Research Pillar: Energy

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

thomas.albrecht@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Reactors | Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Computational Analysis | Computational Materials Science | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Chemistry | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | In-Situ Recovery | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Materials | Nuclear Physics | Nuclear Remediation | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Materials | Quantum Mechanics | Radiation Detection & Effects | Radiochemistry | Relativity | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Solid State Physics | Supply Chain Resilience | Thermodynamics | Waste Minimization

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

denis.aslangil@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Fundamental Physics | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Fluid Dynamics | Oceanography | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Director

mbazilian@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Policy | Energy Security | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Geopolitics | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | International Trade & Energy Markets | Regulatory Policy | Resilient Infrastructure

Omid Beik, PhD

Omid Beik, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Assistant Professor

beik@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Distributed Energy Resources | Energy Conversion | Grid Integration & Modernization | Power Electronics | Propulsion Systems | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Smart Grid | Space Power & Energy Systems | Spacecraft Design & Control

John Berger

John Berger

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

jberger@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Battery Technologies | Energy Systems Modeling

Nanette Boyle, PhD

Nanette Boyle, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Department Head & Associate Professor

nboyle@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Bioengineering | Biofuels & Bioenergy Technologies | Computational Biology | Synthetic Biology

Robert Braun, PhD

Robert Braun, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

University Distinguished Professor

rbraun@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:

Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Department Head & Professor, George S. Ansell Distinguished Chair

geoff.brennecka@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Quantum Science & Engineering | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Ceramics & Glasses | Energy Conversion | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Power Electronics | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Many-Body Systems | Quantum Materials | Quantum Mechanics | Quantum Metrology | Quantum Sensors & Sensing | Quantum Simulations | Qubits | Semiconductor Devices | Sensors & Actuators | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Systems for Extreme Environments | Thin Films & Coatings | Wireless Communications

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

maxbrown@mines.edu

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 | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Jared Carbone

Jared Carbone

Economics & Business

Professor

jcarbone@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 | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science

Keywords: Climate Adaptation | Climate Change | Data Science | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Human Dimensions of Environment & Climate Changes | Industrial Emissions Monitoring & Control | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable Energy | Watershed Management

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

tcath@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Desalination | Direct Potable Water Reuse | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydropower | Industrial Water Treatment & Reuse | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Water Treatment Technologies

Dong Chen

Dong Chen

Computer Science

Associate Professor

dongchen@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing

Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems | Security & Privacy | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid

Lawrence Cho

Lawrence Cho

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

lcho@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Automotive Materials | Carbon Capture & Storage | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

hojun.choi@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Global Supply Chains | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Supply Chain Resilience | Sustainable Resource Management

Kamil Ciesielski, PhD

Kamil Ciesielski, PhD

Physics

Research Assistant Professor

kciesielski@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing

Gregory Clough

Gregory Clough

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Deputy Director

gclough@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords:

Matthew Crane

Matthew Crane

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor

matthewcrane@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Characterization Techniques | Biofuels & Bioenergy Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Nanoscale Materials | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Plasmonic Materials | Quantum Devices | Quantum Engineering & Technology | Quantum Materials | Quantum Metrology | Qubits | Stimuli-Responsive Materials

Steven DeCaluwe, PhD

Steven DeCaluwe, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

decaluwe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy

Keywords: Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Computational Analysis | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Separation & Purification | Materials for Energy | Polymer Chemistry & Synthesis | Surface & Interface Analysis | Surface & Nano Science

David Diercks, PhD

David Diercks, PhD

Research and Technology Transfer

Shared Instrumentation Facility Director

ddiercks@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Battery Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Ceramics & Glasses | Device Characterization | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Semiconductor Devices | Surface & Interface Analysis | Thin Films & Coatings

Dylan Domaille, PhD

Dylan Domaille, PhD

Chemistry

Associate Professor

ddomaille@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Mining Engineering

Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair

duzgun@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geotechnical Engineering | Intelligent Transportation | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Remote Sensing | Resilient Infrastructure | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Underground Safety

Yilin Fan, PhD

Yilin Fan, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor

yilinfan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Methane Emission Reduction | Pipeline Transportation | Reducing Emissions

Gabe Fierro, PhD

Gabe Fierro, PhD

Computer Science

Assistant Professor

gtfierro@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing

Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Environmental Monitoring | Networked Systems | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid

Kip Findley

Kip Findley

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

John Henry Moore Professor

kfindley@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Automotive Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Nuclear Materials | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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

Tom Furtak, PhD

Tom Furtak, PhD

Physics

University Professor Emeritus

tfurtak@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Materials for Energy

Tom Gennett, PhD

Tom Gennett, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

tgennett@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis

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

Joy Gockel

Joy Gockel

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

joygockel@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | STEM Outreach & Education | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor

dgomezgualdron@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords:

David Halat, PhD

David Halat, PhD

Chemistry

Assistant Professor

david.halat@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Analytical Chemistry | Computational Analysis | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Chemistry

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

Steven Harvey, PhD

Steven Harvey, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Mines | NLR Joint Appointment

steve.harvey@nrel.gov

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

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

Keywords: Ceramics & Glasses | Materials for Energy | Perovskites

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

hedayat@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

eholley@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geochemistry | Mine Water | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Volcanology | Waste to Resource

Qiuhua Huang

Qiuhua Huang

Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor

qiuhuahuang@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Modeling & Simulation | Smart Grid

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

Jessica Jackson, PhD

Jessica Jackson, PhD

Chemistry

Research Associate Professor

jagjackson@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Analytical Chemistry | Radiochemistry

Mark Jensen, PhD

Mark Jensen, PhD

Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry, Jerry and Tina Grandey University Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering

mjensen@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Analytical Chemistry | Environmental Chemistry | Materials for Energy | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Remediation | Nuclear Security & Non-Proliferation | Radiochemistry

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

Katie Johnson, PhD

Katie Johnson, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Professor

kjohnson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Engineering Global Sustainability | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Energy Conversion | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering Educational Innovation | Ethics in STEM | Hybrid Energy Systems | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Sociotechnical Integration | Systems Thinking | Wind Energy & Technologies

Samantha Johnson, PhD

Samantha Johnson, PhD

Chemistry

Assistant Professor

samanthajo.johnson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava

Petroleum Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

kamrava@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Gas Diffusivity & Separation | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments

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

Robert Kee, PhD

Robert Kee, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

rjkee@mines.edu

Website

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:

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

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

Ian Lange

Ian Lange

Economics & Business

Professor

ilange@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Policy Analysis | Regulatory Policy

Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Hennebach Visiting Assistant Professor

angeline.letourneau@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Global Climate System | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords:

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Yaoguo Li, PhD

Geophysics

Professor

ygli@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Geophysical Modeling | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Juan Lucena

Juan Lucena

Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor

jlucena@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Circular Economy | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Interdisciplinary Education | Project-Based Learning | Resilient Communities | Science & Technology Studies | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource

Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD

Mining Engineering & Payne Institute for Public Policy

Research Assistant Professor

amalone@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Community Development | Community-Based Research | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Cross-Cultural Collaboration | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | International Development | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Sociotechnical Integration | Sustainable Resource Management

Adrienne Marshall, PhD

Adrienne Marshall, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Assistant Professor

adriennemarshall@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification | Watershed Management

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

Annalise Maughan, PhD

Annalise Maughan, PhD

Chemistry

Assistant Professor

amaughan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

lrobbie@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 | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy Efficiency | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Toxicology | Human Health Risk Assessment | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies

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

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

aashutosh.mistry@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Materials Discovery | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

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

Kevin Moore, PhD, PE

Kevin Moore, PhD, PE

Electrical Engineering; Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor Emeritus

kmoore@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Engineering Global Sustainability | Robotics for the Modern World

Keywords: Applied Robotics | Climate Resilience | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Grid Integration & Modernization | Hybrid Energy Systems | Multi-Robot Systems | Resilient Communities | Resilient Infrastructure | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Planning & Control | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking

Eve Mozur, PhD

Eve Mozur, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

evemozur@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Battery Technologies | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Perovskites | Quantum Materials | Renewable Energy

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, PhD

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Department Head & Professor

asitchle@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Hydrology | Mine Water | Water Quality Monitoring

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

anewman@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Computational Analysis | Modeling & Simulation | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Underground Safety

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

Andy Osborne, PhD

Andy Osborne, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

osbornea@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy

Research Focus Areas: Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords:

Erdal Ozkan

Erdal Ozkan

Petroleum Engineering

Professor

eozkan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords:

Bryan Pivovar, PhD

Bryan Pivovar, PhD

Chemistry

Mines | NLR Joint Appointment

bryan.pivovar@nrel.gov

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords:

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

Svitlana Pylypenko, PhD

Svitlana Pylypenko, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

spylypen@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Catalysts & Catalysis | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis

Rajavasanth Rajasegar, PhD

Rajavasanth Rajasegar, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

rajavasanth.rajasegar@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords:

Sandrine Ricote, PhD

Sandrine Ricote, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Research Professor

sricote@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Ceramics & Glasses | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Efficiency | Hydrogen Production | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites

Eric Roberts, PhD

Eric Roberts, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor and Director, Potential Gas Agency

eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Earth & Planetary Processes | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Global Supply Chains | Landscape Evolution | Natural Gas Exploration | Plate Motions / Tectonics

Jenifer Shafer, PhD

Jenifer Shafer, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

jshafer@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Analytical Chemistry | Radiochemistry

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

Jessica Smith, PhD

Jessica Smith, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor

jmsmith@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: 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 | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Carbon Capture & Storage | Community-Based Research | Corporate Social Responsibility | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Qualitative Research Methodology | Science & Technology Studies | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

Stephen Sonnenberg, PhD, PG

Stephen Sonnenberg, PhD, PG

Geology & Geological Engineering

Boettcher Distinguished Chair Petroleum Geology

ssonnenb@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

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

Keywords:

Joseph Sperling, PhD

Joseph Sperling, PhD

Chemistry

Research Associate Professor

jsperling@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords:

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

Timothy Strathmann

Timothy Strathmann

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

strthmnn@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Biofuels & Bioenergy Technologies | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Waste to Resource

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

Tyrone Vincent

Tyrone Vincent

Electrical Engineering

Professor

tvincent@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration

Keywords:

Shubham Vyas

Shubham Vyas

Chemistry

Professor

svyas@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords:

Aubrey Wigner, PhD

Aubrey Wigner, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Associate Professor

awigner@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Global Sustainability | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community Engagement | Design Justice | Design Methodology & Theory | Design Practice | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Engineering Judgment | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | Innovation Ecosystems | Interdisciplinary Education | Makerspaces in STEM Education | Project-Based Learning | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Science / Policy Interface | Science & Technology Studies | Science Communication | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | Systems Thinking

Philip Winterfeld, PhD

Philip Winterfeld, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Research Associate Professor

pwinterf@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Colin Wolden

Colin Wolden

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

cwolden@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Ammonia | Battery Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Separation & Purification | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies

Ning Wu

Ning Wu

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

ningwu@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Microelectronics & Devices | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Medical Devices | Microrobotics | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Thin Films & Coatings

Yu-Shu Wu, PhD

Yu-Shu Wu, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Professor

ywu@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords:

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

Zhenzhen Yu, PhD

Zhenzhen Yu, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Associate Professor

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Energy Storage | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials for Energy | Welding & Joining

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

Jeramy Zimmerman, PhD

Jeramy Zimmerman, PhD

Physics

Associate Professor

jdzimmer@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Fundamental Physics | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery

Keywords: