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University of California Riverside Proposal for an Energy Innovations Grant Page 2 UCR has been awarded grant funds through this program in the past for nine separate projects: 1) Clean Automated Electric Power, Heating, and Cooling from Urban Waste; 2) Novel Energy Efficient Coatings Based on Transition Metal Oxide Sol -Gel Films; 3) The Control of NOx (nitrogen oxides), Sox (sulfur oxides), and Particulate Matter in Biological Filters; 4) Polymer - zeolite nanocomposit High- temperature Proton - exchange- membrane (PEM) for Fuel Cells; 5) Low Power Operated Light Emitting Displays; 6) Solar Charged Flexible Batteries; 7) Solar Powered Proto- Type Devices; 8) the establishment of the Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC- RISE); and 9) a second request for funding to support outreach programs, research and development opportunities, and the development of strategic collaborations in the area of renewable and solar energy for SC -RISE. To date, the college has received a total of $1,562,110 in grant funding through this program. A new proposal was recently submitted for grant funding by Professor Mihri Ozkan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Professor Cengiz Ozkan, Department of Mechanical Engineering. In this proposal, the applicants' intention is to fabricate miniaturized, efficient and low -cost energy storage devices such as super- capacitors and batteries utilizing a novel 3- dimensional (3 -D) carbon based film developed recently in their laboratory. Such 3 -D engineered carbon networks can provide fast charging and discharging rates that can sustain millions of cycles. In addition, the total surface area of these electrodes can be tuned with a pore, sized to fit the size of ions of the electrolyte with angstrom accuracy. This will provide flexible, printable and wearable super- capacitors that are likely to be integrated into smart clothing, sensors, wearable electronics and drug delivery systems. They also can provide sufficient volumetric energy density for nomad electronics, wireless sensor networks, biomedical implants, active radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags and embedded microsensors. The proposed work is well aligned with the City of Riverside Public Utilities' Green initiative and meets Seizing Our Destiny Route 5 "Becoming a Green Machine ". The professors would like to perform a live demonstration of fabricated novel miniaturized energy storage super- capacitors at the University of California Riverside at the end of the first year. FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $99,000 are available in Fiscal Year 2011 -12 Public Benefits Funds - Energy Innovations Grant Program — Non - Residential Account No. 6020100 - 456048. Prepared by: David Wright, Public Utilities General Manager, Certified as to Availability of funds: Paul C. Sundeen, Assistant City Manager /CFO /Treasurer Approved by: Belinda J. Graham, Assistant City Manager for Bradley J. Hudson, City Manager Approved as to form: Gregory P. Priamos, City Attorney Concurs with: William R. Bailey, III, Ch r Utility Services /Land Use/Energy Development Committee 15 -2