UC Irvine’s Clean Energy Institute was founded in 2022 as an umbrella organization to help coordinate and administer sustainability research for several campus interdisciplinary centers. Its first director is Jack Brouwer, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. His substantial background includes leadership roles in UC Irvine’s Advanced Power and Energy Program and the National Fuel Cell Research Center. With all these responsibilities, he’s a busy man, but he’s taken time to discuss clean energy research at UC Irvine and how that will benefit California, the U.S. and the world.

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