We strive to find and integrate safer and more sustainable sources of energy.
Energy Researchers
Michael Ackerson
Chemical Engineering
- Petroleum processing
Zhong Chen
Electrical Engineering
- Novel Semiconductor Devices for Harsh Environment
- High Voltage Power Device and Packaging
- Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
- IC and System Level Reliability and Modeling
Thomas A. Costello
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Food Production
- Production of Algae as a Biofuel Feedstock
- Space-Heating Poultry Houses using Renewable Fuels
- Energy Efficiency and Other Resource Conservation
- Agricultural Systems Monitoring and Controls
Rick J. Couvillion
Mechanical Engineering
- Energy systems
Jia Di
Computer Science & Computer Engineering
- Digital Integrated Circuit Design and Analysis
- Asynchronous Circuit Design
- Extreme Environment Electronics
- Hardware Security
Sandra Eksioglu
Industrial Engineering
- Energy systems
- Health care
- Transportation systems
Christa Hestekin
Chemical Engineering
- investigation of early stage protein aggregation using microchannel electrophoresis
- evaluation of algal properties for biofuel production
Jamie A. Hestekin
Chemical Engineering
- charged separations
- extraction of oils and carbohydrates from algae
Omar Manasreh
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Energy
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Alan Mantooth
Electrical Engineering
- Analog and mixed-signal IC Design and CAD
- Power electronics design and CAD
- Semiconductor device modeling
Roy A. McCann
Electrical Engineering
- Machine learning and adpative control of electric power systems
- Cyber-physical systems and optimal control
- Electric machinery and motor drives
Xiangbo Meng
Mechanical Engineering
- Smartly controllable nanosynthesis using atomic and molecular layer deposition
- Development of next-generation high-performance advanced battery technologies
Hameed A. Naseem
Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Energy
- Materials Science
- Optoelectronics
Darin W. Nutter
Mechanical Engineering
- Heat transfer
- Thermodynamics
- Liquid-vapor phase change
- HVAC&R systems
- Residential/commercial/industrial energy systems and energy conservation
- Building systems
- Building performance
- Utility analysis
- Life-cycle-assessment (LCA) and sustainability
Yarui Peng
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
- Electronic Design Automation
- 2.5D/3D Chiplets and Heterogeneous Integration
- VLSI Circuit, Physical, and Packaging Design
- Power Electronics and Design Automation
- Computer Aided Design
Larry Roe
Mechanical Engineering
- Combustion
- Fluid dynamics
- Propulsion
- Spacecraft systems
Tom Spicer
Chemical Engineering
- Assessment of hazards from airborne contaminants
- Assessment of hazards from fire and explosion phenomena
Keisha Bishop Walters
Chemical Engineering
- Stimuli Responsive Polymers
- Advanced Separations
- Nanomaterials
- Surface and Interfacial Engineering
- Functional (Bio)polymers
- Sustainable Polymers
Morgan E. Ware
Electrical Engineering
- Semiconductors
- Crystal growth
- Electronic materials
- Nanostructures
- Nanomaterials for Quantum computing / Quantum cryptography
- Optical materials
Ranil Wickramasinghe
Chemical Engineering
- membrane science
- membrane technology
Fisher Yu
Electrical Engineering
- Power Electronics
- High Power Converters
- Electric Drives
- Renewable Energy Systems
Yue Zhao
Electrical Engineering
- Power Electronics
- High Power Converters
- Electric Drives
- Renewable Energy Systems
Jun Zhu
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Waste treatment technologies for protecting air and water quality related to animal production
- Renewable energy production technologies
- Bioconversion of wastes into value-added products