![A display at the U of I's National Center for Supercomputing Applications, during the launch of P.O.E.T.S. Thursday.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/37661/poets_demo__medium.jpg)
Aim For NSF-Funded Facility At U of I - More Power In Less Space
A new engineering research center was officially launched at the University of Illinois Thursday, with the goal of cramming more power into smaller spaces. The Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems - POETS for short - will take on the challenges of improving mobile electronics and vehicle design.