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Home About About Us A Message From Our Director Research Overview CERC Patents ASHRAE Standard Facility Concentrated Solar Panel Phase Change Materials Photocatalytic Detoxification Rectennae Smart Material Technologies Waste Heat Capture Thesis and Dissertations Education Courses Other Resources Faculty & Staff Faculty Affiliated Faculty Equipment Staff News Give Contact Inspired by nature CERC Researcher Francesca Moloney, 26, is interested in renewable energy because “I love the great outdoors.” “I know renewable energy is the future to protect the beauty that surrounds us,” she says. Read more Patient and precise CERC doctoral researcher Ibrahim Azad of Bangladesh says, “I want to work in an environment where I can contribute to improve new technologies for future generations.” Read more The little things Doctoral researcher Ibrahim Azad, always interested in small things, has a chance to broaden his scope with his research on improving micro/nano devices important for applications such as infrared sensing and solar energy harvesting. Learn about his goals and motivations in our profiles of graduating CERC researchers. Read more Chasing the "Why" “I've always had the need to understand the ‘why’ behind things,” says visiting doctoral researcher Martina Leveni of Italy. “I live constantly with the need to research and understand.” Martina is working on a doctorate in industrial engineering after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Geological Science and geotechnology at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Read more Distributing power Visiting CERC doctoral researcher Ying Zhang of China hopes that focusing her research on solar power distribution and exploring more green-energy options will help keep the environment as it is. “How to make solar power generation feasible, efficient, and reliable, becomes my focus point." Read more All in a life's work His passion for engineering began as a youth with intense curiosity, then was spurred on by the oil embargo of the 1970s. But for USF CERC Director Dr. Yogi Goswami, the search for clean energy solutions was just beginning. The USF College of Engineering recently awarded Dr. Goswami its 2019 Engineering Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement. Read more Generating hope Arun Kumar Narasimhan's rural hometown in southern India had frequent power outages, and he put solar panels on his family’s rooftop to power the home. But not everyone in his town could afford this, said the USF CERC doctoral researcher, so he wants to help find a way toward grid independence in rural areas. Read more For the future CERC Directors Dr. Yogi Goswami and Dr. Elias Stefanakos lead student researchers in developing innovative alternative energy systems and improving energy efficiency. More CERC photos   -- Motivated to Innovate Learn what inspires graduating doctoral researchers at CERC   -- 1 Goal: Sustainability Visiting researchers believe in a multidiscipliscinary approach to clean energy.   -- A Local impact Manufacturing of Dr. Goswami's air filter is moved to the Tampa Bay Area. ABOUT CERC The University of South Florida's (CERC) explores and develops environmenally clean energy systems. Key research projects include solar thermal power, photovoltaics, concentrating solar power, energy storage (phase change materials, thermal storage, batteries, and supercapacitors), photocatalytic detoxification/disinfection technologies, new efficient thermodynamic cycles; solar energy conversion and biomass conversion/biofuels Read more RESEARCH UPDATES Meet CERC's Chief Research Scientist, Dr. Chand K. Jotshi Amaury Betancourt balances research, environmental agency work Generator converts waste to power ISES and ASHRAE help with 2019 Florida Solar Congress: Photos Keep up with us on facebook Join CERC on LinkedIn Read more CERC FACES AND PLACES Dr. Goswami receives USF College of Engineering's 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award for Engineering Excellence. CERC researchers and staff explore Tampa Bay Water desalination plant. See more photos. CERC Spotlight: Meet some of the people who work at the . Read more...