Secure Energy Future Center (SEFC)

PRESS RELEASE (Nov. 6, 2025):
Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center Launches Secure Energy Future Center

What: An innovation hub for next-generation energy solutions, leveraging the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center to solve complex problems and enable strategic regional growth. 

Why: SEFC aims to transform strategic coastal advantages into a highly effective market-driven platform for accelerating energy innovation into commercial solutions to help build a secure energy future. 

Impact: Position Hampton Roads as a living laboratory for energy innovation and establish a pipeline of investable ideas that can bring tangible economic impact to Hampton Roads.  

Leader: Chelsea Olivieri, Managing Director, VTCRC @ Tech Center Research Park 




Managing Director

VTCRC @ Tech Center Research Park