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
Waruna,Kulatilaka,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on Combustion and Energy Conversion, Optical Diagnostics and Imaging, Laser Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Lasers, Chemical Kinetics, Fluid Flow and Plasma Diagnostics, Supersonic and Hypersonic Propulsion, Gas Turbine Combustion and IC Engines.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0436eca8
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
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
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
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
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
Adonios,Karpetis,Associate Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n42bb5fab
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
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
Won-Jong,Kim,Associate Professor,My research focuses on precision mechatronics; nanoscale engineering and technology; network-based control and cyber-physical systems; novel actuators and sensors; and real-time control systems design.,Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5208b958
Raghava,Kommalapati,Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering,,"Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering||Faculty Affiliate","Energy Institute||Prairie View A&M University - (Prairie View, Texas, United States)",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n52999f72
Jihoon,Kim,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on studying the coupled flow and geomechanics in hydrate, shale and tight gas, and geothermal reservoirs; hydraulic fracturing, Hydro-shearing, Coupled geomechanic-geophysical modeling; reservoir simulation, and computational geomechanics.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Energy Institute||Petroleum Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n552a306f
Yue,Kuo,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n57f16fbc
Joseph,Kwon,Associate Professor and holder of the Kenneth R. Hall Career Development Professorship,,Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Artie Mcferrin Department of Chemical En,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n680c5a23
Hiroko,Kitajima,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on rock mechanics, soil mechanics, structural geology, hydrogeology, numerical modeling, and scientific drilling.",Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n69a78f25
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
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
Paul,Koola,Professor of the Practice,"Applications of systems engineering, Machine Learning, and AI targeted to the marine domain including novel ocean infrastructure
Engineering Education
Smart energy-absorbing structures (SEAS)
Energy stations at sea
Ocean renewable energy powered autonomous exploration vehicles
Marine cybersecurity",Faculty Affiliate||Professor of the Practice||Faculty Affiliate,Ocean Engineering||Energy Institute||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na720037d
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
Mathew,Kuttolamadom,Associate Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbd4de409
Ibrahim,Karaman,Professor and Head,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor and Head,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc3b0b0fe
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
Muhammad Faeyz,Karim,Instructional Associate Professor,,Instructional Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne19a846f
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
Andreas,Kronenberg,"Professor, Michel T. Halbouty Chair","My research interests span topics in structural geology, mineral physics, and solid earth geophysics with emphasis placed on the mechanical properties of Earth materials and the deformation mechanisms that govern rheology. Specific research topics have addressed the
plasticity, creep, and failure of minerals and rocks, examining the roles of crystalline defects, grain boundaries, interfaces, and fluids in determining macroscopic behavior. Taking an experimental approach, I have examined the effects of fluids, defect chemistry, and diffusional kinetics on mechanical behavior with current studies including the deformation of carbonates,
compactional creep of porous quartz aggregates, the role of crack healing in restrengthening rocks, and hydrolytic weakening of silicates.","Faculty Affiliate||Professor, Michel T. Halbouty Chair",Geology and Geophysics||Energy Institute,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfec82edc