Few sectors affect the prosperity of every sphere of economic and social life or exert as much direct influence on general technological progress than energy. Concerns surrounding climate change, cost, and security, have brought the development of a clean and diverse energy portfolio to the forefront of the national conversation.
Founded in 2004, the Strategic Energy Institute serves as system integrator for the more than 1000 campus researchers working across the entire energy value chain. We are deeply engaged in building community, developing resources, and projecting thought leadership, all with the aim of marshalling the full resources of Georgia Tech around tackling the tough energy and environmental problems society faces.
As the nation’s largest technologically focused university, Georgia Tech is playing an integral role in developing the technologies that are enabling more accessible, lower cost, and cleaner generation, storage, distribution, and utilization of energy. Researchers at Georgia Tech are not just helping to create cleaner, more efficient fuel options or mitigate the environmental impact of conventional energy supplies, they are creating better performing, more economically viable energy options.
We invite you to explore the people and projects as well as the science and technologies that are creating a clean energy future.
Christine Conwell
Interim Executive Director
About SEI
The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) is one of Georgia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, integrating energy activities across the Institute. SEI serves as a hub for more than 1,000 campus researchers working across the entire energy value chain—the largest energy research portfolio of any university in the U.S. SEI is deeply engaged in building community, developing resources, and promoting thought leadership to marshal the full resources of Georgia Tech around tackling the tough energy and environmental problems and opportunities our society faces. Whether it is developing new knowledge that will lead to more efficient energy, commercializing a technology to address a specific challenge, or designing a roadmap for policymakers and decisionmakers, we understand the systems, technologies, and context of the ever-evolving energy ecosystem.
Our Vision
The Strategic Energy Institute deploys the full resources of Georgia Tech for substantial impact on energy and environmental issues.
Our Mission
The Strategic Energy Institute will facilitate and enable Georgia Tech solutions to complex energy challenges.