Researchers are collecting real-world emissions data on ammonia, a pollutant that contributes to the formation of secondary fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which has known impacts on air quality and human health.
Riverside Launches Innovative Hydrogen-Powered Carshare Program for Cleaner Mobility May 12, 2025 The City of Riverside, in partnership with Mobility Development Operations, the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), CALSTART, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and California Energy Commission, successfully launched the Riverside Clean Air Carshare (RCAC) program during...
UCR EcoCAR Team Boosts Skills at Year 3 Winter Workshop By Sara Salsgiver | March 19, 2025 From March 7-9, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) EcoCAR team participated in the Year 3 Winter Workshop for the EcoCAR EV Challenge, hosted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) at the UCR School of Business. This...
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) and the University of Michigan have officially launched the Hydrogen Engine Alliance of North America (H2EA-NA), an initiative designed to accelerate innovation and deployment of hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICE).
The Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) has been announced as a Tier-2 winner in the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Intersection Safety Challenge.
For over 20 years, Dr. Kanok Boriboonsomsin has worked on advancing research in sustainable transportation, energy and emissions modeling, and intelligent transportation systems. Now, his voice will help drive change on a national level as he joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS).
Innovation doesn’t happen by chance—it’s the product of years of relentless research, dedication, and a drive to solve the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Four CE-CERT researchers, Matthew Barth, William Carter, Georgios Karavalakis, and Hamed Mohsenian-Rad, have been named in Stanford University’s prestigious Top 2% Scientists list, highlighting their significant contributions to addressing...
Can hands-on learning spark a passion for solving global challenges? CE-CERT believes it can. As part of our participation in STEPCon 2024, we hosted over 60 high school students for lab tours, giving them a firsthand look at the technologies driving sustainability. Each year, STEPCon brings together thousands of students from grades 4-12 across the...
Lights, camera, “Start Meeting!” The CE-CERT library was transformed into a studio for a remotely-conducted interview with the incoming president of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Amy Sullivan. Leading the interrogation were Sarah Petters, who serves as the Senior Assistant Editor of the association’s newsletter, Particulars, and Fidelia Lopez, an undergraduate researcher in Petters’s...
This summer, UCR students participated in the Synergistic Renewable Energy and Academic Mobility Initiative for Transformative Learning (STREAM-ITL) program, an educational collaboration between the University of California, Riverside (UCR), the Instituto Tecnologico de Hermosillo (ITH), and the Sonora Energy Cluster (SEC). The program brought together 20 students to engage with emerging technologies in renewable energy...
CE-CERT Awarded $1 Million DOE Grant to Tackle Hydrogen Permitting Challenges By Sara Salsgiver | September 25, 2024 The Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded $1 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to address critical barriers in the permitting process for hydrogen projects...
This summer, CE-CERT welcomed Warren Norbeck as an intern, carrying forward a unique legacy within the center. As the grandson of CE-CERT’s founder, Joe Norbeck, Warren embraced the chance to contribute to the very place his grandfather helped establish. His internship gave him hands-on exposure to environmental research, further igniting his passion for science and...
CE-CERT Graduate Students Awarded ITS California Scholarships By Sara Salsgiver | September 10, 2024 Two graduate students from the Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) at the University of California, Riverside —Saswat Priyadarshi Nayak and Dongbo Peng—have been recognized for their innovative contributions to the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Both have received...
CE-CERT is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 Scholarship Awards totaling $52,500. We would like to congratulate them on their hard work and thank our generous donors who made these awards possible.
On April 17, 2024, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the "California-Mexico Border Zero Emissions Vehicle Infrastructure Analysis for Medium-Heavy Duty Vehicles" project, funded by UC Alianza MX, met in Mexico City. Key stakeholders discussed strategic ZEV implementation, infrastructure development, regulatory alignment, technological challenges, and pilot programs.
CE-CERT researchers will join the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement team at the Department of Energy as an at-large Instrument Mentor developing a network of sensors.
CE-CERT’s Dr. Alfredo Martinez-Morales contributed to a critical discussion on sustainable energy in public transportation. Key topics included integrating renewable energy, policy support, and the socioeconomic benefits of cleaner transit systems, emphasizing the urgent need for coordinated efforts in urban mobility.
A CE-CERT team will deploy a Cold Stage instrument at West Texas A&M University this July to measure the onset of freezing triggered by ice-nucleating particles in supercooled water. The instrument is a Community Instrument Facility (CIF) project funded by the National Science Foundation and managed by CE-CERT. WTAMU will use the facility instrument in...
