Research Focus Area: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration

Omid Babaie Rizvandi, PhD

Omid Babaie Rizvandi, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
obabaierizvandi@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Innovation in Computing
Keywords: Algorithms | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | High Performance Computing | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Machine Learning | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

Omid Beik, PhD

Omid Beik, PhD
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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

Robert Braun, PhD

Robert Braun, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
rbraun@mines.edu
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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: Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Decarbonizing Transportation | Distributed Energy Resources | Energy Conversion | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Hybrid Energy Systems | Hydrogen Production | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Renewable Energy | Solar Energy Systems | Space Power & Energy Systems

Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Geoff Brennecka, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Department Head & Professor, George S. Ansell Distinguished Chair
geoff.brennecka@mines.edu
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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

Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD
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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

Steven DeCaluwe, PhD

Steven DeCaluwe, PhD
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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

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD
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Mining Engineering
Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair
duzgun@mines.edu
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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

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE
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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

Joy Gockel

Joy Gockel
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Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
joygockel@mines.edu
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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

David Halat, PhD

David Halat, PhD
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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

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
hedayat@mines.edu
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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

Gregory Jackson, PhD

Gregory Jackson, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor
gsjackso@mines.edu
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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

Katie Johnson, PhD

Katie Johnson, PhD
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Electrical Engineering
Professor
kjohnson@mines.edu
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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

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava
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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
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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

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Carolyn Koh, PhD
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
ckoh@mines.edu
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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
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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 Reactor Kinetics | Nuclear Safety & Risk Management | Nuclear Security & Non-Proliferation | Nuclear Systems Modeling | Onsite Energy Solutions

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD
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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
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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

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman
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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

Svitlana Pylypenko, PhD

Svitlana Pylypenko, PhD
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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

Yewon Shin, PhD

Yewon Shin, PhD
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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

Neal Sullivan

Neal Sullivan
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor
nsulliva@mines.edu
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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

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD
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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

Ali Tura, PhD

Ali Tura, PhD
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Petroleum Engineering
Professor
alitura@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Data Science | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Machine Learning | Quantum Computing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

Colin Wolden

Colin Wolden
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
cwolden@mines.edu
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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

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Yunyang Ye, PhD
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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