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Updates & Features
EEP Active in New Forum on Future Energy Infrastructure
The June 4, 2008, forum “Alternative Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Initiative: Developing Adaptive Infrastructure” was hosted by Rutgers’ CAIT in partnership with the Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) and the Center for Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy (CEEEP).
Developing an adaptive infrastructure that will support alternative fuels is a universitywide initiative that addresses the critical interface between alternative fuels, vehicles of the future, and the transportation infrastructure required to support a diverse fleet of on-road and off-road vehicles (cars, trucks, and transit vehicles).
In addition to Rutgers’ CAIT, VTC, CEEEP, and other units at Rutgers, participants included University of São Paulo, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and NJDOT.
The forum brought together leaders in policy, transportation, energy, and the environment to discuss and share “what we know now” and “what we can do” to bring online an efficient, flexible, and sustainable transportation infrastructure to power vehicles that will operate on diverse fuel sources. The forum seeded critical partnerships and ongoing collaborations to develop sustainable transportation as EEP and other groups at Rutgers tackle the challenges ahead. (Jan 2009)
EEP-Brazil International Partnership on Biofuels: MOU with University of São Paolo
Faculty, students, and administrators in the College of Agriculture at the University of São Paolo (ESAQUL/USP) and Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and School of Engineering have been working together on advanced biotechnology and engineering methods for biofuels production. The MOU is in its third 5-year term marking nearly 17 years of collaboration between USP and Rutgers.
The Alternative Fuels and Transportation Infrastructure Forum (see story above) is bringing together biofuels production and economics experts, including Professor Jose Caixeta-Filho, who was one of the keynote speakers at the forum’s June meeting.
University of São Paolo (USP) researchers like Caixeta-Filho provide expertise on the large-scale production and distribution of ethanol, in the case of Brazil, largely from sugarcane. USP’s partnership in the alternative fuels/transportation infrastructure initiative at Rutgers provides enhanced technology transfer and helps build strong research-education collaborations between USP and CAIT’s EEP. It also promotes awareness of this important area among U.S. federal transportation agencies by including them in the dialogue. (Jan 2009)