First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Elnaz,Kabir,Assistant Professor,"My research revolves around designing data-driven frameworks that can thrive in uncertain environments, tackling issues in energy system decarbonization and power outage management. To achieve this, I leverage the power of predictive and prescriptive analytics, drawing from diverse fields like data science, machine learning, risk analysis, optimization, and simulation.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n027856f8
Vishal,Gohil,Associate Professor,"Despite the fundamental role of the mitochondrion in cellular energy production and its involvement in numerous human diseases, we still do not know the function of nearly 20% of the known mitochondrial proteins. My laboratory applies genomic, genetic, and biochemical tools to uncover the role of these uncharacterized proteins in the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) biogenesis. MRC is the main site of cellular respiration and energy production and since the core components of the MRC are evolutionarily conserved, we reason that the assembly factors required to build the MRC should also be conserved. Therefore, we utilize multiple models systems, including yeast, zebrafish, and human cell lines, to determine the role of these conserved, uncharacterized mitochondrial proteins in bioenergetics, organismal development, and human disease pathogenesis.
Another poorly understood aspect of the mitochondrial energy metabolism is the role of phospholipids in maintaining the structural and functional integrity of the MRC. Although it is well known that the MRC is localized in the inner mitochondrial membrane, how the unique lipid milieu of the mitochondrial membrane influences the assembly and activity of the MRC is not fully understood. We have constructed yeast mutants with defined mitochondrial phospholipid compositions to systematically determine each lipid's role in MRC assembly and activity. Ultimately, defining the roles of mitochondrial proteins and phospholipids will allow us to develop better diagnostic and therapeutic options for human disorders resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Biochemistry and Biophysics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n03100e49
Irfan,Khan,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Irfan Khan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Marine Engineering Technology with a courtesy joint appointment with the Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M College Station. Before joining TAMU in 2018, he received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University USA. He is also the director of the Clean And Resilient Energy Systems (CARES) Lab, which focuses on the cyber security, reliability, and sustainability of cyber-physical systems, including electric energy systems, drones, marine vessels, and biomedical systems. Recently, he has been presented with several prestigious awards and honors, such as the 2021 Jim Leonard Outstanding Member Award from IEEE Region 5, the Gulf Research Program's Early-Career Research Fellowship: Offshore Energy Safety (Track 3) from the National Academies, and the 2021 IEEE Region 5 Director's Award Technical Conference Co-Chair.",Courtesy Assistant Professor||Affiliate Assistant Professor||TEES Researcher at TAMU-Galveston||Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Marine Engineering Technology||TEES Regional Divisions||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Computer Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n04a67e1a
Kiseok,Kim,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Kim's research focuses on the rock-fluid interaction, where the application is to the geoenergy projects such as geologic carbon storage, hydrogen storage, and geothermal energy. His experimental expertise is dedicated to understanding the Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) coupling occurring in subsurface rocks and establishing a precise constitutive model to accurately describe their behavior.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n05babc73
Ashrant,Aryal,Assistant Professor,"I am interested in the use of different technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), sensor signal processing, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make the our built environment more adaptive and more human-centered. The objectives are to improve human comfort, productivity and well-being by using intelligent indoor environmental controls while trying to maintain energy efficient building operations. Some example topics of interest are:
Human-Building Interaction
Thermal comfort modeling and control of HVAC and personal comfort systems
Physiological monitoring to understand the impact of indoor environment
Grid-Interactive Efficient buildings
Building energy simulations with occupant behavior
Wearable sensing for construction safety",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Construction Science||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0c5bb945
Ceyhun,Eksin,Assistant Professor,"My research interests are in the areas of distributed optimization, network science, game theory and control theory. Current research focuses on game theoretic modeling and optimization of multi-agent systems in biological, communication and energy networks.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n15218a48
Chukwuzubelu,Ufodike,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n235d4fe7
Arash,Noshadravan,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n282ad0e2
Paotai,Lin,Assistant Professor,"My research focuses on Mid-Infrared integrated Photonics, Biomedical sensors on a chip, Multiscale fabrication technologies, Reconfigurable materials, and
Nanophotonics & metamaterials.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2f0d383b
Boqian,Xu,Assistant Professor,"In my research, I delve into the intricate relationship between Ecological Footprint and energy. The Ecological Footprint represents the demand on the Earth's ecosystems, and a significant portion of this demand stems from energy consumption. By focusing on energy efficiency in the design and planning of 'Ecocities', I aim to reduce this demand. This involves creating urban environments that not only consume less energy but also utilize it more efficiently. My goal is to contribute to the Energy Institute's efforts in promoting sustainable energy practices that will ultimately lead to a reduction in our overall Ecological Footprint. This is the essence of my energy-related research interests and experience.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3370ba0e
Yangyang,Xu,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Atmospheric Sciences||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3d9f7a92
Eric,Lewis,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Public Service and Administration||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4375045d
Maria,King,Research Associate Professor,"My interdisciplinary studies focus on the development of the wetted wall cyclone aerosol collector technology to monitor potential health hazards and improve surveillance efforts by collecting aerosols released from agricultural and industrial facilities and modeling particle dispersion. Within a coal mining industry study we aim to determine the influence of particle size distribution, chemical composition and morphology of airborne respirable mine dusts and diesel particulates on lung disease. My projects involve fluid mechanics, computational flow modeling and metagenomics to study biofilms in oil fields and nuclear reactors and mitigate microbial contamination in drilling equipment, hydraulic fracturing water and cooling systems.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n44870816
Qing,Tu,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5baa89d3
Kan,Wu,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5c045768
Dion,Antao,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Antao's current research interests are in molecular-to-macroscale heat transfer, fluid dynamics and interfacial phenomena, light-structure interactions on micro/nanostructured surfaces, and novel optical diagnostics and metrology for phase-change thermal transport characterization. Manipulating interfacial interactions (liquid-vapor-solid interfaces) at the nano- and microscale to design and enhance phase-change heat transfer processes for applications in electricity generation, electronics and energy conversion system thermal management, low-carbon aviation technology, and water purification. Investigating thermal and fluid transport in liquid-vapor two phase flow heat exchangers. Synthesis, molecular-to-macroscale characterization and accelerated durability testing of low surface energy promotor coatings for enhanced condensation heat transfer in energy systems. Synthesis and characterization of scalable and robust materials for solar energy conversion and boiling/evaporation heat transfer devices/technology. Application of non-equilibrium plasma technologies to enhance thermal, fluid and mechanical processes in clean and sustainable energy conversion applications.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5c428c20
Juan Carlos,Laya,Associate Professor,"My current research interests are in the broad area of carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy. The topics I am focusing on include:
1) Carbonate reservoir characterization and modeling from modern and outcrop analogues, (interested in Caribbean islands, also Pacific and Indian Ocean islands)
2) Late Paleozoic carbonate petroleum systems and opportunities for exploration
3) Diagenesis and porosity evolution, using image analysis tools as a key for petrophysics.
4) The use of stable isotope geochemistry including clumped isotopes in understanding deposition, diagenesis and basin evolution.
5) Unconventional Carbonate reservoirs and basin analysis.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Assistant Professor,Geology and Geophysics||Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n70ce65bb
Janie McClurkin,Moore,Assistant Professor,"I manage the Post-Harvest Engineering and Education research lab, focusing on post-harvest treatment technologies and engineering eduction. My research mission is to identify post-harvest treatment technologies capable of transforming lignin into value added chemicals. This research also provides new knowledge on the role of ozone and atmospheric cold plasma treatments for the reduction of spoilage organisms during post-harvest processing and storage. Research is currently being conducted with a variety of commodities including, stored grains (i.e., corn, rice), oil seeds and byproducts (i.e., cottonseed, cottonseed meal), and packaged produce (i.e., tomatoes and romaine lettuce).
I also work to develop teaching materials for those who utilize new treatment and storage technologies, so they feel more connected with the technologies thereby increasing the instances of utilization.",Member||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Engineering Education Research Taskforce||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n717a88ea
Guanyu,Tian,Assistant Professor,"My research interests lie in the following intertwined areas: 1) Power system demand response, 2) Modeling and control of grid-interactive smart buildings, 3) Grid-connected cyber-physical system security, 4) Modeling and robust optimization of energy systems using first-principle and machine-learning hybrid models.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Marine Engineering Technology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7e991946
Astrid,Layton,Assistant Professor,"My research is in network analysis and modeling of complex systems and Systems of Systems (SoS). I use bio-inspired systems design to solve sustainability and resilience related problems. Human networks of interest include, but are not limited to, industrial resource networks, power grids, water distribution networks, makerspace learning environments, circular economy efforts, and supply chains.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7f2bc8c5
Sara,Abedi Mashhadimighani,Assistant Professor,Professor Abedi's research centers on experimental and theoretical microporomechanics; nano-chemomechanics of geomaterials; multi-scale modeling; granular material failure and flow and granular physics; and geomechanics.,Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n804219f9
Amir,Asadi,Assistant Professor,"My laboratory focuses on inventing new or modifying the current manufacturing methods to develop polymer composites with engineered microstructure and performance. Our research promotes new levels of performance, capability, cost reduction and efficiency in different sectors of industries such as automotive, aerospace, marine, biomedical, energy, and buildings.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n827ea3aa
Yanling,Chang,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n85f03121
Alexandar,Angelus,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Information and Operations Management||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n96bcdfd8
Abdoulaye,Djire,Assistant Professor,"Catalysis and photo-catalysis of hydrogen-based fuels from water and sun light
Electrocatalysis and photo-electrocatalysis of fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide
Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical ammonia generation from water and air
High-energy and fast-charging electrochemical supercapacitors
Advanced materials and technologies for batteries and fuel cells
Low-cost and efficient two-dimensional (2D) materials by design
High-surface area and electronically conductive transition metal carbides and nitrides
State-of-the-art in-situ spectroelectrochemical techniques
Mechanistic studies at user facilities: NREL, Argonne National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab",Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na5f1d6ed
Yang,Shen,Associate Professor,"My main motivation is to unravel molecular mechanisms and to modulate emergent behavior of biomolecular networks with the development and application of computational tools (including molecular modeling, network simulation, optimization, machine learning, graph theory, and systems and control theory). To that end, I aim at an iterative process that models and experiments can feed each other.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Aggie STEM,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naee36a69
Zi Jing,Wong,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb2eb1fcb
Matthew,Sheldon,Assistant Professor,"Our research considers fundamental questions of optical energy conversion relating to plasmonic and inorganic nanoscale materials. Our experiments are principally designed to identify and optimize unique nanoscale phenomena useful for solar energy conversion, as well as related opportunities at the intersection of nanophotonics and chemistry. We employ optical and electrical characterization techniques with high spatial and energy resolution to probe optical excitation and relaxation mechanisms in nanostructured metals and semiconductors.
The current world record solar cell operates at 44.4% power conversion efficiency. Thermodynamic analyses indicate that much higher efficiency is theoretically possible. Indeed, technical challenges, rather than laws of nature, limit current solar power convertors from achieving the maximum thermodynamic efficiency of 95%.
We seek to better understand how nanofabricated optoelectronic and plasmonic materials provide a route to achieve the maximum possible conversion efficiency with solid state and photoelectrochemical systems. We explore how nanostructuring materials enables systematic control of the thermodynamic parameters governing optical power conversion, enabling optimization that can shape, confine, and interconvert the energy and entropy of a radiation field. Additionally, the remarkable nanoscale tailorability of a variety of structural properties, such as electrochemical potential, can further enable novel photochemical systems with broad application beyond the scope solar energy conversion.
We seek students who are interested to gain expertise in inorganic synthesis of nanocrystals with tunable electrochemical and optical structures, nanofabrication, and comprehensive characterization and modeling of optoelectronic structures. Particular emphases are optical absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, photovoltaic device physics, nanoscale electrical characterization, scanning probe techniques, and optical simula",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb887f9b0
Fernando,Luco Echeverria,Associate Professor,"Professor Luco studies how consumers and firms interact in environments characterized by frictions that prevent markets from reaching efficient outcomes. Current research includes topics such as how strategic ability affects the efficiency of electricity markets, how consumer and firm search behavior affect competition in retail-gasoline markets, how vertical integration with multiproduct firms affects market efficiency, and how price leadership behavior in retail-gasoline markets can be disrupted with policies that reduce the volatility of wholesale prices.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Economics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb983e8aa
Freddie,Witherden,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc02737af
Hrayer,Aprahamian,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Aprahamian's research interests lie in the application of Operations Research methodologies and statistical tools to problems arising in healthcare systems and public policy decision-making. Recently, his work has focused on the development of combinatorial and discrete optimization techniques to obtain optimal risk-based screening policies and effective algorithms for public health screening. Applications of interest include donated blood screening, population-level screening for sexually-transmitted diseases, and newborn screening for genetic mutations.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc0958d56
Jose,Morales-Arilla,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,International Affairs||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncb53fb4f
Mirjam,Furth,Assistant Professor,"Numerical and experimental hydrodynamics, high-speed craft dynamics, naval architecture, wave energy harvesting, seakeeping, wave downtime analysis and aquaculture.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncb9db74b
Xiaofeng,Qian,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on: Materials Theory, Discovery, and Design for Energy Applications and Device Design Aided by HighThroughput Computing; Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Coupled Multi-Physical Properties and Novel Device Concepts; Electronic, Thermal, Ionic, and Excitonic Transport in Nanostructured Materials; First-Principles Methodology Development towards Efficient and Accurate Prediction of Ground-state and Excited-state Properties of Materials; and Multiscale Materials Modeling of Complex Physical and Chemical Processes.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd67bf9a1
Benjamin,Klopack,Assistant Professor,"My research focuses on the study of consumer and reseller behavior in retail gasoline markets. In particular, I am interested in the effects of natural disasters on consumer demand for gasoline, and potential supplier responses induced by the exit of competing gas stations.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Economics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd69121ae
Eman,Hammad,Assistant Professor,"I am an Assistant Professor TAMU.
My research is in the general area of cyber-physical security, resilience and data privacy. This research lies at the intersection of communication, distributed intelligence & control, cybersecurity, privacy and physical systems dynamics. My research interests include: cyber-physical security modeling and analysis, resilience and trust, risk-aware operation, privacy-enabled operation and resilience-by design. Application areas of interest include: critical infrastructure systems such as smart grids and intelligent transportation, Industrial Control Systems, Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities.",Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)||Energy Institute||Cybersecurity Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne684ce0b
Katherine,Davis,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne89fdd6f
Esuru,Okoroafor,Assistant Professor,Application of Petroleum Engineering Concepts for Low-Carbon Energy Technologies.,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nedfa3aa8
Robert,Hardin,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Hardin's research involves developing intelligent machine systems for agricultural production and processing. To meet the demands of the agricultural sector, his work has focused on integrating robust, low-cost sensing systems with statistical and physical models for automation and process control. He has conducted research on optimizing cotton processing, with a particular focus on increasing energy efficiency. He has also studied how plant genetics, environmental and management factors, and processing technology interact to affect energy use and product quality. Dr. Hardin has also conducted research in precision agriculture and measuring efficiency of novel agricultural machinery systems.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf01940b5
Lei,Zou,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Lei Zou's research interests are mining geospatial Big Data to analyze and model human-environment interactions. He has involved in four National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects and three projects funded by USGS, Louisiana Sea Grant, and Netherlands RAAK Public Grant. Increasingly frequent natural hazards and global environmental changes have posed huge challenges to the sustainability of human communities. Meanwhile, human behaviors are also changing the landscape and ecology of planet earth. Understanding the impacts and feedbacks between human and natural systems is the key to build a sustainable future for both systems. To build disaster resilience and long-term sustainability, his research focuses on (1) developing algorithms to derive practical indices from location-based social media data and utilizing those indices to enhance disaster resilience and emergency management; (2) applications of Deep Learning in automatic tagging and information extraction of social media data; (3) coupled natural-human system modeling for population dynamics, land loss and urban growth; and (4) developing estimation models of community resilience to multiple types of natural hazards.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Geography,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf89d3433