Affiliated Researchers: Field Performance

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

Zoubeida Ounaies

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Piezoelectric

Bed Poudel

Associate Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermal Conductivity, Nanostructures

Sven Schmitz

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Hub, Compressed Air Motors, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rotor

Saya Lee

Assistant Professor in Nuclear Engineering, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Steam Generator, Particle Image Velocimetry, Test Section, Rod, Helical Coil Steam Generator

Shirley Clark

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Pollutants, Stormwater Runoff, Infiltration, Stormwater Treatment

Denise Potosky

Professor, Management Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Work Performance, Job Performance, Cognitive Ability, Personnel, Predictors

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Engineering, Penn State, Baccalaureate Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

Lauren McPhillips

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Denitrification, Solar Farm, Methane, Stormwater Management

Andisheh Ranjbari

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Transport, Curb, Curbs, USA, Strategic Management

Mark Stutman

Research Associate, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Air Filters, Electric Power Measurement, HVAC, Fans, Life Cycle

Theodore R. Alter

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Tax Capitalization, Performance Evaluation

John Yilin Wang

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Gas Reservoir, Fracturing Fluid, Proppants, Hydraulic Fracturing

William Groves

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Microsensor, Fatality, Surface Acoustic Wave, Sensor Array, Physiologic

Stephen Lynch

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbine, Heat Transfer, Cooling Hole, Endwall, Additive Manufacturing

Tom Jackson

Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin-Film Transistor, Thin Films, Organic Thin-film Transistors, Electronic Circuit, Film

Robert D. Berghage

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Roofs, Roof, Green Roofs, Stormwater, Runoff

Mark Horn

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Film, Lithography, Oxide Compound, Vanadium

Soundar Kumara

Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Supply Chain, Multi Agent Systems, Product Family, Multi-agent Systems, Product Family Design

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Susan Stewart

Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbine, Condenser, Condenser Design, Exchanger, Finned-tube Condenser

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab Shell, Duckweed, Mine-impacted Water, Spent Mushroom Compost

Donghyun Rim

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

James Marden

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Flight, Flight Muscle, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Locomotion

Molly Bletz

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Amphibians, Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis, Infectious Agent, Anura, Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans

Daniel Brent

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Willingness To Pay, Social Comparison, Traffic Congestion, Water Cost

Zhiqiang Mao

Professor, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Strontium Ruthenate, Superconducting Material, Surface (Surface Science), Superconductivity, Magnetism

Shengxi Huang

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Raman Spectroscopy, Raman Scattering, Phonons, Black Phosphorus, Heterojunctions

Rongming Chu

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Heterojunctions, AlGaN-GaN, Transistor, Heterojunction, GaN HEMT

Allison Beese

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Three Dimensional Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Properties, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Ti-6Al-4V

John Cimbala

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Vortex, Heat Pipes, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Water Turbine, Hydro Turbine

Suvrat Dhanorkar

Associate Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Top research keywords: Waste Exchange, Material Exchange, Online Material, Supply Chain Management, Toxic Release

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Soil Health, No-till, Cover Crop, Tillage

Matthew Gustafson

Professor, Finance
Top research keywords: Sea Level Rise, Initial Public Offering, Credit, Cash Flow, Initial Public Offerings

Houtan Jebelli

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

Costas Maranas

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

Jonathan Lynch

Distinguished Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Soil, Phosphorus, Corn, Beans

Rebecca Napolitano

Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Masonry Structure, Structural Health Monitoring, Historic Structures, Masonry Structures, Masonry Building

Saptarshi Das

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Field Effect Transistor, Monolayers, Field-effect Transistors, Two-Dimensional Material, Two Dimensional Materials