Industrial Assessment Centers
University of California, Irvine IAC
Sponsored by:
DOE MESC
University of California, Irvine IAC
Center Established 2021
University of California, Irvine
Director G.P. Li
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University of California, Irvine
Implementation Grant Funding Opportunity Open
IMPORTANT: The grant program operates on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted at any time, with quarterly reviews.
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Implementation Grant Funding Opportunity Open
Qualifying* small and medium-sized US manufacturers, that received IAC or Combined Heat and Power Technical Assistance Partnership assessments between 2018 and 2024, can now apply for grants for implementation of assessment recommendations up 50% of qualifying* project costs with a maximum of $300,000 per manufacturer.
IMPORTANT: The grant program now operates on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted at any time through the year, with quarterly reviews.
*See Full Grant Solicitation for full qualification and selection details.
Student Research Award Winner: 2022

The University of California, Irvine Industrial Assessment Center (CI-IAC) provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small and medium-sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the US Department of Energy.

38 Assessments
308 Recommendations
0.45 Tbtu Energy Saving*
$7.18 million Cost Savings*
49 Students Trained
*Recommended Savings
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Center Director G.P. Li
Email gpli@uci.edu
Phone # +19498249073
Mailing Address Calit2 4100, UC Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697
Assistant Director Bingbing Li
Other Brandon Penesa
Assistant Director Carlos Urquidi
Other Chelsea Choudhary
Other Patricia Lim
University of California, Irvine has trained 49 students
The following students have participated in IAC assessments with University of California, Irvine since 2022.
The 10 students (in BOLD) have also been awarded IAC student certificates for exceptional participation.

Abdullah Alhussain
Abdulrahman Taha
Adrian Jimenez
Akhil Pulianda
Alex Miyoshi
Alexander G Chappell
Ali Pacaci
Angel Cabrera
Aniruddha Chaki
Antonio Velasco
Brian Quezada
Brittany Nguyen
Chloe Lee
Chris Ramirez
Daniel Nguyen
Daniela Ruiz
Ethan Vang
Faria Binta Taher
Francis Malama
Gabriel Chairez
Henry Sanchez
Hratch Kalamian
Huiting Qin
Jae Hee Lee
Jasmine Glover
Jason Dick
Jason Kim
Jeannie Liang
Jiadong Zhao
John Pham
Jonathan Maldonado
Kenny Monica
Khine Myint
Leon Yao
Lok Man Ko
Lorena Martinez Aguilar
Marilyn Vergara
Michael Gerald Perez-Lornez
Michael Jordan Berrios-Lopez
Miller Alas
Pablo Ivan Diaz
Patricia Mancilla
Ryan Maguire
Sankalp Pala
Sauryadeep Pal
Teny Shahjahanian
Yongfeng Zeng
Zhifeng Zheng
Zhixu Zhang