Energy

Experts on renewable energy

The search to find and implement alternate energy sources that don’t use fossil fuels or emit greenhouse gases gets more urgent as the effects of climate change grow. Our experts on renewable energy can discuss some of the main alternatives to oil, gas, and coal, and how these renewable fuels can be manufactured and used in way that keeps costs down while also having a high impact.

Ravindra Datta
  • Affiliate Professor Chemical Engineering
Professor Datta's work spans decades of applying the principles of kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering to energy challenges. ... View Profile
Brajendra Mishra
  • Kenneth G. Merriam Professor & Director, MPI Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Professor Mishra focuses on the improvement in resource productivity and environmental stewardship through process and product development of materials using recovery and recycling, introducing advanced alloys and life-extension by corrosion and surface ... View Profile
David J. Olinger
  • Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering
Professor Olinger's research focuses on using tethered wings and kites in water or air to extract energy from ocean currents, tidal flows, and wind flows. ... View Profile
Sarah Strauss
  • Professor The Global School
Professor Strauss offers a wide array of expertise in health-related aspects of human interaction with the environment. ... View Profile
Michael T. Timko
  • Professor Chemical Engineering
Professor Timko studies the environmental and engineering aspects of clean energy technologies, with a specific emphasis on liquid transportation fuels. ... View Profile
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Yan Wang
  • Professor Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Professor Wang's research is in the field of fundamental electrochemistry and electrochemistry-based technologies, including battery materials, manufacturing, safety, design and recycling, solid state batteries, and electrolysis. ... View Profile
Eric Mosher Young
  • Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering
Prof. Young is an expert in yeast, genetic engineering and synthetic biology. ... View Profile