Affiliated Researchers: Energy Generation

Mort Webster

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Generation, Texas, Air Quality, Electricity Generation, Power Engineering

Seong Kim

Distinguished Professor and Walter L. Robb Family Department Head, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Sum Frequency Generation, Silicon, Film, Sum-frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Kenneth Knappenberger

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Relaxation, Electronics, Relaxation Dynamics, Monolayers, Electronic Relaxation

Linxiao Zhu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, Near-field, Radiative Cooling, Near-field Radiative Heat Transfer, Thermal Radiation

Suresh Muthulingam

Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Top research keywords: Environmental Performance, Supply Chain Management, Energy Efficiency, Quality Performance, Manufacturing Firms

Tamy Guimarães

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Aerodynamics, Flow Development, Duct, Vortex, Particle Image Velocimetry

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Energy Storage

Renee Obringer

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity Demand, United States, Climatic Change, Climate Change, Water Demand

Jie Zhao

Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Software Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Wind Power Ramps, Wind Power, Power Production, Conventional Method, Power Generation

Douglas Werner

John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Antenna, Metamaterials, Metasurface, Genetic Algorithm, Dielectrics

Meng Wang

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Co-digestion, Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater, Microalgae, Anaerobic Digestion

Anirudh Subramanyam

Assistant Professor, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Vehicle Routing, Optimization Problem, Realization, Routing Problem, Computational Experiment

Joseph Ranalli

Professor, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Transfer Function, Irradiance, Heat Release Rate, Advection, Diffusion Flame

Stephen Lynch

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbine, Heat Transfer, Cooling Hole, Boundary Layer, Endwall

Onur Apul

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Adsorption, Carbon Nanotube, Activated Carbon, Graphene, Microbubbles

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Density

Huanyu "Larry" Cheng

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Stretchable, Laser-Induced Graphene, Silicon, Surface (Surface Science), Graphene

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nanomaterial, Soot, Nanostructures, Laser-induced Incandescence, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Satadru Dey

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery, State Of Charge, Fault Diagnosis, Thermal Fault

Kostas Papakonstantinou

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL), Lifecycle, Markov Decision Process

Venkatraman Gopalan

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Thin Films, Domain Wall, Film, Lithium Tantalate

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Electricity Market, Crossed Product, Financial Transmission Rights, Market Design

Sridhar Komarneni

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Density, X-Ray Diffraction, Composite Material, Nanocomposite

Donghyun Rim

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Ultrafine Particles, Indoor Environment, Indoor Air, Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

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 Nanotube, Graphene, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotubes, Monolayers

Ayusman Sen

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Palladium, Alkene, Copolymerization, Micromotors, Carbon Dioxide

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Power Engineering, United States, Power Grid, Joints (Structural Components)

Zhiwen Liu

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Supercontinuum, Raman Spectra, Fiber Taper, Supercontinuum Generation, Holography

Bruce Logan

Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Microbial Electrolysis Cell, Power Generation, Reactor, Power Density

Jacqueline O'Connor

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Combustor, Combustion Instability, Vortex, Nozzle, Shear Layer

Ryan Harne

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Harvesting, Harvesters, Vibration, Metamaterials, Energy

Md Habib Ullah

Assistant Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Energy Management System, Power Engineering, Alternating Direction Method Of Multipliers, Microgrid, DC Microgrid

Hannah Wiseman

Associate Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Legislation, Energy Law, Law, Federalism, Energy Governance

Sulin Zhang

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Lithiation, Silicon, Nanoparticle, Lithium Ion Battery

Chao-Yang Wang

William E. Diefenderfer Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Gas Diffusion Layer, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Catalyst Layer

Dorukalp Durmus

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Light Source, Lighting System, Power Distribution, Spectral Power Distribution, Energy Conservation

Ying Gu

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Synthase, Cellulose Synthase, Arabidopsis, Cellulose Synthesis

Nelson Yaw Dzade

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Density, Surface (Surface Science), Density Functional Theory, Heterojunction, Adsorption

Kenneth Brentner

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotorcraft, Noise Prediction, Rotor, Acoustics

Sarma Pisupati

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gasification, Fluidized Bed, Pyrolysis, Fluid Viscosity, Agglomeration