Useful Links
The STEPS program works closely with many other groups, both on and off campus. The following links are relevant to the program, or provide useful information about alternative vehicles and fuels.
UC Davis Research Groups
Collaboration of UC Davis biomass and biofuel research experts.
Funded by the California Energy Commission's PIER Program, the Biomass Collaborative is centered at UC Davis and advises state officials and industry on biomass-to-energy potential resources. The STEPS Program is partnered with the Biomass Collaborative.
A reference list of websites, reports, publications and other materials maintained by the
An interdisciplinary research effort on new product development for health and well-being, sustainable and complete resource management in food processing operations, and production of biofuels and bioproducts from food "wastes."
Funded by the California Energy Commission's PIER Program, the Wind Energy Collaborative is centered at UC Davis and advises state officials and industry on wind energy potential resources.
Hosted by UC Davis' John Muir Institute of the Environment, this website is a resource for researchers to learn about other campus programs related to climate change.
The EEC's mission is to facilitate the transfer of technology and ideas from research to the marketplace in the area of demand-side reduction. The EEC is jointly led by the Graduate School of Management and ITS-Davis.
UC Davis is recruiting 14 new research faculty members over the next two years to enhance the university's energy research capabilities. The Initiative also involves the creation of a new energy research institute and energy graduate group.
The HEV Design Center is led by Dr. Andrew Frank and helps graduate students develop skills on advanced vehicle design and development. The Center has led UC Davis' Challenge X design team for the U.S. DOE competition and has won a number of awards over the past few decades.
Prior to the STEPS Program, ITS-Davis hosted a 4-year research initiative to investigate technical, business, and policy challenges associated with a future hydrogen economy. Many of the STEPS researchers were part of the Hydrogen Pathways Program.
ITS-Davis home page
The Institute provides campus wide leadership, hosts centers and projects, and seeds research and educational initiatives to solve real-world environmental problems. The institute links science and technology to policy by providing the intellectual setting for interactions between researchers, regulatory agencies, policymakers and the public.
The Center for Integrated Farming Systems (CIFS) at Russell Ranch near the UC Davis campus is the location of a long-term, cropping systems comparison and various shorter-term experiments, all focused on improving the sustainability and environmental impact of agriculture. The long-term experiment (called LTRAS or Long Term Research on Agricultural Systems) was inspired by results from other long-term experiments showing that short-term trends can be poor predictors of long-term sustainability.
Under direction from the Governor's office, UC Davis and UC Berkeley developed two advisory research reports outlining a potential structure to a Low Carbon Fuel Standard that, if enacted, could help California reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. Continued analysis is funded by the California Air Resources Board.
Funded by the California Energy Commission's PIER Program, the PHEV Research Center is investigating the feasibility of PHEV vehicles entering the market, and creates a research roadmap for the Energy Commission that recommends research priorities. This Center is managed by ITS - Davis.
The goals of the STC are to conduct research and facilitate dialogue that will hopefully one day lead to a more sustainable transportation system. This will require new leaders and strong, interdisciplinary approaches that address consumer choices, vehicles, systems, planning, and policy.
Sponsors
A listing of the current STEPS sponsors can be found on this page. Clicking on the icon for the sponsor will open a new window for the sponsor's homepage.
Donald Gautier, USGS geologist, presents on petroleum in the arctic