Affiliated Researchers: Natural Gas

John Yilin Wang

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

Dave Yoxtheimer

Senior Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Gas Well, Shale Gas, Groundwater, Gases

Nathaniel Warner

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracking, Radium, Gases, Oils, Gas

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gases, Gas Condensates, Fluids, Gas, Gas Reservoir

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability, Coal, Shale, Rocks, Shales

Andrew Kleit

Professor and MICASU Fellow, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Arbitrage, Electricity, Power Markets, Market, Costs

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity, Natural Gas, Power Markets, Costs, Economics

Xianzeng Niu

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Shale Gas, Water Quality, Oil And Gas Fields, Groundwater

Alok Sinha

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Sliding Mode Control, Statistics, Flexible Structures, Friction

Mort Webster

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Electricity, Uncertainty, Carbon, Climate Change, Electricity Generation

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Seismic Data, Inversion, Drainage, Permeability

Natasha Miles

Associate Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Fluxes, Methane, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas, Atmospheric Inversion

William Burgos

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferric Oxide, Hematite, Iron, Mine Drainage, Oxidation

Kai Schafft

Professor, Education Policy Studies
Top research keywords: Poverty, Economics, District, Rural Community, Natural Gas

Shimin Liu

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

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Concretes, Fly Ash, Silica, Cements, Mortar

Chiara Lo Prete

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Markets, Microgrids, Electricity, Market, Sustainable Development

Zhen Lei

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Patents, Citations, Patent Citations, Deregulation, Licensing

Julian D. Avery

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Bird, Sialia Sialis, Nestling, Lizard, Nestlings

Richard Stehouwer

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Soils, Trace Elements, Nutrients, Compost

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Rocks, Permeability, Fluids, Fluid, Oil Well Flooding

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Bituminous Coal, Molecules, Simulation, Vitrinite

Randy L. Vander Wal

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Soot, Nanostructures, Nanomaterial, Incandescence, Carbon

Bruce Miller

Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal, Adsorbents, Flue Gases, Adsorption, Fuel

Sibel Irmak

Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Reforming Reactions, Catalysts, Hydrogen, Catalyst Supports

William Bahnfleth

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Irradiation, Air, Air Quality, Water, Impurities

Sanjib Sharma

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Forecast, Streamflow, Flood Hazard, Prediction, River Basin

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Amin Mehrabian

Associate Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Fluids, Rocks, Geomechanics, Porosity, Shale

Todd Sowers

Senior Scientist, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Ice Core, Ice, Greenland, Firn, Methane

Rui Shi

Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Fuel, Jet, Life Cycle, Greenhouse Gases

Steve Bloser

Assistant Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Rural Roads, Road Maintenance, Propagule, Geographic Information Systems, Pollution

Jonathan Marks

Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Opioid Epidemic, Hydraulic Fracking, Poverty, Public Health, Natural Gas

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Erica Smithwick

Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Forests, Ecosystem, Ecosystems, Nitrogen, Pinus Contorta Var. Latifolia

Leland Glenna

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farmer, Biotechnology, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food

Sharmistha Basak

Graduate Student

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: Phase Behavior, Oils, Solubility, Recovery, Microemulsions

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

T.C. Mike Chung

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Copolymers, Organometallics, Polypropylenes, Polyolefins, Polymers