Affiliated Researchers: Energy Engineering

Joan Redwing

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Nanowire, Thin Films, Silicon

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

Vincent Crespi

Distinguished Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Monolayers, Nanotube, Graphene, Density

Long-Qing Chen

Hamer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Phase-field Model, Phase Field, Thin Films, Phase Field Model

Tak-Sing Wong

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotube, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Brochosomes

Venkatraman Gopalan

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

Andrea Argüelles

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Additive Manufacturing, Polycrystal, Ultrasonic Testing, Porosity

Costas Maranas

Donald B. Broughton Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Metabolite, Escherichia Coli, Metabolic Pathway, Metabolic Network, Enzyme

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

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

Adri van Duin

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), Computer Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, ReaxFF Reactive Force Field

Kenji Uchino

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lead Zirconate Titanate, Ceramic, Ferroelectric Materials, Ceramics, Piezoelectric Ceramics

Christine J. Kirchhoff

Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate Information, Climate Change, Decision Making, Boundary Organization, United States

Margaret Busse

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium, Geothermal Resources, Resource Areas, Geothermal Energy, Water Treatment

Joel Morrison

Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal Water Slurry, Co-firing, Fire Technology, Performance Requirement, Fly Ash Utilization

George Lesieutre

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Actuators, Actuator, Composite Materials, Helicopters

Ming Xiao

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Subgrade, Permafrost, Pavement, Subbase, Experimental Investigation

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Density Functional Theory, Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst, Phosphide, Carbides

Sarma Pisupati

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

Donghyun Rim

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

Titus Reed

Femeena Pandara Valappil

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Duckweed, Watersheds, Lemna, Water Assessment Tool, Soil Investigation

Daniel Ciolkosz

Associate Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Torrefaction, Energy Use, Pellet Production, Greenhouse, Lighting System

Jules Lindau

Senior Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cavitation, Supercavity, Supercavities, Multiphase CFD

Sibel Irmak

Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Aqueous Phase Reforming, Biomass Materials, Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Gas Production, Hydrolysate

Semih Eser

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Carbon Deposition, Carbonization, Thermal Stressing, Decant Oil

Marek Flaska

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron, Gamma Radiation, Scintillation Counter, Pulse Shape Discrimination, Pulse Shape

Elia Merzari

Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, Nek5000, Rod Bundle

Gina Noh

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogenation, Carbon Dioxide, Methanol, CO2 Hydrogenation, Surface (Surface Science)

Abhronil Sengupta

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Neural Network, Spiking Neural Networks, Neuromorphic Computing, Magnetic Tunnel Junction, Computer Hardware

Hamid Emami-Meybodi

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Transport, Hydraulic Fracturing, Hydraulic Fracture, Nanopore, Diffusion Coefficient

Konstantinos Alexopoulos

Assistant Research Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: ZSM-5, Microkinetic Modeling, Single-atom Catalysts, Butene, Formation

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Graphene, Nanoribbon, Density, Electronic Properties, Carbon Nanotube

Greg Barber

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Gregory Huff

Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Top research keywords: Antenna, Fluidics, Microstrip Patch Antenna, Reconfiguration, Beamforming

Bert Chandler

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Dendrimer, Titanium Dioxide, Oxidation Reaction, Surface (Surface Science)

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Reservoir, Gas Condensate Reservoir, Gas Well, Condensate Gas, Production Data

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Reservoir Model, Dynamic Data, Seismic Data, Multiple Point, Carbon Dioxide

Jacob Langelaan

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Path Planning, Rotorcraft, Simulation Result, Small UAV