The Center for Energy Research is an organized research unit at UC San Diego aimed at coordinating and promoting energy research and education. The Center provides a venue for interdisciplinary interactions among UCSD faculty, researchers, students and the public. Members of CER perform basic and applied research in the fields of fusion energy, solar energy, combustion, and related disciplines. The center also serves as a focal point for studies of socio-economic and environmental aspects of energy production and use (see CER Charter).   Events & Announcements Upcoming seminars (see archives): Bedros Afeyan, February 3 Funding opportunities (see archives): IUCRP (UC) Discovery Grant: Spring 2010 Call for Applications (letter of intent due Feb 12, 2010).   CER News CER news is now available via RSS. Please bookmark the feed now, feed://cer.ucsd.edu/rss.xml Web interview of Prof. George Tynan, regarding various facets of his research, on the ORA web site. CER researcher Valerie Izzo nominated for 2009 Nuclear Fusion Award. CER members awarded a 5-year DOE Plasma Science Center grant for a Center for Momentum Transport and Flow Organization in Plasmas and Magnetofluids. CER members awarded a 5-year DOE Plasma Science Center grant on fundamental multiscale studies of plasma-material interactions. CER scientists obtained a 2-year grant with KLA-Tencor to develop light sources for advanced semiconductor metrology. CER members hosted successful IEEE NPSS 36th ICOPS and 23rd SOFE May 31-June 5, 2009. Press release on the new California Solar Energy Collaborative, led by CER members. More CER News...   Copyright © 2009 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

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