Energy
Energy research is organized around four interlocking sub-themes that will advance the energy systems of the future.
- Capture and conversion focuses on subsurface engineering, novel catalysts and scalable processes to transform traditional an emerging feedstocks into the fuels and chemicals that we need for everyday life.
- Energy storage and resiliency spans next-generation batteries, fuel cells and flow batteries, coupled with tools and infrastructure practices that help communities maintain critical services and recover faster after disruptions.
- Energy efficiency accelerates cleaner and more efficient production and smarter demand including integrating energy with water, food, climate and health to translate efficiency gains from labs to real-world systems.
- Energy security marries energy and cyber expertise to strengthen the protection of infrastructure that modern energy systems depend on.
Faculty with Research in this Area

Mostafa Aghaei Jouybari
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Alan M. Allgeier
Director, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC)Don W. Green Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Reza Barati Ghahfarokhi
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Alexandru Bardas
Gary Minden Scholar, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Michael Branicky
Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Juan J Bravo-Suárez
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Kyle Vincent Camarda
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Elizabeth Corson
Fred Kurata Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Masoud Darabi
"Roy J. Leonard Chair’s Council Associate Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering "
Anthony C. DeFilippo
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Shiguang Deng
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Christopher Depcik
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Elizabeth A. Friis
Department Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Guenther Glatz
Bishop-Rosson-Swift-Marchello Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Richard Hale
Department Chair and Spahr Professor and Chair of Aerspace Engineering, Associate Director of CReSIS
Justin Hutchison
Associate Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
Amirmasoud (Masoud) Kalantari-Dahaghi
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Shawn Keshmiri
Spahr Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Huijeong Kim
Assistant Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
Alexandra Kondyli
Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
Gibum Kwon
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D.
Kevin C. Leonard
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering School of Engineering Associate Dean for Research
Fengjun Li
Deane E. Ackers Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Xiaoli Li
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Lin Liu
Associate Professor Ph.D.
Bo Luo
H.J. and Joan O. Wertz Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Ana Rita C. Morais
Deputy Director, Wonderful Institute for Sustainable EngineeringAssistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Yiling Nan
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Trung Van Nguyen
Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Karen J. Nordheden
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Russell D. Ostermann
Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Aaron M. Scurto
Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Nishit Shetty
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Mark B. Shiflett
Director, Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub.Director, Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Bala Subramaniam
Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Hongyang Sun
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Elaina Sutley
Diane M. Darwin Chair's Council Associate Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering Thomas and Eileen Washburn Scholar, Engineering Associate Dean for Impact & Belonging
Dan Tran
Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
Shi'an Wang
Assistant Professor of Civil, Envionrmental & Architectural Engineering
ZJ Wang
Spahr Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Susan M. Williams (Stagg-Williams)
Department Chair and Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering