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Fossil Fuels - Wyoming’s vast resources in coal, oil, and natural gas are the subject of research aimed at adding value to these products and reducing the environmental impact of their production and consumption. Projects address novel coal upgrading processes that make use of Wyoming’s abundant supply of carbon dioxide, new catalysts for petrochemical refining and more efficient means of removing sulfur and nitrogen oxides from flue gasses.

Electrical Energy - Several projects are studying ways to improve the efficiency of machines that use electrical energy, alternative means of generating electricity such as solar power, and reduction of electromagnetic interference caused by the use of more efficient electrical devices. The growth of Wyoming’s wind and solar power generation industries will depend on finding answers to the questions addressed in these research projects. More efficient use of our available electric energy resources is also a subject of this research.

Environmental Remediation - More effective and efficient means of protecting and restoring our environment are the subject of several interdisciplinary projects, including phytoremediation for hazardous material recovery, microbial processes for containing contaminants, electrokinetic removal of hydrocarbons from soil, reducing the use of volatile organic compounds in spray forming, and less hazardous methods of drying natural gas. Solution of these environmental problems are critical to the continued growth of Wyoming’s energy industry as well as to the development of new industry in the state.