standards to cutting-edge clean energy research! ☀️🔋🧑‍🔬 More information: bit.ly/March8STEMTe... Sign up by March 1 at the link below! 🐾

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This week's CEI seminar will be presented *virtually* by Dr. Zhigang Ban, Director of Process Development — Emerging Technologies Group at @firstsolar.com! ☀️🇺🇸 "Thin-Film PV at the Multi-GW Scale" Feb 27, 4:00 pm (stream in NanoES 181) Career Q&A: 2:00–2:50 pm www.cei.washington.edu/events/semin...

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Excited to share that CEI Director Dan Schwartz will speak at Provost Serio's 2025 Town Hall! Learn how we're accelerating clean energy adoption in partnership with local tribes + energy-burdened WA communities. Feb 26, 10am @ Alder Auditorium/virtual @uofwa.bsky.social @uwengineering.bsky.social

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Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University @tamuchemistry.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Dr. Samson A. Jenekhe from University of Washington will present his seminar Polymer Solar Cells: Advances in Materials and Devices at 11:30 in CHEM 2104 on Thursday, February 20. Join us!

A seminar flyer with the abstract: Solar cells based on organic/polymer semiconductors are of growing interest towards providing solutions to the societal challenges of sustainable energy sources and addressing climate change. Advances in materials and devices in the last two decades have substantially addressed the twin fundamental challenges of large-binding-energy excitons and narrow absorption bands in organic semiconductors. In particular, the journey from fullerene-based devices to non-fullerene acceptor (NFA)-based polymer solar cells has been long, challenging and rewarding for the field of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Our recent studies include design and syntheses of random copolymer acceptors, ladder molecule acceptors, and understanding of the roles of charge transport, blend morphology, and blend photophysics in dictating the photovoltaic properties of NFA/polymer blends. Recent advances in non-fullerene acceptor materials, donor copolymers and blend devices have pushed the OPV device efficiency close to 20 %.
Also a picture of Samson Jenehkhe with a biography: Samson A. Jenekhe holds the Frank and Julie Jungers Chair in Engineering and is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. is the author of over 320 research articles in journals and 28 granted US patents. He received the Charles M. A. Stine Award for Excellence in Materials Science and Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in 2014. For his pioneering research on the photophysics and charge transport properties of semiconducting polymers, he was awarded the 2021 Polymer Physics Prize from the American Physical Society. Jenekhe is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Thursday, Feb 13: CEI seminar by Jodie Lutkenhaus, Professor & Axalta Chair in ChemE + Assoc. Dean for Research in the College of Engineering @tamu.bsky.social 👍 "Organic batteries for a more sustainable future" 🔋 Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181 🧪 Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291 ☕️

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Clean Energy Institute @uw-cei.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Excited to join Bluesky — and to share our AY 23–24 Annual Report! ☀️🐾💜💛 www.cei.washington.edu/wp-content/u... #cleanenergy #climate #climatetech #renewableenergy @uwartsci.bsky.social @uwengineering.bsky.social

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uofwa.uw.edu @uofwa.uw.edu · 03/02/2025

The UW Board of Regents has named Robert J. Jones as the 34th President of the University of Washington! Dr. Jones brings a wealth of experience, having led the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & @albany.edu before being selected to join us in the PNW. washington.edu/34th-preside...

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