Energy-related research and technological advancements are crucial for addressing global energy challenges, ensuring sustainable development, and mitigating environmental impacts, ultimately shaping the future of our planet. Research spanning new methods for energy storage, generation and transmission, including thermoelectric materials, advanced photovoltaic materials, and optimizing the energy grid.
Energy Conversion and Storage
Energy conversion and storage research is a multidisciplinary field focused on developing technologies and systems to efficiently capture, store, and utilize various forms of energy. This research is essential for electrifying transportation, advancing renewable energy such as solar and wind, enhancing grid stability, and enabling the transition to cleaner and more sustainable energy systems. That includes:
- fuel cells and electrolyzers,
- batteries,
- thermal energy storage
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency research focuses on developing strategies and technologies to minimize energy consumption while maintaining or even improving the performance of various systems, processes, and appliances.
Clean Energy and Environment Technologies
Research in this area focuses on harnessing energy from renewable sources like solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal to create sustainable and clean power generation technologies.
Faculty
- Chulsung Bae, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc, Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering
- Vidhya Chakrapani, Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Joe Chow, Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
- Peter Dinolfo, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Fudong Han, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- Jie Lian, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- Shankar Narayan, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- Shanbin Shi, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- Jian Sun, Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
- Christian Wetzel, Physics