Affiliated Researchers: Energy Storage

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Dielectric Material, Ferroelectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Basalt, Shale, Carbonate, Greenhouse Gas

Hongtao Sun

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Anode, Composite Material, Lithium Ion Battery, Density

Gregory Pavlak

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Comfort, Heat Storage, Energy Use, Energy Systems, Residential Building

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Effective Stress, Shale, Porosity

Jiawei Gong

Top research keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Composite Material, Perovskite Solar Cell, Density

Megan Marshall

Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Corn Stover, Ensilage, Solarization, Silage

Shimin Liu

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Methane, Shale, Coal Bed Methane, Porosity, Coalbed Methane Reservoir

Qiming Zhang

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Dielectrics, Copolymer, Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene), Permittivity

Feifei Shi

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Lithium, Lithium Ion Battery, Anode, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery

Satadru Dey

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

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Relative Permeability, Well Flooding, Wettability, Oil Recovery, Multiphase Flow

Anand Sivasubramaniam

Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Computer Hardware, Energy Consumption, Caching, Input/Output, Response Time

Rahman Azari

Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Environmental Impact, Building Envelope, Life Cycle Assessment

Joel Anstrom

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Battery Pack, Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Hybrid-Electric Vehicle, Battery (Electrochemical Energy Engineering)

Brian Fronk

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microchannel, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Pressure Drop, Condensation, High Temperature

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Technical System

William Bahnfleth

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Chilled Water, Storage Tank, Air Quality, Irradiation System

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Herschel Pangborn

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Predictive Control Model, Hierarchical Control, Thermal Management System, Thermal Management, Zonotopes

Margaret Busse

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

Fan-Bill Cheung

George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Transients, Rod Bundle, Natural Convection, Heat Transfer, Heat Flux

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

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)

Derek Hall

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Copper Chloride, Corrosion Rate, Electrochemical Sensor, Electrolyzer, Electrolysis

Serguei Lvov

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Membranes, Corrosion, Temperature, Protons, Corrosion Rate

Houtan Jebelli

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electroencephalography, Robots, Robotics, Biosensors, Wearable Sensors

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)

Sibel Irmak

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

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Poly(furfuryl Alcohol), Capacitor, Density, Nanoporous Carbon, Sintering

Michael Lanagan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Dielectric Material, Permittivity, Dielectrics, Dielectric Property, Capacitor

Kofi Adu

Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Nanowire, Carbon Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Thermoelectrics

Femeena Pandara Valappil

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

Long-Qing Chen

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

Adri van Duin

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

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Steward S. Flaschen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Thin Films, Piezoelectricity, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric Material

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

Christopher Rahn

Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuator, Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Piezoelectric

Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe2+, Fe(II), Battery-type Electrode, Thermally Regenerative Ammonia-based Battery

Donghai Wang

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Anodes, Lithium Sulfur Batteries, Anode, Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathodes