Affiliated Researchers: Thermal Energy

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

Displaying 67 search result(s) for Thermal Energy.

Gregory Pavlak


Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermal Energy, Uncertainty, Heating, Sensitivity Analysis, Model Predictive Control

Linxiao Zhu


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, Near Fields, Radiative Cooling, Hot Temperature, Cooling

Herschel Pangborn


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Temperature Control, Model Predictive Control, Thermal Management, Hot Temperature, Power Management

Stefan Thynell


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermolysis, Decomposition, Propellants, Radiation, RDX

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Liquids, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), Heat Sinks, Wettability, Fuel Cells

Sukwon Choi


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: High Electron Mobility Transistors, Gallium Nitride, Hot Temperature, Thermometry, Energy Gap

Elia Merzari


Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence, Bundles

Julian Wang


Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Infrared Radiation, Energy Efficiency, Daylighting, Lighting, Emergency Response

Anil Kulkarni


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Spark Plasma Sintering, Sintering, Tungsten, Fires, Heat

Fan-Bill Cheung


George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Boiling Liquids, Heat Transfer, Heat Flux, Film Boiling, Natural Convection

Amrita Basak


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Laser Epitaxy, Epitaxial Growth, Lasers, Superalloys, Scanning

Chao-Yang Wang


William E. Diefenderfer Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Fuel Cells, Electrolytes, Polymers, Cathodes, Diffusion In Gases

Satadru Dey


Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries, Hot Temperature, Failure Analysis, Ions, Battery Management Systems

Rahman Azari


Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Life Cycle, Environmental Impact, Algae, Office Buildings, Daylighting

Albert Segall


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Hot Temperature, Wear, Temperature, Wear Of Materials, Thermal Shock

Jiawei Gong



Top research keywords: Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar Cells, Conversion Efficiency, Electrodes, Turbulence

Olumide Ogunmodimu


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

William Walters


Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Spent Fuels, Control Rods, Fission, Rockets, Hot Temperature

Yi Wang


Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phonons, Phonon, Thermodynamic Properties, Thermodynamic Property, Thermodynamics

Rudolf Schilder


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, RNA Precursors, Odonata, Troponin T, Muscles

Reginald Hamilton


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Shape Memory Effect, Shape Memory Alloys, Hysteresis, Alloy, Single Crystals

Tak-Sing Wong


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Liquids, Lubricants, Silicones, Wetting

Derek Elsworth


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

Lisa Iulo


Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Education, Ecodesign, Microgrids, Students, Renewable Energy Resources

Ute Poerschke


Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Studios, Ecodesign, Solar Buildings, Zero Energy Buildings, Architect

Daning Huang


Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Hypersonic Flow, Skin, Scaling Laws, High Temperature Effects

Somayeh Asadi


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

Bruce Miller


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

Christopher Rahn


Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuators, Lithium-ion Batteries, Damping, Composite Materials

Qiming Zhang


Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Polymers, Ferroelectric Materials, Vinylidene, Fluorides, Terpolymers

Megan Marshall


Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Composting, Soil, Biomass, Biofuels, Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon, Carbon Atom, Alcohols, Nanoporosity, Polypyrroles

Brian Fronk


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Microchannels, Heat Transfer, Condensation, Carbon Dioxide, Pressure Drop

Azaree Lintereur


Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutrons, Gamma Rays, Neutron Counters, Detectors, Lithium Fluoride

Randy L. Vander Wal


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

Jian Hsu


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanocrystals, Quantum Dots, Light Emitting Diodes, Quantum Dot, Microcavities

Anand Sivasubramaniam


Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Data Storage Equipment, Servers, Costs, Computer Hardware, Scheduling

Ralph Colby


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomers, Ionomer, Polymers, Polyelectrolytes, Ions

John Asbury


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Electrons, Singlet Fission, Infrared Spectroscopy, Excited States, Electron Injection

Fernando Soto


Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Solid Electrolytes, Density Functional Theory, Solid Electrolyte, Electrolytes, Lithium