Research Focus Area: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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 | NREL 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

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

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:

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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