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The Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy (LCRE) is located on the campus of Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), and is administratively housed in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. The LCRE consists of 44 Research Members spanning multiple disciplines, whose partner departments also help to support appro... ximately 60 students, interns, and post-doctoral researchers. The Entrepreneur-in-residence program, individuals helping to commercialize LCRE technology, numbers 13. Additionally, the LCRE benefits from the participation of 20 external Advisory Board Members, who represent a variety of energy and transportation-related companies, agencies, and organizations. Since its founding in the spring of 2007, the LCRE has successfully supported and promoted the work of faculty, departments, students, and schools throughout the IUPUI campus and beyond in the fields of renewable energy, efficiency, and sustainability. The LCRE is an interdisciplinary research center, and strives to meet the societal and public needs and challenges in these key energy and environmental areas, which also require interdisciplinary solutions. The Center helps create a collaborative environment for solving these challenges through promoting and supporting programs and opportunities for faculty, students, and external organizations (universities, companies, national labs, and nonprofit organizations). Additionally, over the past several years, the LCRE has expanded its traditional areas of research, education, and expertise to now include efforts in Waste to Energy (WTE) technologies and applications, biomass conversion to fuels, chemicals, power and heat, as well as industrial energy efficiency and management. IUPUI is one of only 24 universities in the United States to be awarded a Department of Energy grant to establish an Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) on campus. The goal of this $1.3 million award is two-fold: to enable the training of the next generation of energy efficiency managers and ...Read More