Industrial Research Chairs
Launch of the CENTRA-EDF Chile Research Chair
August 23, 2024 The research project will focus on exploring solutions for a more efficient and sustainable energy system, with an emphasis on energy storage. In a ceremony attended by leading academics, industrial leaders and government representatives, the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences and the Business School of Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI), in collaboration with EDF Chile, launched a research project that will focus…
CENTRA Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) Program
Industrial partner partially finances a research program designed to answer questions of common interest, while preserving academic freedom of the research team. “Industrial Fondecyt” concept. The contribution of the industrial partner will depend on the details of the research program that is defined. An IRC provides financing for doctoral students and postdocs of excellence, acquisition of equipment, general expenses associated with the research program, incentive…
CENTRA debuts with an Industrial Research Chair through a project with the Chilean Solar Energy Association (ACESOL)
April 7, 2022 The Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) has just created the Industrial Research Chairs, which debuts with an applied research project with the Chilean Solar Energy Association (ACESOL). The initiative aims to generate new knowledge and tools for the efficient integration of energy resources (sources, storage systems and charging stations, for example) distributed in Chile, to…