Affiliated Researchers: Solar

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

Displaying 56 search result(s) for Solar.

Greg Barber


Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Dassou Nagassou


Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Plasmas, Decomposition, Solar Energy, Plasma

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, Film

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

Joseph Ranalli


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

Jennifer Baka


Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Legislation, USA, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing

Julian Wang


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Conservation, Thermal Comfort, Thermal Performance, Building Envelope, Energy Performance

Brian Fronk


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

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply

James Freihaut


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

Jiawei Gong



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

Akhlesh Lakhtakia


Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles G. Binder Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Dielectrics, Chiral Sculptured Thin Film, Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Plane Wave

Ola Rashwan


Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Progressive Model, Modeling Approach, Solution Algorithm, Halide, New Modeling

Lauren McPhillips


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Stormwater, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Denitrification, Methane

Stephanie Buechler



Top research keywords: Climate Change, Mexico, Feminist Political Ecology, Sonora, Environmental Degradation

John Asbury


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Ultrafast, Organic Solar Cells, Excited State, Nanocrystalline, Organic Photovoltaics

Linxiao Zhu


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, Near-field, Radiative Cooling, Near-field Radiative Heat Transfer, Thermal Radiation

Osama Awadelkarim


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Silicon, Oxide Compound, Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor, Gate Oxide, Parylene C

Daniel Brent


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

Jeremy Gernand


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pulmonary Toxicity, Engineering, Dose-response, Occupational Safety And Health, Nanomaterials

Bed Poudel


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

Mark Horn


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

Shirley Clark


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

Gregory Pavlak


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

Christine J. Kirchhoff


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

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

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Censuses, Climate Change Impacts

Christopher Scott


Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Mexico, India, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Climate Change

Katherine Freeman


Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Carbon 14, Carbon Isotopes, Eocene, N-alkanes, Organic Matter

Christopher House


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Mars, Gale Crater, Mars Crater, Methane, Curiosity Rover

Sohail Anwar


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

Jose D. Fuentes


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Emissions, Isoprene, Amazon, Atmospherics

Enrique Gomez


Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Soundar Kumara


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

Cibin Raj


Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Soil And Water Assessment Tool, Watersheds, Water Assessment Tool, Soil Investigation, Water Quality

Jonathan Duncan


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Nitrate, Urban Watershed, Storm, Base Flow, Denitrification

Julio Urbina


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Meteors, Radar Systems, Radar Tracking, Radar Observations, Radar System

Dale Litwhiler


Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Business & Computing (Berks)
Top research keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, LabVIEW, Energy Harvesting, Data Collection

Erica Smithwick


Distinguished Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Pinus, Pennsylvania, Carbon Sink, Prescribed Fire

Abu Asaduzzaman


Associate Professor of Chemistry, Science, Engineering, & Technology, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Density, Surface (Surface Science), Adsorption, Electronic Property, Electronic Properties