University R&D

ASCENT – the Aviation Sustainability Center – is a cooperative aviation research organization co-led by Washington State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ASCENT is funded by the FAA, NASA, the Department of Defense, Transport Canada, and the Environmental Protection Agency. ASCENT works to create science-based solutions for the aviation industry’s biggest challenges.

The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Washington State University is a public land-grant research university with campuses in Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver, and Everett.
WSU researchers specialize, particularly, in cryogenic technologies, solid oxide electrolysis, and catalysts in anion exchange electrolysis.