NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Advanced Material Development for Generation, Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy

随着现代社会的不断进步，人口越来越多，采用了各种各样的新技术，人们已经广泛认识到对先进和新型材料的需求。在电力行业，这种对新材料的需求比任何地方都更大，更迫切，以实现具有成本效益，可靠和长期的能源生产和储存技术，这对于跟上加拿大和其他地方不断增长的电力需求至关重要。风能和太阳能等可再生能源发电技术为传统技术提供了替代方案；然而，它们的间歇性和相对较高的成本阻碍了它们在电力部门的广泛渗透。可行和负担得起的储能技术在帮助电网现代化、促进可再生能源技术的包容和发展以及在交通运输领域提供化石燃料的替代品方面具有巨大潜力。拟议中的兰姆顿学院工业研究主席（IRCC）， Shahram Karimi博士，将与当地和区域工业合作伙伴合作，提供他在利用纳米工程和其他先进技术，系统设计，优化和集成以及故障分析的新型材料开发方面的广泛专业知识。已确认的合作公司包括Volta Energy Inc.、ProTerra Inc.和BioGen Solutions Inc.。其他伙伴关系目前正在谈判中。预计将在LC建立一个强大而稳健的应用研究和开发计划。通过直接合作、知识转移和培养下一代高素质人才，将为本地和区域能源相关公司做出重大贡献。

As modern societies continue to advance, become more populous and adopt a variety of new technologies, the need for advanced and novel materials has been widely recognized. This need for novel materials is nowhere greater and more urgent than in the electric power sector to enable cost-effective, reliable and long-term energy generation and storage technologies which are essential for keeping pace with the ever-growing need for electricity in Canada and elsewhere. Renewable energy generation technologies such as wind and solar offer alternatives to conventional technologies; however, their intermittent natures and their relative high cost have hindered their widespread penetration into the electric power sector. Viable and affordable energy storage technologies have great potential to aid in the modernization of electric power grid, to facilitate inclusion and growth of renewable energy technologies, and to offer an alternative to fossil-based fuels in the transportation sector. The proposed Industrial Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC) for Lambton College, Dr. Shahram Karimi, will work with local and regional industrial partners offering his extensive expertise in novel material development for energy generation and storage using nano-engineering and other advanced techniques, system design, optimization and integration, and failure analysis. Confirmed collaborating companies include Volta Energy Inc., ProTerra Inc., and BioGen Solutions Inc. Other partnerships are currently under negotiation. It is anticipated to build a strong and robust applied research and development program at LC. Significant contributions to local and regional energy realted companies will be achieved through direct collaboration and knowledge transfer and the preparation of the next generation of highly qualified personnel (HQP).