Keyword Topic: Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Global Initiatives

Director of Strategic Business Development, Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development

wflecken@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Clean Technology Innovation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Policy | Fracturing Acidizing & Stimulation | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Human Health Risk Assessment | Hybrid Energy Systems | In-Situ Recovery | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Reducing Emissions | Renewable Energy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Systems for Extreme Environments | Unconventional Reservoirs

Ben Gilbert, PhD

Ben Gilbert, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

bgilbert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Economic Modeling | Energy Economics | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Innovation Adoption Barriers | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Reducing Emissions | Resource Economics

Xiaolei Guo, PhD

Xiaolei Guo, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

xiaolei.guo@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Ceramics & Glasses | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Nuclear Materials | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resilient Infrastructure | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste to Resource

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

khancock@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Community Engagement | Energy & Society | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Geopolitics | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Renewable Energy | Resource & Sustainability Policy

Gregory Jackson, PhD

Gregory Jackson, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

gsjackso@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Catalysts & Catalysis | Decarbonization Strategies | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Decarbonizing Transportation | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Production | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

Ge Jin

Ge Jin

Geophysics

Associate Professor

gjin@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

Zane Jobe, PhD

Zane Jobe, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Research Professor

zanejobe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data Science | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonizing Transportation | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Fluid Dynamics | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower | In-Situ Recovery | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Remote Sensing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Unconventional Reservoirs | Watershed Management | Wind Energy & Technologies

Hossein Kazemi, PhD

Hossein Kazemi, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Chesebro' Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering & Co-Director, Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies

hkazemi@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Assistant Professor

mohamed.khaled@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Economic Modeling | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geotechnical Engineering | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Mineral Economics | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Remote Sensing | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Resource Economics | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety

Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

jihyekim@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Modeling & Simulation | National Security | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Minimization

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

ckoh@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Nanoscale Materials | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Reducing Emissions

Valerio Mascolino, PhD

Valerio Mascolino, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

valerio.mascolino@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Advanced Reactors | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Nuclear Power Systems Design & Operation | Nuclear Safety & Risk Management | Nuclear Security & Non-Proliferation | Onsite Energy Solutions

Michael McGuirk, PhD

Michael McGuirk, PhD

Chemistry

Associate Professor

cmmcguirk@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Circular Economy | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Energy Efficiency | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Renewable Energy | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Waste to Resource

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Department Head & Professor

jmiskimi@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Energy Economics | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | In-Situ Recovery | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor

smohaghe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords: Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Grid Integration & Modernization | Integrated Water Resource Management | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Onsite Energy Solutions | Process Optimization | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Daisy Ning

Daisy Ning

Geophysics

Research Assistant Professor

yning@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Clean Technology Innovation | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Geophysical Modeling | High Performance Computing | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Predictive Modeling | Reducing Emissions | Remote Sensing | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Uncertainty Quantification | Water Reuse & Recycling

Ryan O’Hayre, PhD

Ryan O'Hayre, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

rohayre@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Ammonia | Carbon Utilization | Catalysts & Catalysis | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Decarbonizing Transportation | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Manika Prasad, PhD

Manika Prasad, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

mprasad@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate Variability | Decarbonization Strategies | Decarbonizing Transportation | Energy Transition | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Modeling | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Reducing Emissions | Remote Sensing | Renewable Energy | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

Yewon Shin, PhD

Yewon Shin, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

shin@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Carbon Capture & Storage | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

Billy Stanbery, PhD

Billy Stanbery, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering; Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Professor

bjstanbery@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Clean Technology Innovation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Distributed Energy Resources | Economic Modeling | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | Grid Integration & Modernization | Hybrid Energy Systems | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Onsite Energy Solutions | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Product & Business Development | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Responsible Innovation | Science / Policy Interface | Science & Technology Studies | Smart Buildings | Smart Grid | Solar Energy Systems | Techno-Economic Analysis | Technology Transfer

Neal Sullivan

Neal Sullivan

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

nsulliva@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Utilization | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Energy Efficiency | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Reducing Emissions | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

Amadeu Sum, PhD

Amadeu Sum, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

asum@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Clean Technology Innovation | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Energy Efficiency | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Unconventional Reservoirs

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

tabares@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Battery Technologies | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Systems for Extreme Environments

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

yunyang.ye@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Neutral & Negative Construction Materials | Clean Technology Innovation | Climate Resilience | Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Convergent Research | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy & Society | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering & Social Justice | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Onsite Energy Solutions | Process Optimization | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Building Design | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Heat Recovery | Waste to Resource

Luis Zerpa, PhD

Luis Zerpa, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor

lzerpa@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Unconventional Reservoirs