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 57 search result(s) for Engineering Faculty.

Sarah Zappe


Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Entrepreneurship, Engineering Students, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurship Education, Student Perceptions

Thomas Litzinger


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

Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz


Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Florida, United States Of America, Mounds, Calusa, United States

Jeffrey Catchmark


Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Composite Material, Pullulan

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

Phillip Savage


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Supercritical Water, Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Biocrude, Reaction Pathway, Pyrolysis

Joseph Ranalli


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

Jiawei Gong



Top research keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Rotational, Composite Material, Ultimate Tensile Strength

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, Perovskite Solar Cell, Photovoltaics, Film

Christine J. Kirchhoff


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

Esther Obonyo


Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Construction Worker, Posture Recognition, Recognition Model, Construction Workers, Injury Prevention

James Freihaut


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Duct, Commercial Building, Lamp

Olumide Ogunmodimu


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

Rui Shi


Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, Jet Fuel, Techno-economic Analysis, Greenhouse Gas Abatement, Cold Sintering

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)

Gregory Pavlak


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

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

Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Power Engineering, Power Grid, Compressed Air Motors, Doubly-Fed Induction Generator, Phasor

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

Mihyun Kang


Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Older Adults, Lighting System, Oklahoma, Field Study, Interior Design

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

Yashar Mehmani


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

Hilal Ezgi Toraman


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pyrolysis, Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Two Dimensional Gas Chromatography, Bio-Oil, Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography

Rahman Azari


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

Onur Apul


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Michael Janik


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Density, Density Functional Theory, Surface (Surface Science), Oxidation Reaction, Density Functional Calculations

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, Dynamic Data, Seismic Data, Carbon Dioxide, Multiple Point

Shihui Shen


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

Margaret Busse


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

Peter Stempel


Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Storm, Rhode Island, Real Time, Coastal Hazards, Storm Surge

Christopher Gorski


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

Christopher Rahn


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

Thandazile Moyo


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Leaching, Electronic Waste (E-waste), Chalcopyrite, Electrochemistry, Urban Mining

Roberto Fernández


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Siltation, Mississippi, Bedform, Plastic Pollution

John (Jay) Regan


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

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)

Hee Jeung Oh


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

Anne Menefee


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

Ivy Mawusi Asuo


Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering