Dec 9, 2022 | Bio-Based Chemicals Project, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The world’s appetite for electronics is growing, but what happens when we are done with our old phones and tablets? Most electronics are not degradable, and their disposal contributes to a variety of environmental problems. To help address this electronic waste...
Dec 6, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) will catalyze research on sustainable transportation modes in the Midwest thanks to a $1 million gift from the 2019 settlement of a consumer class-action lawsuit. “We will use the funding to invest in...
Oct 12, 2022 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases
A team of Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) scientists was awarded a grant from the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council (NREC) to quantify streambank erosion across the state and its contributions to phosphorus (P) loading of surface waters....
Sep 1, 2022 | I-GUIDE, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
In 2021, iSEE helped establish the Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment (I-GUIDE), securing a $15 million, five-year grant through National Science Foundation’s Harnessing the Data Revolution. Five such institutes across...
Jun 28, 2022 | Agrivoltaics Project, iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES
Paul Mwebaze likes American football, European football, and agrivoltaics. Let’s break that down if it’s confusing: the first is football, the second is soccer, and the third is integrating agricultural crops and solar panels on the same piece of land. Mwebaze...
May 26, 2022 | I-FARM Project, iSEE Research, News Releases
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is funding a new collaboration between two institutes and a research center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that will create an integrated farm of the future in the U.S. Midwest. Titled...