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, 996 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

Richard Yetter


Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pressure, Oxidation, Ignition, Flame, Fuel

Junjun Yin


Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter, Mobile Computing, Activity Pattern, Visibility, Big Data

Jiro Yoshida


Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Rent, Real Estate, Condominium, Depreciation, Premium

Kaleigh Yost


Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Cones, Liquefaction, Soils, Penetrometer, Testing

George Young


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Convection, Weather, Forecast

William Yourey


Associate Professor of Engineering, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Lithium, Electrodes, Electric Batteries, Behavior As Electrode, Ions

Dave Yoxtheimer


Senior Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Gas Well, Shale Gas, Groundwater, Gases

Cunjiang Yu


Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Electronic Equipment, Skin, Strain, Electronics, Resonators

Manzhu Yu


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media, Dust, Earth (planet)

Zhongyi Yuan


Associate Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Insurance, Regular Variation, Finite-time Ruin Probability, Multivariate Regular Variation, Financial Risk

Michael Yukish


Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Space Exploration, Design, Fidelity, Data Visualization, Energy Absorption

Sarah Zappe


Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Students, Teaching, Engineering, Engineering Education, Education

Lauren Zarzar


Associate Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Hydrogels, Emulsion, Hydrogel, Surface-Active Agents, Emulsions

Colin Zarzycki


Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Climate Modeling, Atmosphere, Simulation, Regional Climate

Eric Zenner


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration

Hayder Zghair


Assistant Teaching Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Berks)

Nanyin Zhang


Hartz Family Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brain, Rodentia, Visual Cortex, Schizophrenia

Pengfei Zhang


Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Anticyclones, Monsoons, Sea Ice, Summer, Anticyclone

Qiming Zhang


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

Sulin Zhang


Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Lithiation, Carbon Nanotubes, Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium, Electric Batteries

Yiqi Zhang


Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Driver, Performance, Traffic Behavior, Field Dependence-Independence, Alarm Systems

Yunji Zhang


Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Convection, Tropical Cyclone, Thunderstorm, Forecast, Brightness Temperature

Wei Zhi


Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Linghao Zhong


Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Soil, Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Trichoderma

Zihan Zhou


Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Face Recognition, Lighting, Convolutional Neural Networks, Cameras, Photography

Linxiao Zhu


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

Minghui Zhu


Dorothy Quiggle Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Stochastic Systems, State Estimation, Motion Planning, Unknown Inputs, Robots

Tieyuan Zhu


Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Wave Equation, Wave Equations, Attenuation, Reaction Time, Inversions

Xiaoyang Zhu



Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Agonist, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, GW 7647, Ligand, Refractory

Yimin Zhu


Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Lignin, Monolignol, Protein Footprinting, Cell Wall, Plant Cells

Gregory Ziegler


Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Chocolate, Starch, Milk, Amylose, Milk Chocolate

Karl Zimmerer


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood

Katherine Zipp


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Energy Crops, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species, Bioenergy, Landowners

Wangda Zuo


Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Modelica, Fluid Dynamics, Buildings, Office Buildings, HVAC

Andrew Zydney


Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Proteins, Filtration, Fouling