NETL

CM

U Pitt

WVU

Institute forAdvanced

Energy Studies

Form and function of an academic / government collaboration: NETL-IAES

Andrew J. Gellman

Dept. of Chemical Eng.Carnegie Mellon Univ.Pittsburgh, PA 15213

and

DOE – NETLPittsburgh, PA 15236

NETL

IAES

Office of Res & Dev.

RDS

EG&G

SAIC

Parsons

CMU

WVU

Pitt

CWPCorp.

Structure of the relationship

Subtask Orders

Faculty Researchers

Postdocs Students

NETL – Key Features

• Origins in 1910 with Bureau of Mines

• DOE National Lab status in 1999

• Research mandate in fossil fuels

• 1100 employees including 150 scientists

• $800M budget with ~$100M internal research expenditures

IAES establishment

2004 - NETL support services contract awarded to Research andDevelopment Solutions (RDS)LLC (EG&G, Parsons, SAIC,CMU, Pitt and WVU)

2005 - NETL Funds “Round 1” projects totaling $1.5M to encourage University – NETL collaborations

2006 - NETL Funds “Round 2” projects totaling $6-8M to encourage collaborations between Universities and with NETL scientists

2006 - NETL initiates discussions with and between CMU/Pitt/WVU to

form and energy research institute

2007 - CWP manages “Round 3” research program planning

2007 - IAES and research program formed

NETL – IAES operating model

• IAES Fellows have formal affiliation with NETL.

• IAES research is published and presented as originating from NETL. Faculty and students also represent their academic affiliation.

• A significant fraction of the research is to be performed on site at NETL.

• CWP must seek external (non-NETL) sources of funding for the IAES research portfolio.

NETL – IAES

• In existence since 09/07.

• Research funding $13 M/yr from NETL

• ~$10M in external funding for IAES-related research

• 24 Resident Institute Fellows (8 x 3 universities).• RIF’s establishing labs at NETL and spending 1 day/wk at

NETL

• ~70 Institute Fellows• IF’s have collaborative research projects with NETL scientists

• ~90 students and postdocs working on IAES research program

NETL – IAES Research Thrusts 1. Materials for energy technologies

2. Process and dynamic systems modeling

3. Catalyst and reactor development

4. Carbon management

5. Sensor systems and diagnostics

6. Energy conversion devices

7. Gas hydrates

8. Utra-deep and Unconventional Oil & Gas

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U Pitt

WVU

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9. Water management

10.Combustion

Issues and Lessons Learned

• Not all universities are created equal.

• Significant effort needed to develop an understanding of other organizations: university – university;

university – national lab; national lab – university.

• Timescales for decision making and program planning differ. National lab is annual. Universities have timescales ~4 years for research activities (but much shorter for some other decision making).

• Safety and security protocols are entirely different.