First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Aniruddha,Datta,Professor,"My research focuses on adaptive control, parametric robust control, and genomic signal processing and control.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n01f8748c
Alan,Palazzolo,Professor,"I have research interests in Rotordynamics, Magnetic Bearings, Active Vibration and Noise Control, Fluid Film Bearings, Vibrations, Finite and Boundary Elements, Seal and Impeller Leakage Flow, Piping Systems, Machine Design, Flywheels, Machinery Couplings, Expert Systems, Microgravity Vibration Isolation, Electromechanical Systems, CFD flow in pumps and compressors, Heart pumps (VAD), drillstring vibration, and RO desalination.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n04155d20
Peter,Rentzepis,Professor,My research interest include lasers and their application to science and technology.,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n08418952
Thomas,Sanchez,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n09fa98bc
Francois,Gabbai,Professor,"Our research is concerned with the chemistry of both organic and organometallic polyfunctional Lewis acids. While an important component of our work deals with the synthesis of new examples of such polyfunctional Lewis acids, it is our ultimate intent to harness and utilize the cooperative effects occurring in such systems for the discovery of unusual structures, bonding modes, supramolecules and reactivities. Our research efforts present important ramifications in the domain of molecular recognition, supramolecular materials and catalysis.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0d5d68bb
Thomas,Yancey,Professor,My research focuses on the study of carboniferous and Permian marine shelf paleoenvironments and paleooceanography.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0e0dbd40
Richard,Woodward,Professor,Dr. Woodward's research is in the general area of environmental and resource economics. Recent research projects have focused on the use of transferable permits to address water quality and fisheries problems and problems of choice under uncertainty.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n115a5961
Eric,Petersen,Professor,"My laboratory specializes in the study of combustion, gas dynamics and propulsion. We conduct experiments and analyses on reacting flows, chemical kinetics, and shock waves for applications ranging from advanced propellants and rockets to optical diagnostics and gas turbine engines.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Director,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||The Turbomachinery Laboratory,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n11d4d7de
Felix,Mormann,Professor,"My research explores the legal, policy, and financial challenges along the path to a sustainable energy economy. My scholarship draws on and engages with multiple literatures, including the literatures on environmental law, regulatory theory, law and economics, corporate law, technology innovation, tax law, and, more recently, federalism.",Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||School of Law||College of Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n13379c81
Prabir,Daripa,Professor,"My research interests are, broadly speaking, applied and computational science with a goal towards solving pressing problems of today. We solve and investigate applied problems and application driven basic problems using a plethora of theoretical and numerical tools. We also explore the possibility of useful changes in various applied fields by developing new as well as by making use of existing algorithms, applicable knowledge and software.
Specific research interests are in fluid mechanics of simple and complex fluids, interface problems, numerical methods, scientific computing, fast algorithms, inverse problems, and many other classical areas of applied mathematics. Such problems arise in host of important areas such as petroleum engineering, health and biological sciences, earth and environmental sciences, space exploration, neuroscience and cognitive science, and so on. With over three decades of experience in applied, engineering and computational mathematics, we are ready to help solve pressing problems of tomorrow in collaboration with colleagues, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. In application areas, we are exploring ways to develop efficient and fast methods for multiphase flows, in particular porous media flows that arise in the context of chemical enhanced oil recovery. We are also interested in high Reynolds number multi-phase flows. We are working on the development, implementation and application of analysis based fast boundary integral type methods. Another area of current interest is in control of instabilities in fluid flows such as in mixing, viscous fingering and channeling. We are also interested in the development of probabilistic methods and techniques including use of data driven and Bayesian scientific computing, reduced order modeling, uncertainty quantification, deep learning and other modern numerical methods.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Mathematics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n146ac380
Anirban,Bhattacharya,Professor,"Bayesian nonparametrics, contingency tables, covariance estimation, factor models, Gaussian process regression, high-dimensional data, network data, shrinkage priors, tensor decompositions, variable selection",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Statistics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n15bbf3dd
Anthony,Knap,Professor and Director,"Dr. Knap's primary research focuses include oceanography, organic geochemistry, environmental science, atmosphere/ocean interactions, oil pollution and dispersant use, and effects of contaminants on the marine environment. Global climate change is another area of interest, particularly climate instability, business/science interactions, renewable energy, marine derived bio-fuels, ocean genomics, ocean acidification. He was Founder and Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) off Bermuda. He was also the Principal Investigator for 30 years of Hydrostation S, founded in 1954 and the longest continuous time-series in the Ocean, also funded by NSF. He most recently was appointed to the Gulf Research Board of the US National Academy of Sciences.","Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group||Faculty Fellow",Center for Health Systems and Design||Oceanography||Energy Institute||College of Geosciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n15ee86bc
Karl,Hartwig,Professor,"My research focuses on: (a) Development of improved materials for various applications: electrical conductors including superconductors, light weight structures, high density structures, and human implants (Mg and Ti); (b) Understanding structure-property-processing relationships in metal alloys; (c) Severe plastic deformation processing of solid and particulate materials via equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE); (d) Applied superconductivity - superconductor stabilizer materials and conductor design; and (e) Material failure analysis.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n163f68fe
Eduardo,Gildin,Professor,"I have research interests in reservoir modeling and optimization for the oil and gas industry using concepts from mathematical modeling using discretization of pde's (finite difference, finite element methods, and finite volumes), systems and control theory and model reduction of large scale dynamical systems. In particular, I am interested in closed-loop reservoir management.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n181d43d8
Hans,Schuessler,Professor,"Atomic physics and laser spectroscopy: on-line spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes, measurement of nuclear moments, spins nd charge distributions, cross-sections for spin dependent atomic collisions, ion storage spectroscopy and laser cooling, low energy ion and atom collisions, highly charged ion spectroscopy and Wigner crystals.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Physics and Astronomy||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n18880b39
Thomas,Blasingame,Professor,"My current research efforts are directed towards well testing/analysis of reservoir performance, unconventional reservoirs (ultra-low permeability sands/shales), and field studies involving performance analysis of tight gas/shale gas reservoir systems.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n195a8f06
Stratos,Pistikopoulos,Professor,"The objective of my research programme is to develop fundamental theory and optimization based methodologies and computational tools that enable process engineers to analyze, design and evaluate process manufacturing systems which are economically attractive, energy efficient and environmentally benign, while at the same time exhibit good performance characteristics like flexibility, controllability, robustness, reliability and safety.",Director||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1aaac28f
Sandun,Fernando,Professor,"Progression of chemical reactions often requires the presence of a substance called a catalyst that selectively accelerates the desired reaction(s) without itself being consumed. In this regard, enzyme catalysts are very selective towards specific reactions. However, their ability to tolerate a wide range of reaction conditions is poor. On the other hand, non-enzymatic catalysts (inorganic and organic) are robust and tolerant to a wide range of conditions, but they are not very selective. The long-term goal of my research program is to integrate (marry) desirable traits of both these catalysis systems in order to develop catalytic systems with novel functionalities.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1b70c743
James,Kaihatu,Professor,"My primary interests involve many aspects of surface wave generation and propagation, including shelf-scale wave transformation, nonlinear wave-wave interaction, wave breaking and nearshore circulation, and the effects of various bottom types, with an emphasis on cohesive bottom sediments. Recently, I have been investigating the signature of nearshore phenomena (breaking, dissipation and nonlinear dynamics) on the longer term statistics (effect on spectral shape, skewness, and asymmetry). I am also interested in data assimilation, and the ability to invert known or best-deduced dynamics to yield information such as bottom characterization parameters, input conditions and bathymetry.",Professor (Courtesy)||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1c968b9f
Bryan,Rasmussen,Professor,"Our research is focused on using advanced control strategies to achieve higher energy efficiency, reduced environmental impact, and increased performance for conventional and alternative energy systems. We take a holistic approach to research by incorporating modeling, simulation, design, and experimental evaluation into each project.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1d013ed4
Jorge,Alvarado,Professor,"Dr. Jorge Alvarado is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He holds a joint-appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TAMU. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics, and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado's research interests are in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, thermal storage, bio-fuel combustion, and energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. He received his BS degree in mechanical engineering (1991) from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez; MS (2000) and PhD (2004) degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He has worked and collaborated with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, among others. Recent work involves enhanced condensation using hybrid surfaces with hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties, characterization of microencapsulated phase change material slurry and nanoparticles as heat transfer fluids, as well as the study of spray and droplet impingement cooling using nanostructured surfaces. He and his research team have also characterized experimentally the flow behavior and heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger consisting of vortex generators.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1e1547d1
Sarbajit,Banerjee,Professor,"Much of our research program is directed at understanding the interplay between geometric and electronic structure at interfaces as well as in solid-state materials and to examine how this translates to functional properties. Our research thus spans the range from materials synthesis, mechanistic understanding of crystal growth processes, and structural characterization to device integration and mechanistic studies of catalysis and intercalation phenomena. We further seek to translate fundamental understanding of interfaces and materials to develop functional thin films and devices for a wide range of applications ranging from Mott memory to thermochromic window coatings and thin films for the corrosion protection of steel.",Professor||Faculty Fellow||Faculty Affiliate,Center for Health Systems and Design||Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1fff3688
David,Claridge,Professor,I conduct research focusing on energy efficiency in buildings. He works to improve the existing building commissioning process and continues to improve methods used for measurement and verification of energy savings in buildings. I am also developing a disruptive refrigerant-free air conditioner technology.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n20ba9fc0
Ragan,Petrie,Professor,"Ragan Petrie is an applied microeconomist who uses field and lab experiments to study topics in public and labor economics, including motives for charitable giving, gender differences in bargaining and competition, discrimination, and the economic preferences of children.
She is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University and a University Presidential Impact Fellow and Cornerstone Faculty Fellow in Liberal Arts. She holds the Elton Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts at A&M and is a Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Institute at University of Melbourne in Australia.
She received a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Economics, a Master's degree in Public and International Affairs from University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor's degree in French from University of Illinois.",Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Economics||Energy Institute||Texas A&M Institute of Data Science,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n238242e1
Cesar,Malave,"Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Qatar","Dr. Malave's research and educational interests are in the areas of cost modeling for manufacturing and production systems, development of models for student success, and improving undergraduate engineering education.",Professor||Dean and Chief Operating Officer||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Texas A&M University at Qatar||Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering (Qatar)||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2453f43c
Yassin,,Distinguished Professor,,Professor||Professor and Head||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Nuclear Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n24b7e601
Satish,Bukkapatnam,Professor,"Dr. Bukkapatnam's research addresses the harnessing of high-resolution nonlinear dynamic information, particularly from wireless MEMS sensors, to improve the monitoring and prognostics of real-world systems, including ultraprecision and nanomanufacturing processes and machines, and cardiorespiratory processes. His research has led to 185 peer-reviewed publications (115 published/ accepted in journals and 70 in conference proceedings), 1 granted and five pending patents, and has been the basis for 17 Ph.D. dissertations. His research has received support from federal agencies including National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and Department of Defense, and the private sector including General Motors, Ford, National Instruments, and the Central Rural Electric Cooperative.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n277d780c
Virender,Sharma,Professor,"My research focuses on (1) chemistry and application of ferrates, (2) formation, fate, and toxicity of silver and gold engineered and natural nanoparticles in aquatic environment, (3) applications of ferrites to destroy toxins and pollutants under solar light, and apply carbon-based materials to remediate contaminated water",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Environmental and Occupational Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n28508dfb
Tahir,Cagin,Professor,"My research interests include: computational materials science and nanotechnology with emphasis on design; characterization and development of multifunctional nano-structured materials for device and sensor applications; fundamental studies on transport phenomena (heat, mass and momentum) at nanoscale and in confined media; thermal, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties and phase behavior of materials; materials for thermal management, power generation and energy harvesting; and development and application of multiscale simulation methods.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n299235a8
James,Mjelde,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n29a897f0
Ying,Li,Professor,"The research in our laboratory focuses on advanced materials and processes for sustainable energy and clean environment. Our group is specialized in synthesis of nanomaterials and multifunctional materials, catalysis and photocatalysis, carbon capture and conversion, natural gas utilization, solar photochemical and thermochemical processes, rechargeable batteries, membrane technology (wastewater treatment, desalination, drinking water purification), and aerosol engineering. For example, we have designed multifunctional nanomaterials to catalytically convert CO2 and water to syngas under solar irradiation, which can be further processed to produce liquid fuels. We also perform advanced microscopic and spectroscopic studies to understand materials properties, interfaces and surface chemistry.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2b854905
Karen,Kirkland,Professor,"I established the Laboratory for Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems with the initial goals of investigating condensation heat transfer mechanisms, developing new reactor designs and safety systems, and advancing the state-of-the-art in reactor safety analysis. A funded research area in severe accident analysis has come about that allows me to return to my PhD research.
I believe that developing a strong, externally funded program is an area to be emphasized, particularly because I have interests in experimental research. To this end, I have maintained a continuously funded laboratory with major investments into equipment that allow me to acquire unique, more challenging data than that from many other heat transfer laboratories. In particular, my 157-kW steam generator system allows me to perform steam-water experiments at elevated pressure for two-phase (gas-liquid) phenomena occurring in nuclear reactors, whereas much of the published data is for air-water systems at atmospheric pressure. I maintain several large-scale (for a university lab) ASME-certified pressure 2.vessels and state-of-the-art instrumentation and data acquisition systems, along with project-specific test sections.
My three main lines of research at TAMU, with their trajectories and impacts are summarized below:
1. Long-term cooling of a nuclear reactor core under extended loss of AC power conditions
2. Severe Accident Modeling
3. Counter-Current Flow Limitation (CCLF)",Associate Department Head||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Nuclear Engineering||Nuclear Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2fdac6a0
Jianbang,Gan,Professor,"Dr. Gan's current research centers on the economics of bioenergy and natural and human disturbances including climate change, wildfire, pest infestation, and invasion of alien species as related to forest resource management/conservation. He is also keen in issues related to forest product trade, forestry governance, and socially or economically disadvantaged forestland owners. In addition, he has research experience in bioenergy and sustainable forest management in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor,Ecology and Conservation Biology||Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n31458b27
Sean,Mcdeavitt,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Director||Professor||Director,Energy Institute||Nuclear Engineering||Nuclear Engineering & Science Center||Nuclear Power Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3233f2bd
Jeffrey,Falzarano,Professor,My research focuses on the study of nonlinear and stochastic dynamics of ships and marine structures.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n326cc341
John,Giardino,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n38ad171c
Kuang-An,Chang,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3e61b6f1
Yalchin,Efendiev,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Mathematics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3fd64074
James,Batteas,Professor,"The research in our group is organized around three main projects: nanoscale materials and devices, biological surfaces and interfaces and nanotribology,
with the overarching goal of developing custom engineered surfaces and interfaces. This requires obtaining a fundamental (molecular level) understanding of the underlying chemistry and physics of the systems in question to afford rational approaches to test and develop new technologies. In much of our research we employ a range of scanned probe microscopies such as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to probe structure and to manipulate materials at the nanoscale.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Fellow||D. Wayne Goodman Professor of Chemistry,Center for Health Systems and Design||Energy Institute||Chemistry||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n413d1dff
Michael,King,Professor,"My research group is active in the development of streamline technology and its applications to reservoir management and optimization, multi-scale data integration and history matching, upscaling/upgridding, and more recently, performance analysis and optimization of unconventional wells.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Associate,Energy Institute||Berg-Hughes Center for Petroleum and Sedimentary Systems||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4154b894
Lin,Shao,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Nuclear Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n43fcfb68
Hong,Liang,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Affiliated faculty,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4923e41d
Laszlo,Kish,Professor,Unsolved problems of random noise; Unconditionally secure communications over the wire; KLJN key exchanger; Noise-based logic and computation; Fluctuation-enhanced sensing; SEPTIC bacterium detection method; 1/f noise; Noise in high-Tc superconductors; Conductance noise at percolation; Noise spectrum in self-organized criticality; Stochastic resonance; Nanomaterials and structures; Lognormal distribution; Neuronal firing dynamics; Originality in scientific research; Physical informatics; Energy dissipation in computing and communications; Non-validity of the Landauer theorem; Information versus thermal entropy; etc.,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4e482d22
Philip,Hemmer,Professor,"I have research interests in solid materials for quantum optics, especially ""dark resonance"" excitation, materials and techniques for resonant nonlinear optics, phase-conjugate-based turbulence aberration and compensation, spectral hole burning materials and techniques for ultra-dense memories and high temperature operation, quantum computing in solid materials, quantum communication and teleportation in trapped atoms, holographic optical memory materials, smart pixels devices, optical correlators, photorefractive applications, atomic clocks, and laser trapping and cooling.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n529066de
Rosana,Moreira,Professor,"My research topics include engineering aspects of foods and food processes; fundamental modeling: dehydration, frying, extrusion, food irradiation; process control techniques as applied to food processing systems: food extrusion processes, continuous fryers, and continuous flow grains dyers; deep-fat frying: modeling, oil absorption mechanisms, vacuum frying, acrylamide; impingement drying; food safety: food irradiation and biosensor technology.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n53d8a153
Harland,Prechel,Professor,"Professor Prechel's primary areas of research are economic, environmental, organizational, and political sociology. Prechel's research program focuses on corporate-state relations with particular focus on how the balance between state power and corporate power affects the policy formation process. Prechel also conducts research and publishes on corporate change, financialization, financial malfeasance, and income and wealth inequality. His current research examines how political-legal arrangements and organizational characteristics affect environmental pollution.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Sociology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n55e3c8e3
Jorge,Seminario,Professor,"Dr. Seminario's research covers several aspects of nanotechnology such as the analysis, design, and simulation of systems and materials of nanometer dimensions--especially those needed for development and systems for energy, nanosensors and nanoelectronics. Among his recent goals is the design of smaller, cleaner, more efficient and faster devices for energy production and storage as well as for detection of chemical, biological and nuclear agents. He has developed new scenarios for nanodevice architectures using a multiscale and multidisciplinary approach that progresses from the atomistic level to the final product, guided by first principles calculations.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n563c3880
Yue,Kuo,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n57f16fbc
Alfredo,Garcia,Professor,"My research interests include game theory and dynamic optimization, with applications in electricity and communication networks.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n582f0ee0
Jean-Louis,Briaud,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n586f6ac5
Karen,Butler-Purry,Professor,"My research interests are in the areas of computer and intelligent systems application to power distribution systems, distribution automation and management, fault diagnosis, estimation of remaining life of transformers, intelligent reconfiguration, system modeling and simulation for hybrid vehicles, and engineering education.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n58acc572
Sergio,Capareda,Professor,"Fluidized bed pyrolysis and gasification of biomass; biofuels and biopower production including biomass characterization; waste management, environmental air quality research, PM, GHG and RVOC emissions measurements; engine dynamometer testing; process design and development.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5974e0e3
Mahmoud,El-Halwagi,Professor,"Dr. El-Halwagi's research is in the area of process design, integration, and optimization. The focus is on the development of systematic and generally applicable methodologies and tools that can guide engineers in the design and operation of gas and fuels processing facilities.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5c26539a
Charles,Culp,Professor,"Dr. Culp's interests are technology education, improving the comfort/energy efficiency of buildings, involving students in research, combining architecture with technology to achieve high performance buildings, measurement and verification, air flow technology and human comfort in building spaces.",Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Fellow||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Architecture||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6036ada4
Ramesh,Talreja,Professor,"My group conducts research on damage, fatigue and failure of composites, effects of manufacturing defects, aging aircraft, and sustainability of aerospace vehicles.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n60e8f94a
Prasad,Enjeti,TI Jack Kilby Chair Professor,"My research focuses on advance power electronic converters for utility interface of solar-pv/wind/fuel-cell/battery-energy storage power systems, design of high temperature power conversion systems with wide band-gap semiconductor devices, new converter topologies for single/three phase solid state transformers (SSTs) with medium frequency isolation, medium voltage power converters for mega-watt scale solar-pv/wind/fuel-cell energy systems, adjustable speed drives with medium frequency transformer isolation, development of smart solar pv-systems for curved surfaces / BIPVs, power quality enhancement for interconnected renewables, Power Quality Issues: Design & development of Active Power Filters; Dynamic voltage restorer's (DVRs) and new & improved ride-through technologies employing Flywheel and Supercapacitors, and advancing switching power supply designs for portable power systems and modular fuel-cell systems.",Professor||TI Jack Kilby Chair Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n66ebcf36
Mark,Barteau,Professor,"Mark A Barteau's research focuses on chemical reactions at solid surfaces and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis and energy processes. He has received numerous grants throughout his career from such prestigious institutions as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and NASA.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6b60a83e
Paul,Cizmas,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute||The Turbomachinery Laboratory,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6b86bf0a
Micah,Green,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7276eb81
Raymundo,Arroyave,Professor,"Dr. Arroyave obtained his BS degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (M?xico) in 1996. He got his MS in Materials Science and Engineering in 2000 and his PhD in Materials Science in 2004 from MIT. After a postdoc at Penn State, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2006. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dr. Arroyave's area of expertise is in the field of computational materials science, with emphasis in computational thermodynamics and kinetics of materials. He and his group use different techniques across multiple scales to predict and understand the behavior of inorganic materials (metallic alloys and ceramics). The techniques range from ab initio methods, classical molecular dynamics, computational thermodynamics as well as phase-field simulations. Dr. Arroyave's group recent focus has been on simulation and data-enabled materials discovery and design in a wide range of contexts, including Additive Manufacturing.
Dr. Arroyave has been co-author of more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 20 conference proceedings as well as close to 120 conference papers and >130 invited talks in the US and abroad. He is the recipient of several awards, including NSF CAREER Award (2010), TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow (2012, Honorable Mention), TMS Brimacombe Medal (2019), ASM Fellow (2020), Acta Materialia Silver Medal (2023). He has been named Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow (2017) and Texas A&M University System Chancellor EDGES Fellow (2019). He currently holds the Segers Family Dean's Excellence Professorship.
He is an Associate Editor of Materials Letters, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation (IMMI) and the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. He is involved in ASM and TMS, having served as Chair of the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Committee, Chair of the TMS Functional Materials Division as well as member of the Board of Directors of TMS. He has chaired or co-chaired more than 20 symposia and has been the lead organizer and co-organizer of several international conferences.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n763870af
Frederick,Chester,Professor,"My research focuses on experimental rock mechanics, structural geology, ocean drilling sciences, and tectonophysics.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7653191a
Kung-Hui (Bella),Chu,Professor,"Our research interests are in enhancing our understanding of microbial-mediated processes in natural and engineered systems, and in application and development of biotechnology to address various environmental challenges in water, soils, and energy. The Chu lab applies molecular biology, isotopic techniques, chemical analysis, and phage biology to study environmental and biological systems, with focuses on (i) microbial ecology, fate and transport, biodegradation of environmental pollutants such as emerging contaminants and persistent organic pollutants, (ii) production of biofuels and bioproducts from renewable resources, and (iii) detection, tracking, and quantification of microorganisms that play roles in water quality, bioremediation, carbon sequestration and nitrogen cycle in the environment. Other research areas include development and application of novel sorbents and catalysts (bio and non-bio) for removing and/or monitoring emerging environmental pollutants.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7a373eec
Sergiy,Butenko,Professor,"Dr. Butenko's research concentrates mainly on global and discrete optimization and their applications. In particular, he is interested in theoretical and computational aspects of continuous global optimization approaches for solving discrete optimization problems on graphs. Applications of interest include network-based data mining, analysis of biological and social networks, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, energy, and sports analytics.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7a5398ab
Gholamreza,Langari,Professor and Head,"My research focuses on Computational Intelligence, Mechatronics, Dynamic Systems and Control, Robotics and Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Fault Diagnosis and Identification (FDI), and Rehabilitation Robotics.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Professor and Head,Mechanical Engineering||Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7e6289f4
D. Nathan,Meehan,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n80b33ef4
Arum,Han,Professor,"His research interests are in solving grand challenge problems in the broad areas of health and energy through the use of micro/nano systems technologies. His work in these areas has focused on the development of in vivo like in vitro systems through microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technologies (e.g., organ-on-a-chip & microphysiological systems, developmental neurobiology models of the central nervous system, blood-brain-barrier-on-a-chip, gastrointestinal tract-on-a-chip, high throughput live cell arrays), development of high throughput single-cell physio-chemical analysis platforms, and development of microbial systems as biorefineries for bioelectricity and biofuel production while simultaneously utilizing wastewater.
He has co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF), and several other international sponsors and private companies. He currently serves as the editorial board member of the journal PLoS ONE and as an associate editor for the journal Biomedical Microdevices.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8289e950
Hae-Kwon,Jeong,Professor,"Development of novel methodologies to design, modify, deposit and microfabricate nanostructured materials and to build them into hierarchical structures and complex forms for wide ranges of applications including separation membranes, selective catalysts, adsorbents as well as micro systmes, fuel cells, bio-separation, micro photonics, etc.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8c079637
Jiang,Hu,Professor,"Current research: optimization for energy-efficient VLSI circuits, on-chip communication fabrics, dynamic power management, adaptive circuit design, interactions between physical design and system-level design, heuristics for large scale combinatorial optimization.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8c91b7de
Moohyun,Kim,Professor,"My research interests focus on nonlinear dynamics of offshore platforms; wave mechanics and free-surface flows; nonlinear stochastic analysis; computational fluid dynamics; hydroelasticity; floating breakwaters; beach erosion; multi-hull-riser-mooring coupled dynamic analysis; liquid-sloshing & vessel-motion interactions, ocean renewable energy (floating offshore wind turbine) & wave energy conversion); smart offshore platforms.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8e0e8c7f
Stefan,Hurlebaus,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n93704736
Yossef,Elabd,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n94839ce3
Nimir,Elbashir,Professor,"Dr. Elbashir is a professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar and the Director of the Fuel Research Center of Texas A&M University; a major research center that involves 19 faculty members from both the Qatar and College Station campuses of Texas A&M University. His research activities is focused on design of reactors and catalysts for Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) technology, petrochemical conversions, and CO2 utilization. In addition, Dr. Elbashir is the Director of Texas A&M Qatar Fuel Characterization Lab, a research lab that is supporting major research activities in the advancements of synthetic fuels and chemicals obtained from natural gas in collaboration with GE(Oil& Gas); OryxGTL; and Shell and world leading academic institutions.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Chair of the ORYX GTL Gas-to-Liquid Technology Excellence Program||Director of Gas and Fuels Research Center||Professor,Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)||Texas A&M University at Qatar||Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering (Qatar)||Petroleum Engineering (Qatar),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n963c4ab2
Ahmed,Abdel-Wahab,Professor,"Dr. Abdel-Wahab's primary focus is on chemical, electrochemical, and physical processes associated with treatment of water and wastewater, carbon dioxide conversion, and green hydrogen production from water splitting. This research has attracted significant external funding totaling more than $12M as the lead principal investigator and more than $6M as co-investigator. Abdel-Wahab's research has led to publication of more than 130 peer-reviewed articles in leading research journals, 9 book chapters, and more than 80 refereed conference publications/presentations. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) and an associate editor of Emergent Materials Journal (Springer).","Technical Director, QWE||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor",Civil Engineering||Texas A&M University at Qatar||Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering (Qatar),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n96a2a261
Xinyue,Ye,Professor,"Dr. Xinyue Ye is Harold Adams Endowed Professor on Interdisciplinary Built Environment Science Research and Stellar Faculty Provost Target Hire for Urban Computing at Texas A&M University. With the career experience in urban planning, economic geography, geographic information system, and computational science, his research focuses on geospatial artificial intelligence, big data, smart cities, and urban computing. Dr. Ye models the space-time perspective of socioeconomic inequality and human dynamics for applications in various domains, such as economic development, disaster response, transportation and land use, public health and urban crime.
Prof. Ye is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Urban Science (indexed in EI and Web of Science), published by Springer. He also serves as the co-editor of Journal of Planning Education and Research. He is Vice President of Spatial Decision Support Consortium. He directs the focus of smart cities and transportation in the PhD program of Urban and Regional Science at Texas A&M University. He established Urban Data Science Lab as a platform to fly the imaginations of urban solution. He leads Design and Analytics Lab for Urban Artificial Intelligence (AI), funded through the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science. This lab develops digital twins and virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) for multi-scaled simulations and scenarios for dynamically analyzing real-time built environments and testing scenarios for sustainable growth and climate action. This involves 55 faculty members across nine colleges at TAMU, including the Galveston campus, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, AgriLife Research, and Texas A&M Transportation Institute. In addition, he leads the development of urban data science course series, among the seven selected across campus. As the interim director of Center for Housing & Urban Development, Dr. Ye promotes the vision of ""urban informatics+"" to integrate human-centered urban and regional science research across disciplines. As the Director of the Center for Geospatial Sciences, Applications and Technology (GeoSAT) established by the Texas A&M Board of Regents, Dr. Ye aims to facilitate the convergence of computing and geospatial science.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Director||Professor||Faculty Fellow (Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships),"Division of Research||Center for Geospatial Science, Applications & Technology||Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy||Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning||Energy Institute||Multidisciplinary Engineering||Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center||Geography||Computer Science and Engineering||Texas A&M Institute of Data Science",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n96eca29a
Hung-Jue,Sue,Professor,"To direct and conduct research on high performance functional materials for nanotechnology, biotechnology and micro-/nano-electronics packaging applications; surface damage phenomena of polymers; structure-property relationship in polymers, blends, polyolefin films, fiber-reinforced composites, adhesives and nanocomposites; strengthening & toughening of polymers; utilization of processing tools to enhance physical & mechanical properties of polymers.",Director||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Polymer Technology Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n99a23a7c
Mohamed,Nounou,Professor,"Dr. Nounou's research interests are in the area of process systems engineering with a particular emphasis on process modeling, estimation, fault detection, and control. The algorithms and tools developed in Dr. Nounou's research are utilized in many applications to improve the operation of various chemical, environmental, biological, and electrical systems.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering (Qatar),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9ad23af0
Jun,Kameoka,Professor,"My research focuses on Biosensor, chemical sensor, microfluidics.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na22e6ad9
Rogelio,Oliva,Professor,"My research explores how behavioral and social aspects of an organization interact with its technical components to determine the firm's operational performance. My current research interests include behavioral operations management, retail and service operations, and the transition that product manufacturers are making to become service providers.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Information and Operations Management||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na4333758
H.,Geismar,Professor,"My research addresses production scheduling, especially in the field of robotic cell scheduling; supply chain management, focusing on the coordination of the manufacturing and delivery functions through scheduling; and currency supply chains in different countries.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Information and Operations Management||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na59d6691
Arnold,Vedlitz,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Director and Distinguished Research Scholar||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,"Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy||Public Service and Administration||Energy Institute||Albritton Center for Grand Strategy",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na89c219a
Eleftherios,Iakovou,Professor; Harvey Hubbell Professorship of Industrial Distribution,,"Director,Manufacturing and Logistics Innovation Initiatives||Professor||Associate Director-Resilience and Sustainability of Integrated Energy and Manufacturing Supply Chains||Co-Director, Global Value Chains Program","Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)||Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy||Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na9bfdbf0
Wendy,Jepson,Professor,"Environmental governance; water, land and energy systems; human-environment interaction; political ecology; environmental justice; regional geography (Brazil; US-Mexico Borderlands)",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Geography,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naf4838ac
Jyhwen,Wang,Professor,"My areas of current research include:
manufacturing of micro-scale surface features, energy-efficient metal cladding process, plastic deformation
of coated materials, design and analysis of advanced honeycomb and porous structures, hydroforming of
sandwich panels, and prediction of sheet metal formability.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb656e254
Abu Rashid,Hasan,Professor,"I have research interests in wellbore heat transfer, transient transport processes, and wellbore/reservoir fluid flow. My current work plan is to develop heat transfer models for subsea completion in deep water settings. Modeling fluid temperature and pressure during shut-in, startup, or rate change is complicated by the coupled nature of these transport processes. We are using numerical and semi-analytical approaches for modeling transient flow of heat, mass, and momentum in wellbores. Future work in this area includes modeling wellbore transient heat transfer to convert wellhead pressure during water injection in unconventional formations. Analysis of warmback data to improve DTS visualization and
interpretation is another important future research topic. Many processes require an integrated approach to modeling fluid flow and pressure drop in both the reservoir and the wellbore. We are using such an approach to better understand the process of liquid
loading of gas wells and well blow out.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb7bb5e7f
Perla,Balbuena,Professor,,University Distinguished Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb82a0bc7
Costas,Kravaris,Professor,"Research efforts focus on the development of high-performance, model-based control systems that enable safe and effective operation of processes. Energy-related applications are the target of these efforts. Recent research has focused on the development of optimal control systems for energy production from biomass, and in particular, anaerobic digestion processes. Globally stabilizing control algorithms for anaerobic digesters have been developed, that enable operation around optimal conditions. Current and future research efforts include energy from biomass applications, and also, control and optimization problems related to both upstream and downstream operations in the petroleum industry.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb8f8ddde
Hamid,Toliyat,Professor,"I have gained broad industrial experience working as a researcher and a consultant for leading US and International agencies and companies on diverse fields of power electronics and electrical machines. More recently, I focused my attention to the next generation of high power to weight ratio electric powertrains for aerospace applications. I work closely with my colleagues across various engineering disciplines as my field of expertise is multidisciplinary and requires collaboration among different fields in order to push the boundaries of technology.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbace7865
Yu (Yvette),Zhang,Professor,"Dr. Zhang's research interests include Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Food Safety and Policy, Environmental Economics, Nutrition and Health, Development Economics, International Economics, and Neuroeconomics.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbada46b6
Victor,Leon,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbaf34902
Debjyoti,Banerjee,Professor,"My research focuses on thermo-fluidics fundamentals (multi-phase flows, boiling-condensation, phase change materials; thermal management); micro/ nanotechnology (scanning probe lithography, nanosynthesis), nanofluids, MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical-systems), microfluidics, nanofluidics, confined fluids (shale-oil/ non-conventional reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing); energy-water nexus, thermal energy storage/ concentrated solar power, molten salt nanofluids; numerical simulations: network models/ lumped systems models, Finite Elements Analyses (FEA), Computational Fluids/ Heat Transfer (CFD/CHT), Molecular Dynamics (MD).",Member||Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Education Research Taskforce||Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbc853099
Dong,Son,Professor,"The main focus area of the research in our laboratory is (i) chemical synthesis of nanoscale hetero-structures of semiconducting and magnetic materials and (ii) real-time laser spectroscopic investigation of the dynamic electronic and magnetic properties of the nanostructures prepared from (i). Ultimately, we would like to obtain fundamental understanding of how the dynamic optical, electronic and magnetic properties in structurally complex nanoscale materials can be controlled by tuning their chemical and structural parameters. The knowledge obtained from these researches lays fundamental background essential in many practical applications, such as designing nanoscale electronic devices and light energy-harvesting materials.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbddedc3d
Jack,Baldauf,Senior Associate Vice President for Research,"Synergistic Activities: Neogene Pacific paleoceanography with focus on understanding variation in production, export productivity and dissolution and the relationship to climate change and the CO2 cycle.
Understanding climate change by translating global processes to local consequences and mitigations. Emphasis placed on education of educators, students and policy and decision makers.
Themes: Paleoceanography, Phytoplankton productivity, Diatoms and biotic response to climate variability, Carbon cycle, Biosiliceous sedimentation, Micropaleontology, and Biostratigraphy",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Senior Associate Vice President for Research||Executive Associate Dean,Geology and Geophysics||Oceanography||Energy Institute||Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbeae09a3
Scott,Socolofsky,Professor,"My research is in the broad area of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, with emphasis on laboratory experiments and data analysis to elucidate mixing mechanisms by turbulence and coherent structures. Current research projects study turbulent mixing processes in three contexts: (1) multiphase plumes, (2) shallow tidal inlets, and (3) natural seeps.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor,Civil Engineering||Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc6f9c90d
Marcelo Javier,Sanchez Castilla,Professor,"My research group effort focuses on advanced geomechanics, considering engineering problems involving mechanical, hydraulic, thermal, geochemical, and biological couplings. Problems in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics are generally strongly coupled with mutual interactions between different physics. Specific challenges include: the design of nuclear waste disposal, modeling the THMC behavior of gas hydrate sediments, the design of energy piles (and other forms of energy exchange with the ground), understanding the degradation of geomaterials due to climate change (including desiccation cracks), advancing the design of geological CO2 sequestration, improving our scientific understanding of hydraulic fracturing, and assisting energy production from existing and new sources.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc712e4a2
John,Whitcomb,Professor,"Dr. Whitcomb is actively involved in damage mechanics of composite materials. The broad goal is to develop analytical models to explain the response of composites to static and fatigue loads. He is also involved in predicting non-mechanical behaviors, such as moisture diffusion and permeability to cryogenic fuels. Ultimately, the goal is to predict the response of potential composite structures without the need for extensive experimental effort. The analytical models range from simple closed form analyses to fully three dimensional nonlinear finite element analyses.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc72c6c31
Timothy,Jacobs,Professor,"My research focuses on internal combustion engines, in-cylinder combustion and emission formation processes, fundamental experimental diagnostics and investigations, advanced and novel combustion processes (low temperature combustion, homogenous charge compression ignition, premixed compression ignition), alternative fuels (natural gas, bio-based fuels, hydrogen), aftertreatment systems and their coupling to IC engines (LNT, SCR, DOC, DPF).",Co-Director||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nca61ede1
Scott,Miller,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd040d4ee
Mark,Holtzapple,Professor,"Our group is dedicated to the research and development of the sustainable and renewable technologies which, when implemented on a commercial scale, will impact future fuel, chemical, food, and water production.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd303ef41
Michael,Johnson,Professor,"Dr. Johnson's research focuses on engineering education, production economics, and design tools. Dr. Johnson has over 100 peer reviewed publications and several patents.",Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd66fa867
Christi,Madsen,Professor,"My research interests include photonic signal processing, integrated optics, optical filters (synthesis, analysis and adaptive filters), microwave photonics, polarization optics, optical ring resonators, and dispersion and high speed optical signals.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd6dc5153
Mehrdad,Ehsani,Professor,"I conduct research in the areas of sustainable power and energy systems, power electronics, motor drives, electric and hybrid vehicles, Superconductive Magnetic Storage (SMES), aerospace power systems, specialized power systems, control systems, energy storage systems, High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Power Transmission, applications of microcomputers to power control, pulsed power systems, and high voltage engineering and electrical failures and hazards.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd6df91de
Jenn-Tai,Liang,Professor,"Dr. Liang's major research focus is on developing promising uses for nanotechnology in enhanced oil recovery operations and other oilfield chemical applications in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Based on drug-delivery technologies from the pharmaceutical industry, his research group successfully developed a chemical delivery system that uses nanoparticles to entrap and protect the chemicals from the hostile underground environments. The current oilfield applications include delayed gelation for water shutoff and in-depth conformance control, delayed release of scale inhibitors to extend the treatment life time, wax and asphaltene inhibition for flow assurance, microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, and fracture fluid cleanup.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndbb07e07
Glenn,Jones,Professor,"After earning a Ph.D. from Columbia University, I spent 12 years as a research scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studying Earth's climate from icebreakers in the Arctic Ocean, zodiacs in the fjords of Greenland, and research vessels in the Black Sea, and South Atlantic. Since 1996 I have been at Texas A&M University's Galveston campus, where I teach courses on Earth's climate, marine resources, and population and resource scarcity. My energy-related research focuses on the complex interaction of energy availability, population growth and how renewable vs. non-renewable energy sources will change in the 21st century.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Marine Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne0800ddd
Robert,Balog,Professor,"Dr. Balog is the Director of the Renewable Energy and Advanced Power Electronics Research laboratory and co-Director of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Collaborative Research Center of Next Generation Photovoltaics. The mission of his research group is to investigate the fundamental engineering and scientific basis of electrical energy conversion. While the core discipline is electrical engineering and the subject domain is power electronics, research into renewable energy systems require a much broader and holistic base of knowledge. As such, in addition to power electronic topologies and controls, we are focused on balance-of-systems issues. Ultimately, our goal is to move photovoltaic energy (aka solar energy) out of the alternative energy category and into the mainstream portfolio of energy resources in a way that is technologically and economically sustainable. Our vision is to be an internationally recognized center of excellence for research.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor||Associate Professor||Associate Professor||Professor,Texas A&M University at Qatar||Electrical and Computer Engineering (Qatar)||Energy Institute||Multidisciplinary Engineering||Electrical and Computer Engineering||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne3785e94
Janet,Bluemel,Professor,"Major research interests in my group include (1) immobilized catalysts, (2) the surface chemistry of oxide materials and (3) solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
Immobilized catalysts (1) allow the advantages of heterogeneous catalysts to be combined with those of homogeneous catalysts. In particular, surface-immobilized homogeneous catalysts are easy to recycle, and can be highly active and selective. Furthermore they are amenable to systematic design. We find the most interesting results when heterobimetallic systems, such as the Sonogashira Pd/Cu catalyst for the coupling of aryl halides and terminal alkynes, are involved. Effective immobilization requires a thorough understanding of the surface chemistry of the oxide support materials (2). Therefore, we investigate not only the reactivity of metal complexes and linkers, but also their mobility on the surfaces.
The most powerful analytical tool for investigating amorphous materials is solid-state NMR spectroscopy (3). We optimized this method especially for surface-bound species, enabling us to study reactions on surfaces, or analyze the nature of our anchored linkers and catalysts.
These different research areas provide my students with a strong multidisciplinary background, spanning from synthetic chemistry, through materials sciences and catalysis, to surface analytical methods including solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Our expertise in these fields has led to many industrial contacts and collaborations.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne3b7e44f
Ding,Zhu,Professor,"Dr. Zhu's research areas are production, well stimulation, intelligent well and complex well-performance optimization. She has been a PI for many government-funded projects and JIPs. Dr. Zhu is author of more than 130 technical papers, co-author of the text book Petroleum Production Systems, and co-author of a Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) book, Multilateral Wells. She was a Distinguished Lecturer for SPE in 2012-2013. She has been a committee member and chairperson for many conferences and events with SPE, and is currently an associate editor for the SPE Production and Operation Journal. She is a Distinguished Member of SPE.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||College of Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne43818fa
Benchun,Duan,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne9344aca
Mladen,Kezunovic,Professor,"My expertise is in Protective Relaying, Automated Power System Disturbance Analysis, Computational Intelligence and Data Analytics, and Smart Grids.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne985ab33
Maria,Barrufet,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nefae1811
David,Bergbreiter,Professor,"Our group explores new chemistry related to catalysis and polymer functionalization using the tools and precepts of synthetic organic chemistry to prepare functional oligomers or polymers that in turn are used to either effect catalysis in a greener, more environmentally benign way or to more efficiently functionalize polymers. Often this involves creatively combining the physiochemical properties of a polymer with the reactivity of a low molecular weight compound to form new materials with new functions. These green chemistry projects involve undamental research both in synthesis and catalysis but has practical aspects because of its relevance to practical problems.
A common theme in our catalysis studies is exploring how soluble polymers can facilitate homogeneous catalysis. Homogeneous catalysts are ubiquitously used to prepare polymers, chemical intermediates, basic chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Such catalysts often use expensive or precious metals or expensive ligands or are used at relatively high catalyst loadings. The products often contain traces of these catalysts or ligands - traces that are undesirable for esthetic reasons or because of the potential toxicity of these impurities. Both the cost of these catalysts of these issues require catalyst/product separation - separations that often are inefficient and lead to chemical waste. These processes also use volatile organic solvents - solvents that have to be recovered and separated. Projects underway in our lab explore how soluble polymers can address each of these problems. Examples of past schemes that achieve this goal in a general way as highlighted in the Figure below.
We also use functional polymers to modify existing polymers. Ongoing projects involve molecular design of additives that can more efficiently modify polymers' physical properties. We also use functional polymers in covalent layer-by-layer assembly to surface polymers' surface chemistry.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf01e95dd
Amine,Benzerga,Professor,Amine Benzerga's research focuses on the deformation and fracture of advanced materials used in transportation and power generation systems; nanomechanics; and computational mechanics of materials.,Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Director||Professor,Center for Intelligent Multifunctional Materials and Structures||Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf13b335b
Bala,Shetty,Professor,"My research interests include supply chain management, optimization, and finance.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor,Information and Operations Management||Energy Institute||Industrial and Systems Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf20d508e
Jaime,Grunlan,Professor,"Broadly speaking, our research is focused on polymers and nanocomposites with protective properties that rival metals and ceramics, while maintaining beneficial polymer mechanical behavior. We are particularly interested in the development of multifunctional surfaces prepared using the layer-by-layer assembly and polyelectrolyte complexation. Nearly everything we produce is water-based and sustainable polymers and nanoparticles are also important. We are very active in gas/moisture barrier for food packaging and environmentally benign flame retardant treatments for foam, fabric, wood, etc. Heat shielding for hypersonics, antimicrobial, and anti-corrosion coatings are also of interest.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf6b135dd
David,Powers,Professor,"Catalysis lies at the heart of many unmet chemical challenges. Research efforts in our group focus on development of new catalytic chemistry to impact both chemical synthesis as well as chemical storage of solar energy. Projects span organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistries and rely on the tools of modern synthetic chemistry and spectroscopy, as well as advanced characterization techniques supported at synchrotron X-ray sources. Representative research interests include: shape-selective catalysis, solar energy storage in organic solar-thermal flow batteries, and aerobic oxidation chemistry for C-H functionalization reactions. We are seeking students who wish to gain expertise in synthetic chemistry and reaction mechanism elucidation.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfa6c8878
Jonathan,Coopersmith,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,History||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfaa5fd66
Gabriel,Eckstein,Professor,"My research interests broadly address water and environmental issues. Most recently, I have been exploring pharmaceutical contamination of fresh water supplies, international bulk water transfers, climate change implications for global water resources, and international law for transboundary ground water resources.",Professor||Faculty Fellow||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Center for Health Systems and Design||Public Service and Administration||Energy Institute||School of Law,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfb6be1a7
Rabi,Mohtar,Professor,,Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Biological and Agricultural Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfb7c25ed
Charles,Aubeny,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Civil Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfec60636