Affiliated Researchers: Solar Park

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, Fullerene, Photovoltaics

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

Brian Fronk

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

Enrique Gomez

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

Trevor Birkenholtz

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

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

James Freihaut

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

Julian Wang

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

John Asbury

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

Lauren McPhillips

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

Stephanie Buechler

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

Jennifer Baka

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

Cibin Raj

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

Mark Horn

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

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

Brian Thiede

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

Jeremy Gernand

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

Gregory Pavlak

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

Jose D. Fuentes

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

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, Irrigation

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

Jonathan Duncan

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

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

Bed Poudel

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

Julio Urbina

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

Erica Smithwick

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

Hannah Wiseman

Associate Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Legislation, Energy Law, Federalism, Energy Governance, Law

Jennifer Gray

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Quantum Dot, Si(111), SiGe, Film, Surface (Surface Science)

Ute Poerschke

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Environmental Sensitivity, Microclimate, Building Information Modeling, Building Performance, Technical System

Linxiao Zhu

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

Douglas Cowen

Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: IceCube, Neutrinos, Muon, Observatory, Atmospherics

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Evolution, Genetic Divergence, Genomics, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation

Richard Mistrick

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Lighting System, Daylight, Photosensor, Illuminance, Systems Performance

Somayeh Asadi

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Utilization, Scheduling, Renewable Energy Resources, Hot Temperature, Asphalt Pavements

Denson Groenendaal

Mark Kleinginna

Adjunct Lecturer, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Rouhangiz (Nasim) Yavari

Zi-Kui Liu

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: First-principles Calculations, Density, Thermodynamics Modeling, Thermodynamic Modeling, Thermodynamic Properties

Joel Morrison

Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal Water Slurry, Co-firing, Fire Technology, Performance Requirement, Fly Ash Utilization