Research & Development
The Conn Center Technical Advisory Board has identified core themes for research and development as part of the center's mission.
Research Themes
Research themes have dedicated team leaders who collaborate with faculty and researchers across Kentucky institutions and industry partners.
Solar Manufacturing Research and Development
Harnessing the sun's limitless power. We're developing next-gen thin film solar manufacturing, lowering costs, improving aesthetics and shaping the future of energy.
Solar Fuels
Transform sunlight into chemical fuel: powering tomorrow by mimicking and improving upon nature's ancient process of photosynthesis to create sustainable, storable energy solutions.
Biofuels & Biomass
Pioneering sustainable futures: We're transforming biomass into next-generation biofuels and value-added products to power tomorrow's world.
Energy Storage
From pioneering lithium-ion to next-gen solutions, we're revolutionizing energy storage to power a sustainable future.
Materials Characterization
Where cutting-edge technology meets atomic-level insights to transform energy solutions through systematic exploration of structure-property-performance relationships.
Energy Efficiency Conservation
We're creating a sustainable future through innovation, collaboration, and measurable results that power both industry and community.
Making a Difference, Together
The Conn Center continually seeks to form research partnerships with universities and industries across the state to accelerate renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Utilize our state-of-the-art laboratories and testing facilities, dedicated research engineers and scientists and proven abilities to propel lab scale research to the next level of development towards commercialization.
