UOG Collaborates on Renewal Energy Research
UOG Collaborates on Renewal Energy Research
UOG Collaborates on Renewal Energy Research
3/17/2023
Karl Mueller, a physical chemist and a Program Development Office Director at Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State, seated, second from left, is joined
by Fleurdeliza De Peralta, seated third from left, a senior advisor with the lab’s
Risk & Environmental Assessment Group, during a visit to the University of Guam on
March 14. Standing from left: Dr. Pamela Peralta, Director, Contracts and Grants at
UOG; Dr. Michael Chan, Guam Community College Dean of School of Technology & Student
Services; UOG Senior Vice President and Provost Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez; and Dr.
Rachael Leon Guerrero, Vice Provost of Research and Sponsored Programs, UOG. Seated,
first from left, GCC President Mary Okada; and President Thomas W.Krise, first from right.
In a breakthrough collaboration for the University of Guam, a team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory visited UOG on March 14 to discuss research on the potential of using seawater as a source of energy. Representatives from UOG and PNNL discussed future efforts for both organizations to share research and conduct fieldwork on island.
“Research teams from PNNL and UOG will investigate the fundamental science behind seawater electrolysis to generate
hydrogen,” according to the lab.
PNNL, based in Richland, Washington, lays a foundation for innovations that advance sustainable energy through decarbonization
and energy storage. PNNL collaborates with academia in fundamental research and with industries to transition technologies to market, the lab states.
Fleur de Peralta, a senior advisor with PNNL’s Risk & Environmental Assessment Group, Energy & Environment Directorate, is one of
the officials who visited UOG. De Peralta grew up in Guam. Joining her was physical chemist Karl Mueller, a Lab Fellow and Program Development
Office Director for Physical & Computational Sciences at PNNL.
Energy Department funding
The Energy Department’s Office of Science is providing $1.695 million in research
funding to UOG. PNNL will receive $555,000 for the three-year project through 2025.
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John Limtiaco, an assistant professor of chemistry, takes the lead on the UOG side of the $1.695
million research. Limtiaco and two students will participate in a research experience
at PNNL’s lab this summer. Five UOG students will also experience PNNL research during the summer of 2024 and 2025.
PNNL and UOG teams also discussed a second project funded with $400,000 from the U.S. Energy
Department’s Water Power Technologies Office to assess Ocean Energy Systems to power
a proposed Guam Aquaculture Innovation Center.
David Patrick Crisostomo, an aquaculture specialist with the Sea Grant Program, takes
the lead research at UOG for the second project which will involve looking into ocean
thermal energy for a proposed Guam Aquaculture Innovation Center.