École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

ExxonMobil is a founding member of the Stanford Strategic Energy Alliance, contributing $20 million over five years for research on lower-carbon energy technologies.

ExxonMobil

Accelerating the use of hydrogen in achieving sustainable, affordable, and secure energy for all people

Hydrogen Initiative

Examining challenges and opportunities in electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors

Energy Business Innovations

Proposing new ideas to mobilize investment capital for energy innovation

Clean Energy Innovation Investment

AI Research at Stanford HAI

Climate Change Research at Stanford Woods

High-Energy Physics at SLAC

Biomedical Innovations at Stanford Bio-X

Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP)

Stanford University, a private research institution founded in 1885, operates over 70 research labs and 15 independent research institutes and centers. Stanford's interdisciplinary research ecosystem addresses complex global challenges, with notable contributions to energy research, artificial intelligence, biomedical sciences, and high-energy physics.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford Bio-X

A distributed computing project that simulates protein folding to study diseases like Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and various cancers. It has been one of the most powerful distributed computing clusters in the world.

Folding@home

A leading research center for the synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced materials, with a focus on energy technologies like batteries, fuel cells, and solar cells.

Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM)

Primary funding source for institute initiatives

Precourt Energy Fund

Steyer-Taylor Energy Fund

Funding for sustainability and energy projects

Schmidt Family Foundation

Stinehart/Reed Donor Advised Fund

Funding from industry collaborations for specific research projects

Industry partnerships (e.g., ExxonMobil)

Government grants

Industry partnerships

Philanthropic donations

William Chueh

Ira Ehrenpreis

Michael Morgan

A center of excellence for Artificial Intelligence research, teaching, theory, and practice

Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)

Conducts research spanning chemistry, materials and energy sciences, bioscience, fusion energy science, high-energy physics, cosmology, and advanced accelerator technology

Focuses on environmental research and sustainability

Interdisciplinary research center for biomedical and life science research

Conducts research on lower-carbon energy technologies and energy technology development

Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy

Stanford University

Partnerships with over 300 large corporations worldwide

Industry Partnerships

Collaboration at Campus Biotech in Geneva

Campus Biotech Collaboration

Development of robots for use in nuclear decommissioning processes

All-terrain robot for nuclear decommissioning

Research on advanced energy delivery systems

Future 'fueling station' for power or hydrogen delivery

Development of sustainable biofuel production methods

Transforming farm residues into biofuels

Research on solar panels that protect themselves in high temperatures

Self-protecting solar panels

Development and testing of autonomous shuttles in urban environments

Autonomous shuttles in Sion

Participation in the large-scale European brain research initiative

Human Brain Project

The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a public research university in Switzerland, operates over 500 laboratories and research groups, conducting research in fields ranging from information and communication technologies to life sciences and engineering. The EPFL+ECAL Lab combines design, engineering, and social sciences. EPFL collaborates with industry partners and academic institutions.

Houses over 120 startups, 26 large companies, and 20 service providers across 14 buildings, including 5 with bio or chemical laboratories, totaling 55,000 square meters of office space

EPFL Innovation Park

Advanced facility for micro and nanotechnology research

Center of MicroNanoTechnology (CMI)

Facility for biomolecular research and screening

Biomolecular Screening Core Facility

Advanced microscopy facility for biological research

Bioelectron Microscopy Core Facility

Gene Expression Core Facility

Facility for protein analysis and research

Proteomics Core Facility

Facility for cell analysis using flow cytometry

Flow Cytometry Core Facility

Facility for histological analysis and research

Histology Core Facility

The EPFL+ECAL Lab combines design, engineering, and social sciences to explore new approaches to innovation and technology development.

EPFL+ECAL Lab

The Blue Brain Project is a pioneering effort to create a digital reconstruction of the rodent brain by integrating experimental data and computational modeling. It aims to advance our understanding of the brain's structure and function.

Blue Brain Project

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