Cradle to the Grave - CO2 Opportunities and Challenges
Thrust Areas:
- Power Generation
- Capture of CO2 at the Power Generation Source
- CO2 Utilization (i.e., catalytic, electrochemical, and solar conversion)
- CO2 Sequestration
- CO2 Reduction through Biofuels Production
Important Dates:
- Check-in: Sunday, May 21st, 2017
- Welcome Reception: Sunday, May 21st (likely late afternoon, early evening)
- Final Presentations: Thursday, July 27th
- Check-out: Friday, July 28th
Financial Provisions:
- Ten-week stipend of $4,800
- Free on-campus apartment-style housing, including a living room, full kitchen and washer and dryer. Take the virtual tour
- Round trip travel expenses to Columbia, SC up to $500
Download the 2017 REU application in either Word, or, PDF format.
The program is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. Applicants must be enrolled in a Chemical Engineering or related program and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Students graduating in or before August 2017 are not eligible. Interested students should submit the completed application form along with the requested supporting materials by March 17, 2017.
Send Application Materials electronically to CO2REU. To see information from previous summer REU programs in Chemical Engineering at USC, click on some of the links below.
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About the Department:
The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina has 23 full time faculty members, ~85 graduate students (with >90% being Ph.D. candidates), and ~200 undergraduates. It occupies space in one third of the Swearingen Engineering Center, and about 40% of the new Horizon Building. The recent PhD program survey data released by the National Research Council ranked USC Chemical Engineering in the top 30 in the nation. Columbia is strategically located in the center of South Carolina, within a two-hour drive of the South Carolina Beaches (e.g., Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head Island), and the North Carolina Mountains (e.g., Asheville, Smoky Mountain National Park).
Please email CO2REU for general questions regarding the application process and administrative details of the REU Program.
Disclaimer:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DMR-0097701, EEC-0097695, DMR-9732227, EEC-9732345, EEC-0243726 and EEC-0851997. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).