Stony Brook Urges Congress to Support Cutting-Edge Energy Resilience Research

In a significant push to advance innovation and national security efforts in collaboration with the U.S. Navy, Stony Brook University Director of Ecosystem Growth and Impact David Hamilton traveled to Washington, DC, on March 5 to advocate for strong financing to support energy resilience. research projects. In collaboration with the U.S. Navy and UMASS Lowell, SBU is conducting cutting-edge research on energy resilience.

“Our research provides critical assistance to the Navy in its efforts to create a more sustainable and resilient energy infrastructure and help achieve carbon emissions reduction goals,” Hamilton said. “To achieve superior military energy resilience, Congress must continue to provide robust funding for university-government partnerships by leveraging the innovative work and expertise of university researchers.”

Resilience is defined as the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions, and to prevent, resist, respond, and recover quickly from disturbances. Because the world is changing faster than ever, achieving resilience and energy independence requires a transformative approach that leverages fundamental research, the development of new technologies, and the validation of newly developed ones that can ensure safety and sustainability. Transforming the Navy’s and nation’s energy dependence from conventional sources to sustainable technologies requires researchers to view and address many of the operational technological challenges from a different perspective. Specific areas of interest to the Navy include: addressing power outages, grid integration of renewable energy sources, addressing energy security and life cycle sustainability, energy storage, enhanced microgrids, physical and cyber security of the network, production of fuels with low or zero carbon emissions. , reducing carbon emissions and inspecting and monitoring the structural health of critical energy infrastructure.

During his visit to the Capitol, Hamilton joined his UMASS-Lowell colleagues in meetings with the offices of Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Senator Markey, Representative LaLota, and Representative Trehan.

Stony Brook Office of Federal Relations located in Washington, DC, coordinated these Congressional meetings and works closely with SBU leadership, faculty, staff, and students to advance SBU’s federal priorities.