Materials for Energy

Adapting current energy systems to reduce fossil fuel dependence and minimize impacts on climate, environment, and health is the grand challenge we face today.  New materials are of crucial importance for meeting this goal.  Materials are central to every energy technology, and advances in materials science can help raise energy efficiencies and resolve emissions problems.

Some Harvard faculty who work in materials science and energy technology have formed a new Materials for Energy Group.  As materials research engages physicists, materials scientists, environmental scientists, and chemists, the group is multi-disciplinary.  Its aim is to raise the visibility and the long-run vitality of materials research with energy applications at Harvard.

Fall 2011 Events

Friday, September 2 - Dr. Alex Zunger, Chancellor Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. "The Inverse Problem in Materials Theory: Given a Target Property, Find the Structure." 4pm, Pierce 209