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UC Riverside CE-CERT:

College of Engineering- Center for Environmental Research and Technology

• collaborative research center focused on air quality,

transportation, and energy

• brings together academia, industry, and government to

develop and assess new technologies

• interdisciplinary center of approximately 45 full-time faculty

and staff plus 50 graduate and undergraduate students

• contracts and grant activity at approximately $8M per year

CE-CERT’s Mission

• Education and training at all levels:
• graduate students (Ph.D., M.S.)
• undergraduate students (design

projects, RAP)

• K – 12 education outreach
• Technical Research Papers
• Conduct research to improve the technical

basis for regulation

• Intellectual Property: future environmental

technology, transportation systems, and renewable energy systems, in partnership with the private sector

CE-CERT Laboratories:

Emissions and Fuels Research

Emissions measurement/analysis, fuel effects, new instrumentation/methods, after-treatment

Atmospheric Processes Research

secondary pollutant formation, mitigation methods, environmental modeling

Transportation Systems Research

Intelligent Transportation Systems, vehicle activity, energy/emissions modeling

Sustainable Energy Research

cellulosic ethanol, synthetic diesel fuel, distribution

Solar Energy Research (SC-RISE)

solar device research, solar thermal, applications, training

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Emissions and Fuels Research Laboratory

• Emission Measurement and Characterization
• Planes, Trains, Trucks, Automobiles
• On-Road Emission Measurements

new PEMS Research Program

• Advanced Emission Control Technology
• Fuel Effects

Recently launched a new center of excellence in alternative fuels (biofuels) funded by the California Energy Commission

• Stationary Sources: Commercial Cooking

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Vehicle Technology Research Laboratory Technology Research Laboratory

• Intelligent Transportation Systems

new ECO-Friendly ITS Research Program

• Vehicle Activity Analysis
• Transportation and Emissions Modeling
• Vehicle Guidance, Sensing, and Control

new research grant in vehicle positioning

• Advanced Vehicle Technology: EVs, hybrids
• Fuel Cells and Reformers

Atmospheric Processes Research Laboratory

• Atmospheric Chamber for Gas and Particle

Studies Keck Foundation instrumentation grant; national user facility designation

• Air Sampling and Monitoring
• Analysis and Modeling

new research program in cloud research related to global climate change

• Chemical Analysis

• Renewable (cellulosic) Alcohol Fuels
• Alternative Fuels: Biomass to Liquid

recent research grant (CEC: $2M) in steam hydrogasification of bio-waste

• Coal to Synthetic Diesel Fuel

Sustainable Energy Research Laboratories

• Fundamental Research in Solar Devices

and Solar Thermal

• Applied Research
• Training and Outreach

Southern California Research Initiative in Solar Energy

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AB2766 Program Support

• CE-CERT is willing to assist in AB2766 projects
• match research faculty technical expertise to program
• can provide student help as part of the educational

process

• provide emissions analysis of potential reductions
• AB2766 funding got our emissions modeling group started,
• ver 18 years of developing emissions models and applying

for transportation evaluation

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AB2766 Program Areas

• Alternative Fuel/Electric Vehicles
• electric drive technology is here to stay
• hybrid electrics are not necessarily a short-term bridge

technology, will play a key role for many years to come

• key is energy storage: UCR CE-CERT recently received

an endowment to initiate an research center: Winston Energy Storage Research Center focus:

• Advanced Battery Technology—lithium iron phosphate,

lithium sulfur, and life source rare earth lithium batteries

• Bio-Inspired Materials for Innovative Energy

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AB2766 Program Areas

• Heavy Duty Alternative Fuels/Electric Vehicles
• electric drive technology is also entering heavy-duty

vehicle arena

• CE-CERT is working with vehicle technology companies

focused on goods movement at the ports Key Issue for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles: Match the right vehicle for the transportation purpose

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AB2766 Program Areas

• Alternative Fueled Vehicles
• use of alcohol fuels will continue: as an additive in

regular gasoline (10%  15%)

• CE-CERT’s emissions/fuels research group is examining

the emissions impact of alcohol fuels (and bio-diesel) as part of its new CEC-sponsored “center of excellence”

• CE-CERT’s cellulosic ethanol research group is leading

the way in the pre-treatment process to reduce cost while maintaining a high degree of sustainability

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AB2766 Program Areas

• Vehicle Emissions Abatement
• can model future plans using our emissions and vehicle

activity models

• Land Use
• Can connect with UCR’s Center for Sustainable

Suburban Development (CSSD); we have partnered with them to examine “new urbanism” themes

AB2766 Program Areas

• Public Transportation
• introduce new vehicle technology in fleets
• new efficiencies through ITS
• consider concept of carsharing:

shared car parking shared car parking shared car parking

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AB2766 Program Areas

• Traffic Management and Signalization
• CE-CERT has several federal contracts to study the next

generation of traffic signalization

• makes use of wireless communications: vehicles talk to

signal controllers, and to each other

• upshot: increased efficiency, 5% – 20% emissions

savings

Distance Speed Vehicle 1 Vehicle 2 Vehicle 3 Vehicles 2 & 3 Phase 1 Accelerating Phase 3 Decelerating Phase 5 Accelerating Phase 2 Cruising Phase 4 Idling Analysis boundary

DSRC Range (r)

past present future

Today

Air Quality

Key Drivers for Emissions/Fuels Research

Developing alternative fuel technology (vehicles and infrastructure) to address energy sustainability

Escalation of Issues

further advancing fuel efficiency through conventional engine hybrid and other technologies Reducing air pollution with conventional engine technology

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Source: Honda

Climate Change Energy Sustainability