The grant supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
A professor of mechanical engineering and former co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Majumdar has expertise in energy solutions and policies through his research on sustainable grid technologies and his experience in both industry and government.
Leading up to launching the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability on Sept. 1, Dean Arun Majumdar has named Senior Associate Deans and Associate Deans whose expertise spans the many areas of scholarship being incorporated into the school.
Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy selected an inaugural set of six new research projects to support for a total of $5.1 million through its Strategic Energy Research Consortium.