Phase II IUCRC Columbia University: Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS)

能源收集材料和系统中心(CEHMS)的总体目标是开发综合解决方案，以应对能源收集、效率以及储存和分配问题。哥伦比亚大学网站的研究工作旨在产业/大学合作研究，通过现代结构材料和民用基础设施系统的设计来获取能源。鉴于建筑和交通部门对材料和能源的密集需求，通过建筑围护结构和基础设施表面实现能源收集对于可持续发展至关重要。Site Center的总体框架是致力于材料开发、系统集成工具和建模，以优化能源收集技术和设备的性能。由于大部分能源用于民用基础设施，通过基础设施直接收集能源将降低能源储存和传输成本，对基础设施系统产生协同生命周期效益，增强国家能源安全保障。哥伦比亚大学的研究计划是由纽约市大都市区充满活力的企业行业和巨大的市场培育起来的，将为我们提供极好的机会，招募和参与研究和教育活动中未被充分代表的学生，为年轻的科学家和工程师提供跨学科的学习经验。多学科研究团队将对行业驱动的项目进行研究，目标是将实验室原型转化为商业产品；加强跨学科的科技优势，并与行业发展强有力的合作。我们将采用整体的方法来设计和开发多功能建筑围护结构和基础设施表面，通过这些表面，各种材料和结构行为、能量收集和能效性能以及人类行为之间的相互作用和潜在的协同效应被正确地理解、建模和利用，同时消除或最大限度地减少任何潜在的有害后果或相互作用。此外，我们还将开发有效的传感和监测系统以及加速测试方法，以最大限度地提高能源收集效率和生命周期性价比。作为通过土木工程基础设施对能源收集进行革命性变革的第一步，我们将通过以下五项研究工作：1)用于能量收集和效率的多功能先进材料和结构；2)用于太阳能、地热和机械能量收集和储存的能量转换设备，如电池和燃料电池；3)具有基础设施保护的道路能量收集系统；4)具有能量收集和无线传感功能的节能建筑；以及5)能量收集材料和系统的生命周期分析和测试。

The Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) has an overarching goal to develop integrated solutions for challenging energy harvesting, efficiency, and storage and distribution problems. The research effort of the Columbia University Site aims at industry/university cooperative research to harvest energy through modern structural materials and designs of civil infrastructure systems. Given the intensive material and energy requirements in the building and transportation sectors, working toward energy harvesting through building envelopes and infrastructure surfaces is critical for sustainable development. The general framework within the Site Center is to work on materials development, system integration tools, and modeling to optimize the performance of energy harvesting technologies and devices. Because most energy is used in civil infrastructure, directly harvesting energy through the infrastructure will reduce costs of energy storage and transmission, produce synergistic life cycle benefits to the infrastructure system, and enhance the national energy security and safety. Columbia's research program is nurtured by the dynamic enterprise industry and large market of the NYC metropolitan area, and will offer excellent opportunities for us to recruit and engage underrepresented students in the research and education activities, providing interdisciplinary study experience to young scientists and engineers.The multidisciplinary research team will perform research on industry-driven projects with the objective of translating laboratory prototypes into commercial products; build on interdisciplinary strengths in science and technology, and; develop strong collaborations with industry. We will use a holistic approach to design and develop multifunctional building envelopes and infrastructure surfaces, through which the interactions and potential synergies between the various material and structural behaviors, energy harvesting and efficiency performance, and human behaviors are properly understood, modeled, and exploited, while eliminating or minimizing any potentially detrimental consequences or interactions. In addition, we will also develop effective sensing and monitoring systems and accelerated testing methods for maximized energy harvesting efficiency and life cycle cost performance. As the first step to make a transformative change for energy harvesting through civil engineering infrastructure through the following five research thrusts: 1) Multifunctional advanced materials and structures for energy harvesting and efficiency; 2) Energy converting devices for solar, geothermal, and mechanics energy harvesting and storage, such as battery and fuel cells; 3) Roadway energy harvesting systems with infrastructure protection; 4) Energy efficient buildings with energy harvesting and wireless sensing; and 5) Life cycle analysis and testing of energy harvesting materials and systems.