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Semiconductor Industry Waste Valorization for Recovery of Gallium

This white paper discusses the critical intersection of energy and water resilience, focusing on advancing water reuse and reclamation technologies to address water scarcity, particularly in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The paper emphasizes the importance of recoverin...

Behera, D., and Adhikari, B.

Integrated Energy-Water Data for Cross-Sector Resilience

Disjointed management of water and energy systems has created systemic vulnerabilities in the United States, particularly as aging infrastructure, population and industrial growth, and severe weather events strain both sectors. High-quality, standardized datasets like those provid...

Hodson, A., Stokes-Draut, J., Chini, C., Rao, P., and Semrod, K.

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Sources and Impacts on Water and Wastewater Treatment

This white paper examines the critical issue of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in water systems, emphasizing the need for advanced water reuse and reclamation technologies to mitigate water scarcity, particularly in arid and remote regions. These contaminants, which inclu...

Saulsbury, B., Reese, S., and Mathews, T.

High-Rate Manufacturing of Corrosion Resistant Composite Piping for Water-Energy Infrastructure Resilience

The work focuses on rapid and cost-efficient manufacturing of composite piping for hydropower, waste-water infrastructure and data center thermal management offering extended service life and minimal inspection-maintenance requirement under corrosive and high temperature environme...

Saha, S., Kim, P., Kumar, V., Spencer, R., and Hassen, A.

Adaptive 3D Printed Micro-Hydropower for Resilient Grids: Digital-to-Deployment Framework

We propose to enhance the resilience of the U.S. electricity grid by enabling the rapid, adaptive, and on-demand manufacturing of site-specific micro-to-small hydropower systems for low-head dams. This approach directly addresses the nation's untapped 85,000+ non-powered dams (NPD...

Kim, P., Chawla, K., Hassen, A., Roschli, A., Post, B., Saha, S., and Mueller, R.

Integrated Planning for Resilient Energy-, Infrastructure-, and Hydro-Scapes

The focus of this paper is nationally-comprehensive, hyper-granular assessment of future energy expansion opportunities and challenges, considering multi-dimensional risks and consequent implications of large infrastructure additions on surface water and groundwater, spanning from...

McCollum, D., Rathore, S., Liu, Y., and Parish, E.

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing and Overmolding of Polymer/Metal Lattices for Efficient Cooling Systems for Waterpower Applications

This proposal addresses the Water for Energy challenge by developing advanced hybrid thermal management structures that can reduce water consumption by 15-25% in cooling processes for power generation, energy storage, and power electronics. Further reductions are possible through ...

Talabi, S., Nawaz, K., and Hassen, A.

Managing Systemic Interdependence within Energy-Water-Transportation Systems

This white paper discusses the complex interdependence between energy, water, and transportation (EWT) systems, which underpins critical infrastructure and supply chains. Failures in any of these systems can cause cascading disruptions across the others due to their tight integrat...

McPherson, T., Giovando, J., Daniel, B., Chatterjee, S., and Chowdhury, P.

Advanced Manufacturing of Polymer Composites for Energy-Water Resilience and Infrastructure Modernization

This white paper addresses the intersection of energy and water systems through innovations in advanced polymer composites and convergent manufacturing to enhance national waterpower infrastructure resilience, reduce lifecycle energy and water intensity, and strengthen domestic ma...

Hassen, A.

Enabling Energy-Water Resilience Through Testbeds for Scalable Atmospheric Water Harvesting Across Domestic, Building, and Manufacturing Applications

This white paper outlines a coordinated testbed and modeling framework to evaluate atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) as an energy?water resilience strategy across domestic, building, and manufacturing applications. By benchmarking real-world AWH performance against thermodynamic ...

Fisk, P., and Herckes, P.

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