MARICE is a collaborative initiative between Lehigh University's Industrial Assessment Center and West Virginia University's Industrial Assessment Center (WVU-IAC), supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. This program aims to enhance, improve, and expand the IAC Program across the country, with a focus on promoting energy efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing.
Objectives
- Enhance and expand the IAC Program through regional hubs.
- Train clean energy workers and support small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities.
- Promote energy efficiency and management efforts.Create pathways to high-quality jobs with the choice to join a union.
- Reduce industrial emissions and enhance American manufacturing competitiveness in a net-zero economy.
Funding
- The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $550 million to expand the IAC Program.
- Five new Regional Centers of Excellence, including MARICE, have been competitively selected.
- MARICE has received $3.75 million in funding split evenly over five years between WVU IAC and Lehigh University.
Team
- Dr. Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan (Director WVU-IAC)
- Dr. Hailin Li (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WVU-IAC)
- Dr. Songgang Qiu
- Dr. Derek R. Johnson
- Roseline Mostafa (Lead Student)
- Rumana Subnom
- Nishan Adhikari
- Bibek Prajapati (Co-Lead Student)
- John Recktenwald
- Sidhartha Sunkasari
- Rupesh Dahal
- Addison Hockins
Activities
- AccuTec (Replace Existing Air Conditioning Units with More Efficient Units, Replace Gardner Denv Air Compressor and Dryer with Air Cooled Compressor and Remove Water Loop)
- Pactiv Evergreen (Replacing the Spot Cooler AC with More Efficient Unit, Decarbonization of crystallizers and dryers
- MARICE Questionnaire