Affiliated Researchers: Engineering Faculty

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 63 search result(s) for Engineering Faculty.

Sarah Zappe


Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Economic And Social Development, Engineering Students, Education

Thomas Litzinger


Assistant Dean for Educational Innovation and Accreditation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Soot, Fuel, Students, Flame, Flames

Phillip Savage


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Supercritical Water, Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Chemical Kinetics Characteristics, Biocrude, Gasification

Mihyun Kang


Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: USA, Older Adults, Economic And Social Development, Design Methodology, Energy Saving

Jeffrey Catchmark


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Pullulan, Mechanical Property, Cellulose Nanowhiskers

Weston Whitaker


Assistant Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Gut Microbiota, Porphyran, Engraftment, Intestine Flora, Microflora

Stephanie Law


Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Film, Topological Insulator, Thin Films, Bismuth Telluride

Jiawei Gong



Top research keywords: Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Rotational Shear, Thermal Conductivity, Ultimate Tensile Strength

Joseph Ranalli


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

Onur Apul


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

Christine J. Kirchhoff


Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: USA, Climate Change, Climate Information, Decision Making, Potable Water

Nutifafa Yao Doumon


Assistant Professor and Virginia S. & Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Organic Solar Cells, Solar Cell, Photovoltaics, Perovskite Solar Cell, Polymer

Esther Obonyo


Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Workers, Posture Recognition, Case Study, Deep Neural Network, Building Materials

Nelson Yaw Dzade


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

Rui Shi


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, Rare Earth Elements, Techno-economic Analysis, Lifecycle, Greenhouse Gas Abatement

Gregory Pavlak


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

Olumide Ogunmodimu


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Nigeria, Concentrated Solar Power, Vibrating Screen, Power Engineering, Granular Flow

James Freihaut


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Lamp, Case Study, Duct

Chiara Lo Prete


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microgrid, Electricity Market, Financial Transmission Rights, United States Of America, Day-ahead Market

Seth Blumsack


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

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Compressed Air Motors, Power Grid, Phasor, Grid-Forming Converter

Bruce Logan


Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Electrolysis, Microbial Electrolysis Cell, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Production

Hilal Ezgi Toraman


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pyrolysis, Two Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Catalytic Pyrolysis, Co-Pyrolysis

Yashar Mehmani


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pore Scale, Pore Network Model, Porous Media, Multiscale, Multiscale Method

Russell T. Johns


Professor and FCMG Chair in Fluid Behavior and Rock Interactions, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Oil Recovery, Phase Behavior, Surfactant, Equation Of State, Equations Of State

Sanjay Srinivasan


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

Shihui Shen


Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Hot Mix Asphalt

Qingwang Yuan


Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Michael Janik


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density Functional Theory, Catalyst, Formation, First Principle, Density Functional Calculations

Christopher Rahn


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Actuator, Fluidics, Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites, Lithium-ion Battery, Lithium-Ion Batteries

Peter Stempel


Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Coastal Hazards, Rhode Island, Barrier System, Sea Level Rise, Emergency Managers

Rahman Azari


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

Margaret Busse


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Geothermal Energy, Salton Sea, Geothermal Brine, Lithium, Known Geothermal Resource Area

Hee Jeung Oh


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Poly(arylene Ether Sulfone), Block Copolymer, Polyethylene Glycol, Plasticizing, Solvent-free

John (Jay) Regan


Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Biofilm, Reactor, Bacterium, Acetate

Christopher Gorski


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Iron Oxide, Fe2+, Fe(II), Battery-type Electrode, Fe(III)

Lauren McPhillips


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Hydrology, United States Of America, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Climate Change

Thandazile Moyo


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Ammonia, Ammoniacal Solution, Leaching, Printed Circuit Board

Nathaniel Warner


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Gasses, Produced Water, Radium, United States Of America, Hydraulic Fracturing

Douglas Wolfe


Associate Vice President for Research and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Thermal Barrier Coating, Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition, Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD), Thermal Barrier Coatings, Transistor