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.

Tyler Wagner



Top research keywords: Salvelinus Fontinalis, Brook, Fish, Lakes, Lake

Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor


Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Top research keywords: Utopian, Utopia, Utopian Literature, Literature, Narrative

Daniel E. Walters


Assistant Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Administrative Law, Doctrine, Market Reaction, Transnational Law, Supreme Court

William Walters


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

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

Donghai Wang


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Anodes, Lithium Sulfur Batteries, Anode, Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathodes

James Wang


Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Information Retrieval, Annotation, Image Database, Image Retrieval System, Content-based Image Retrieval

John Yilin Wang


Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Gas Reservoir, Fracturing Fluid, Proppants, Hydraulic Fracturing

Julian Wang


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

Kai Wang


Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Cyanides, Gold, Chromium, Plastics, Corrosion

Meng Wang


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Co-digestion, Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater, Microalgae, Anaerobic Digestion

Qing Wang


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Dielectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Shujie Wang


Assistant Professor in Geography, Geography
Top research keywords: Land Ice, Ice Shelves, Ice Sheet, Ice, Cloud And Land Elevation Satellite, Antarctic Region

Yi Wang


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

Denice Wardrop


Research Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Wetlands, Pennsylvania, United States Of America, Wetland Condition, Headwater

Gordon Warn


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Sequential Decision Process, Decision Process, Trade Space Exploration, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Frames

Andrew Warner



Top research keywords: River, Rivers, Prescription, Freshwater Conservation, Planning

Nathaniel Warner


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Produced Water, Radium, Surface Water, Wastewater, Pennsylvania

(John) Jack Watson


Professor Emeritus of Soil Science / Soil Physics / Biogeochemistry

Christelle Wauthier


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Magma, Volcano, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), Synthetic Aperture Radar, Rift Zone

Robert D. Weaver


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Innovation Capacity, Pesticides, Relationship Quality, Markets, Price

Mort Webster


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Generation, Texas, Air Quality, Electricity Generation, Power Engineering

Josephine Wee


Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aspergillus Parasiticus, Aflatoxin, Oxidative Stress, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factor

Douglas Werner


John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Antenna, Metamaterials, Metasurface, Genetic Algorithm, Dielectrics

Laura Weyrich


Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiome, Microflora, Microorganism, Oral Microbiota, Mouth Flora

Cynthia White


Research Associate, College of Arts & Architecture

Tim White


Associate Research Professor, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Top research keywords: Observatory, Paleosol, Critical Zone Observatory, Eocene, United States Of America

Cynthia J. Whitener


Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Infection, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Heart Surgery, Mycobacterium Chimaera

Sarah N. Whitney


Director, Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program

Peter Wilf


Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Patagonia, Paleocene, South America, Patagonia Argentina, Eocene

Mary Beth Williams


Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Polyether, Redox, Molten Salt, Magnetic Nanoparticles

Daniel Willis


Stuckman Professor of Advanced Design Studies, Architecture
Top research keywords: Energy, Climate, Environmental Design, Ecodesign, Performance

Suzanna Windon


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, Ohio, Brainstorming, Mindfulness, Farmers With Disabilities

Scott Wing


Associate Dean, College of Arts & Architecture

Travis Wingard


Master Watershed Steward Coordinator, Penn State Extension

Karen Page Winterich


Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Moral Identity, Brand Attitude, Power Distance Belief, Self-construal, Self-Construals

Hannah Wiseman


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