SUNRISE is a student centered, faculty organized supercluster consisting of 29 faculty in 13 separate academic departments at UND, NDSU, Mayville State, and the ND College of Science - Wahpeton. SUNRISE research is focused in three areas: the technologies to enable the environmentally sustainable use of coal, the production of fuels, chemicals, polymers, and composites from renewable sources, and the harvesting of energy from diffuse sources (wind/solar/hydrogen). More than 150 students have worked on SUNRISE Research projects over the past four years.

SUNRISE is pleased to present the Cleantech 2011 Workshop & Action Summit in June 2011.