Affiliated Researchers
Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. Currently, 999 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.
Hongtao Sun
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Atomic Layer Deposition, Lithium-ion Batteries, Anodes, Atomic Layer Epitaxy
S. Shyam Sundar
Distinguished Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Interactive Media, Websites, Experiments, User Experience, Communication
Troy Sutton
Assistant Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Orthomyxoviridae, Ferrets, Viruses, Pandemics, Influenza A Virus
Madhavan Swaminathan
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Substrates, Electric Lines, Inductor, Networks (circuits), Liquid Crystal Polymers
Janet Swim
Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Sexism, Discrimination, Psychology, Racism
Kristin Sznajder
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress
Derrick Taff
Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, Protected Area, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Pandemics
Arash Dahi Taleghani
Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Cements, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fluids, Hydraulics, Rocks
Ken Tamminga
Distinguished Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Rivers, River, Learning, Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Fariborz Tavangarian
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Mechanical Activation, Powders, Nanostructures
Alan Taylor
Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Fire Regime, Fire Severity, Coniferous Forests, Mixed Forests, Wildfires
Mauricio Terrones
George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head, Evan Pugh University Professor, and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Nanotubes, Graphene, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube
Alexander Thames
Ph.D. Candidate, Geosciences and Climate Science
Top research keywords: Dimethyl Sulfide, Troposphere, Tomography, Atmosphere, Hydroxyl Radical
Brian Thiede
Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest
Karen A. Thole
Department Head and Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Cooling, Turbines, Heat Transfer, Gas Turbines, Combustors
Darryl Thomas
Associate Professor, African American Studies
Top research keywords: Twenty-first Century, Black Internationalism, Commonwealth Of Independent States, Liberation, Commonwealth Of Nations
Cheryl Thompson
Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Adenoma, Melanoma, Neoplasms
Stefan Thynell
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermolysis, Decomposition, Propellants, Radiation, RDX
Ming Tien
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin
Timothy Tighe
Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Self Assembled Monolayers, Monolayers, Self Assembled Monolayer, Atoms, Monolayer
Ted Toadvine
Nancy Tuana Director of the Rock Ethics Institute and Associate Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Phenomenology, Naturalism, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Nature, Philosophy Of Nature
David Toews
Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Songbirds, Hybrid Zone, Setophaga, Genomics, Plumage
John Tooker
Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Insecta, Herbivory, Insect, Herbivores, Neonicotinoids
Hilal Ezgi Toraman
Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pyrolysis, Xylans, Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Bio-Oil, Catalysts
Elizabeth Traut
Top research keywords: Electric Vehicle, Electric Bikes, Vehicle, Multimodal Transportation, Resiliency
Lorena Tribe
Professor of Chemistry, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Computational Chemistry, Glyphosate, Montmorillonite, Sodium Chloride, Chemistry
Susan Trolier-McKinstry
Steward S. Flaschen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Zirconate Titanate, Thin Films, Ferroelectric Materials, Liquid Film, Lead Zirconate Titanates
Luke Trusel
Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Ice Shelf, Ice Sheet, Antarctica, Melt, Meltwater
Nancy Tuana
DuPont/Class of 1949 Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Justice, Hypatia, Climate, Empiricism, National Science Foundation
Kenji Uchino
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Zirconate Titanate, Ceramic, Ferroelectric Materials, Ceramics, Piezoelectric Ceramics