Research Partners
NIREC works closely with its research partners to mutual benefit.
DRI
DRI, the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education, strives to be the world leader in environmental sciences through the application of knowledge and technologies to improve people’s lives throughout Nevada and the world. DRI conducts cutting-edge applied research in air, land and life, and water quality across Nevada, the United States and on every continent. With more than 500 employees and two main campuses in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, DRI generates $50 million in total annual revenue.
DRI seeks to be the world's scientific leader investigating the effects of natural and human-induced environmental change and advancing environmental technologies aimed at assessing a changing planet. The institute achieves this vision by increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of the earth's environment, promoting preservation of diverse ecosystems, advancing responsible resource management, and improving human health and welfare.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
UC Davis is one of the nation's top public research universities. As one of 10 campuses of the world's pre-eminent public university system, the University of California, UC Davis is located in the heart of the Central Valley, close to the state capital and San Francisco Bay Area. UC Davis lays claim to being one of the few remaining college towns that cherishes close relationships on campus and within the Davis community.
The UC Davis Energy Institute focuses and coordinates energy research and education on the campus and facilitates interactions with other institutes, laboratories, and programs across the nation and around the world. The breadth and depth of energy research on the campus supports the vision for building a world-class institute in energy with particular focus on sustainable energy system design. The institute will also serve as home to a proposed Energy Graduate Group providing advanced degrees in energy science, technology, and policy.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO (UNR)
The University of Nevada, Reno is the state of Nevada’s leader in education and research, attracting the best students from across the state, country and around the world. Students at the university select from more than 70 undergraduate majors and more than 3,000 courses. The world-class faculty represents a rich array of academic and professional programs. The campus offers outstanding facilities, robust arts and cultural offerings and a picturesque community located in a mountain setting that is nationally recognized as a hotbed for outdoor recreation.
In addition to goethermal energy research and education, the UNR Renewable Energy Center (UNR-REC) focuses on other renewable energy technologies, including solar thermal energy, solar photovoltaic energy, wind energy, hydrogen energy, heat exchange development and waste materials energy resource. Located at the Redfield Campus, the goals of UNR-REC include producing geothermal based electrical power, heating and cooling for the Redfield Campus, conducting research, providing laboratores and classrooms, and providing a forum to stimulate public interest and awareness of geothermal and renewable energy.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS (UNLV)
In its 50-year history, UNLV has grown from a small branch college into a thriving urban research institution of 28,000 students (more than 6,000 are graduate students) and nearly 3,400 faculty and staff. The university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs.
The campus is home the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, which supports multi-disciplinary research teams, provides expertise to solve complex environmental problems, and develops innovative environmental monitoring technology.
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