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 74 search result(s) for Thermal Energy.

Gregory Pavlak


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

Linxiao Zhu


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

Herschel Pangborn


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Predictive Control Model, Hierarchical Control, Thermal Management System, Thermal Management, Zonotopes

Stefan Thynell


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

Fan-Bill Cheung


George L. Guillet Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Transients, Rod Bundle, Natural Convection, Heat Transfer, Heat Flux

Sukwon Choi


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Nitride, Transistor, Ga2O3, Gallium Nitride, GaN HEMT

Albert Segall


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Transients, Thermal Stress, Aluminum Oxide, Stress State, Thermal Transient

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado


Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Flow Distribution, Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Computer Simulation, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Heat Sink

Anil Kulkarni


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Spark Plasma Sintering, Tungsten, Field-assisted Sintering Technology, Density, Vertical Wall

David Snyder


Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Graphene, Film, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Epitaxial Graphene, Vapor Deposition

Olumide Ogunmodimu


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Concentrated Solar Power Technologies, Rheology, Northern Nigeria, Digital Elevation Model, Mechanistic Model

Chao-Yang Wang


William E. Diefenderfer Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Gas Diffusion Layer, Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Catalyst Layer

Amrita Basak


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Epitaxy, Scanning Laser Epitaxy, Three Dimensional Printing, Powder Bed Fusion, Additive Manufacturing

Jiawei Gong



Top research keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Composite Material, Perovskite Solar Cell, Density

Rahman Azari


Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Environmental Impact, Building Envelope, Life Cycle Assessment

Elia Merzari


Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Large Eddy Simulation, Direct Numerical Simulation, Nek5000, Rod Bundle

William Walters


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

Julian Wang


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

Tak-Sing Wong


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotube, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Brochosomes

Guido Cervone


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Atmospherics, Remote Sensing, Analog Ensemble, Machine Learning, Earthquake

Ute Poerschke


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

Yi Wang


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

Satadru Dey


Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery, Fault Diagnosis, State Of Charge, Thermal Fault

Rudolf Schilder


Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Zi-Kui Liu


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

Daning Huang


Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Hypersonic, Aerothermoelastic, Aerothermoelastic Analysis, Hypersonic Flows, Reduced Order Model

Bed Poudel


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

Somayeh Asadi


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

Brian Fronk


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

Wenjie Li


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Yb3+

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

Shunli Shang


Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: First-principles Calculations, Density, Density Functional Theory, Alloying, Elastic Moduli

Yuqing Hu


Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Information Modeling, Building Information Modeling, Construction Robot, Learning System, Construction Projects

Lisa Iulo


Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Energy Performance, Affordable Housing, Microgrid

Bruce Miller


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

Anand Sivasubramaniam


Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Consumption, Computer Hardware, Caching, Input/Output, Response Time

Megan Marshall


Research Assistant, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Pretreatment, Corn Stover, Ensilage, Solarization, Silage

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

Azaree Lintereur


Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Gamma Ray, Multiplicity, Gamma Rays, Neutron, Learning System

Adri van Duin


Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), Computer Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, ReaxFF Reactive Force Field