RENEW

Working Towards More Efficient and Affordable Algal Biofuel

Ian Bradley and team tackles the problem of compromised algal cultures to advance the development of algae produced biofuel.

Glacier Ice Modeling using Fieldwork and AI

3/7/25

UB's Glacier Modeling lab, led by RENEW's Kristin Poinar, blend fieldwork and AI to map and track Greenland's changing glacial landscape.

Communicating Climate Change

3/7/25

Empire Innovation Geology professor Sophie Nowicki's research on climate change takes her to Greenland and Antarctica to study the changes in glaciers and ice sheets. Communicating the risk of Climate Change is an important theme in Dr. Nowicki's work.

Creating Clean Hydrogen Energy

3/7/25

Haiqing Lin and his team of researchers were awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a membrane to separate different elements in the air and support gasification-based hydrogen production.

Turning methane emissions into useful commercial products

3/7/25

A University at Buffalo-led research team is developing new catalysts that aim to turn climate-warming methane emissions into useful commercial products.

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The UB RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute is university-wide and interdisciplinary initiative, focusing on complex energy and environmental issues, as well as the social and economic issues to which they are connected. RENEW helps develop and coordinate innovative research, education and outreach programs.