Research
Clean Coal Technologies
Advancing efficient carbon usage and capture technologies that are environmentally acceptable
Projects
- CO2 Capture from Power Generation Facilities Using Novel Physical Solvents
- Design and Construction of a Geodatabase Relevant to CO2 Sequestration and Risk Assessment
- Photoreduction of CO2 on Oxide Surfaces
- Reflection Seismic Imaging: Advanced Seismic Processing and Survey Minimization Related to CO2 Sequestration
- Scaleup of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in Slurry Bubble Column Reactors
- Thermal Properties of Gas Hydrates
- Waste Coal to Syncrude and Electricity
Renewable Energy
Utilizing such natural resources as sunlight, wind, and biomass for power generation and transportation
Projects
- Nanocrystal-Based Dyads for Solar-to-Electric Energy Conversion
- Making Solar Power more Accessible (Geoffrey Hutchison)
- Research on Solar cells using Nanostructured Photoelectrodes (Jung-Kun Lee)
Hydrogen
Addressing the various technical challenges associated with the generation, storage, and utilization of hydrogen as a reliable and cost-effective energy source
Projects
- Aerothermal-Material Integrated Protection of Hydrogen and Oxyfuel Turbines (Minking Chyu)
- Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Combustion and Propulsion (Peyman Givi)
- Adsorption on nanotube surfaces to create cleaner and more efficient energy (Karl Johnson)
Energy Diversification
Enhancing current capabilities in order to effectively diversify and ultimately hybridize energy sources, from nuclear to wind and solar
Projects
Environmental Solutions
Seeking technological advances to the environmental challenges associated with energy production and usage
Projects
- Active Combustion Throttles
- Cooling of Gas-Turbine Airfoils (Minking Chyu)
- Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Combustion and Propulsion (Peyman Givi)
- Reuse of Treated Internal or External Wastewaters in the Cooling Systems of Coal-based Thermoelectric Power Plants
- Nanotechnology Enabled Devices (Jeremy Levy)