Vision
Create a community of scholars with the unique tools and insights needed to balance the technological, environmental, and social dimensions of a sustainable energy economy.
Program - Overview
Biofuels are largely compatible with current vehicles on the road, and the fuel infrastructure needed to keep them gased-up. This intrinsic compatibility makes them an appealing renewable alternative to non-renewable fossil fuels. Moreover, energy derived from domestic bioresources can begin to address other societal grand challenges such as energy security and rural economic development. However, to succeed at the scale needed, sustainable design and resource management principles must infuse the entire fuel development process.
The UW Bioresource-Based Energy for Sustainable Societies program is funded by the NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program. We are creating leaders among a new generation of Ph.D. scientists and engineers with deep disciplinary knowledge and unique expertise in the multidisciplinary, multicultural, and societal aspects of sustainability. We have developed a coherent research and education program that helps students ask new questions at the intersection of resource management practices, molecular science and engineering, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) strategies. 
