The Center for Environmental Energy Engineering, is a leader in research and education in environmentally responsible, economically feasible energy conversion systems and thermal management systems for buildings, transportation and electronic cooling.

Research in CEEE is conducted with support from government and industrial sponsors and shared projects that are organized in four research consortia:

• Alternative Cooling Technologies and Application (ACTA)
• Integrated Systems Optimization (ISOC)
• Small Autonomous Energy Systems (SAES)
• Advanced Heat Transfer/Advanced Heat Exchangers (AHT/AHX)

Background & Mission

CEEE provides innovative solutions to industry's research and development challenges and cost-effective, and timely technology transfer. CEEE has developed a highly flexible and task-oriented consortium structure that emphasizes pre-competitive research. Sponsors include industrial companies and government agencies who pool research funds leveraged by additional support from the University of Maryland.  

Consortium projects assist sponsors in developing tomorrow’s products through: 

• Providing background information to guide sponsors' strategic technology decisions.
• Research and development of new components and systems.
• User-friendly, task-oriented simulation and optimization tools.
• Education of next generation of engineering professionals.

Projects are carefully designed to ensure that research results enable sponsors to strengthen their competitive positions.  

Through its Graduate Education program, CEEE also educates a new generation of creative, team-oriented engineering professionals who will be future leaders in their fields.