Program Areas:

• Advanced Power and Energy Systems
• Energy Conversion System Optimization
• Environmental Chemistry
• Environmental Control Technologies
• Fossil Energy Resources (oil, gas, and coal)
• Hydrogen Production, Distribution, and Fuel Cell Technology
• Renewable Energy (alternative fuels, biomass, and wind)
• Waste Utilization, Management, and Site Remediation
• Water Management

Active Contracts:

• Total value of EERC contract portfolio in FY07 was over $151 million
• Approximately one funding proposal sent out a day
• 442 in FY07 – not grants
• 93% nonfederal partners
• Research represents 50.5% of the total externally funded research at the University of North Dakota (UND).

Contracts by Customer:

• Private entities – 84%
• Federal – 7%
• North Dakota state agencies – 9%

Spin-Off Companies: 14

Regional Economic Impact:

• Total expenditures in FY07: $27 million
• Regional impact: $94.5 million

Employees:
The EERC's staff is a multidisciplinary team of more than 300 highly skilled scientists, engineers, and support personnel representing more than 120 different disciplines, making it one of the world's leading developers of energy and environmental technologies. This includes 20 full-time-equivalent employees supported elsewhere on the UND campus.

Employee Specs:

• 57% from North Dakota
• 21% from Minnesota
• 53% of degreed employees are graduates of UND
• 60% degreed employees are graduates of the North Dakota University System

Clients:

• Since 1987, over 1000 clients in 50 countries and all 50 states

Client Specs:

• Governmental clients: 87
• Academia: 50
• International market: 126
• Private corporations: 738

Operations:
The EERC is located on more than 15 acres of land on the southeast corner of the UND campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The EERC houses 245,000 square feet of laboratories, technology demonstration facilities, and offices.

Headquarters:
Energy & Environmental Research Center
University of North Dakota
15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018