Affiliated Researchers

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. Currently, 1020 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

Sanjib Sharma


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

Cooduvalli Shashikant


Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Homeobox Genes, Neural Tube, Transgenic Mice, Genes, Mesoderm

Ashley Shay


Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Macrophage, Selenoprotein, Macrophages, Tissue Regeneration, Mediator

Dennis Shea


Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Top research keywords: Nursing Home, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Mental Health Service, Employers

Katriona Shea


Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator

Amir Sheikhi


Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

Chaopeng Shen


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Streamflow, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Soil Moisture, Long Short-term Memory

Shihui Shen


Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphalt Binder

Mary K. Shenk


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Wealth, Kinship, Bangladesh, India, Evolution

Baiou Shi



Top research keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Computer Simulation, Nanoparticle, Nanosuspension, Wetting Kinetics

Feifei Shi


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Lithium, Lithium Ion Battery, Anode, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery

Rui Shi


Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Greenhouse Gas, Feedstock, Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Engineering, Jet Fuel

Yun Kyung Shin


Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), ReaxFF Reactive Force Field, Computer Simulation, Force Field

Tejal Shirsat


PhD Student, Soil Science

Parisa Shokouhi


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Nonlinearity, Impact-echo, Wave Velocity, Bridge Decks

James Shortle


Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Scott A. Showalter


Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Intrinsically Disordered Protein, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Dynamics, C-Terminus, FCP1

Paul Shrivastava


Professor, Management and Organization
Top research keywords: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals, Strategic Management, Anthropocene, Crisis Management

Mark Shriver


Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Genetics, Allele, Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism, African American, Skin Pigmentation

Blair Siegfried


Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Top research keywords: Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica Virgifera, Coleoptera, European Corn Borer, Bacillus Thuringiensis

Justin Silverman


Assistant Professor in Data Sciences, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Microbiome, Microflora, Intestine Flora, Human Gut Microbiota

Timothy Simpson


Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Product Family, 3D Printers, Design, Manufacturing, Students

Alok Sinha


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Bladed Rotor, Mistuning, Mistuned Bladed Disk, Sliding Mode Control

Susan Sinnott


Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotube, Computer Simulation

Anand Sivasubramaniam


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

Chris Skurka


Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Cigarette Packs

Michael Skvarla


Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Coleoptera, Mite, Acari, Hemiptera, New Species

Aleksandra Slavković


Professor, Statistics
Top research keywords: Differential Privacy, Differentially Private, Contingency Table, Synthetic Data, Conditionals

Tania Slawecki


Research Associate, Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Microwave, Shear, Shearing, Magnetrons

Edward Smith


Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Blade, Rotorcraft, Flaps, Fluidics

Mary Ann Smith


Lecturer, Biology

Sanford S. Smith


Teaching Professor in Forest Resources and Natural Resources & Youth Extension Specialist

Erica Smithwick


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

Joshua Smyth


Distinguished Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment, Health, Mood, Mindfulness, Depression

Kevin Snider


Campus Chancellor, Penn State New Kensington

Shedra "Amy" Snipes


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

David Snyder


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

Mansour Solaimanian


Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Asphalt Mixture, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement, Pavement, Superpave

Fernando Soto


Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory