December 15, 2021 HNEI’s Battery Work Highlighted at the UH Innovation Virtual ConferenceThe University of Hawai‘i's Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation hosted a virtual innovation conference, Blending of Culture and Science, in November. This conference highlighted a wide range of UH's efforts to create...
November 4, 2021 HNEI & ACCURE Battery Intelligence Collaborate on Battery Systems Research ProjectAccure Battery Intelligence and HNEI team up to develop novel approaches for the determination of the aging and safety status of field deployed battery systems. Within a joint research project planned for the next three years,...
October 29, 2021 HNEI Researcher Named Associate Editor to the Journal FuelDr. Jinxia Fu, a HNEI Assistant Researcher, was recently named to the editorial board of the journal Fuel, a publication devoted to the science and technology of fuel and energy.
August 26, 2021 NSF Seeds a UHM & UW Partnership for Research and Education in MaterialsThe HNEI led University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and University of Washington (UW) Materials Research and Education Consortium (MRE-C) will develop foundational knowledge about advanced nano-to-macroscale defect-bearing and doped materials (boron compounds, chalcopyrites, layered quantum materials...
August 7, 2021 U.S. Navy Awards Additional $6M to ARL at UH for the Wave Energy Test SiteThe Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) awarded an additional $6 million to the Applied Research Laboratory at UH (ARL at UH), to support HNEI in continuing to provide critical research and logistical...
July 2, 2021 HNEI Researchers Analyze BESS Degradation Over 7 Years in Recent PublicationHNEI researchers from the PakaLi Battery Laboratory and GridSTART just published an analysis of a battery energy storage system degradation through seven years of field grid usage. The results showcase that the titanate based batteries showed little...
July 1, 2021 Recent HNEI Publications (January – June 2021)Below is the list of peer-review papers published by HNEI faculty and staff from January to June 2021. HNEI researchers are notated with an asterisk after their name.2021, G. Mohan*, R.L. Johnson*, J. Yu*, Conversion of...
June 3, 2021 HNEI Completes Study and Report on Renewable Natural Gas Resource AssessmentThe HNEI research team of Sharon Chan, Robert Williams, and Scott Turn, completed an assessment of biorenewable resources and their potential for renewable natural gas (RNG) production in Hawai‘i. Funded under the Energy Systems Development Special...
May 12, 2021 UH Team Wins DOE & NOAA Ocean Observing Prize: Design ContestUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Team Hālona, advised by HNEI researchers, was selected as one of seven winners in the joint U.S. Department of Energy and NOAA Ocean Observing Prize: Design Contest. Their concept for an...
April 8, 2021 HNEI’s Environmental Sensor Array Awarded U.S. PatentDeveloped by HNEI researchers Mitch Ewan and Scott Higgins, a “smart” system called an Environmental Sensor Array enhances the longevity and performance of fuel cells. This system senses and reacts to changing air quality in real...
