CFES research is conducted by leaders in the fields of energy materials, devices, and systems. Following are selected faculty researchers in the three core research areas.
Faculty
Distributed Energy Resources Faculty
Michael Amitay
Professor and James L. Decker '45 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering and Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC).
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Experimental Aerodynamics, Experimental fluid mechanics, Active and passive Flow Control
Chulsung Bae
Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Clean energy technology, Ion-conducting polymers for energy conversion, Green chemistry
Peter Henry Dinolfo
Associate Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Dye-sensitized Semiconductor Solar Cells, Organic Photovoltaics, Artificial Photosynthesis, Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Polymers, Materials and Energy
Partha Dutta
Professor
School of Engineering
Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology , Crystal Growth, Solar Thermal Energy, Full Spectrum Photovoltaics, Full Spectrum Solid State Lighting
Farhan Gandhi
Rosalind and John J. Redfern Jr Chair in Engineering
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Smart and Adaptive Structures for Rotocraft, Material Systems, Cellular Structures
Liping Huang
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, School of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Thermal sensors, Porous materials, Nanomaterials, Glass materials, Energy, Computational modeling, Ceramic materials
Mattheos Koffas
Dorothy and Fred Chau ʼ71 Career Development Constellation Professor in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Metabolic Engineering, Industrial Microbiology, Synthetic Biology, Natural Products
Nikhil Koratkar
John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Chair Professor
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Smart Materials and Structures, Graphene Electrodes, Electricity Energy Storage, Carbon Nanotubes
Daniel Lewis
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Mesoscopic Modeling in Materials, Morphological Evolution, Fuel Cells and Electrochemial Energy Conversion, Phase Transformations and Phase Diagrams
Jie Lian
Professor
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Nanotechnology, Advanced Nuclear Materials, Nano-scale Characterization, Graphene Composites
Toh-Ming Lu
Ray Palmer Baker Distinguished Professor
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
Thin Film Morphologies, 3D Integrated Nano-structure formation
Chang Y. Ryu
Professor, Director of NY State Center for Polymer Synthesis
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Sustainable Polymer Materials, Block Copolymer Self-assembly , Structure-property-relationships of polymeric materials, Polymer HPLC and Large Scale Purification, Viscoelasticity, polymer thermal characterization, Electron Microscopy & Surface analysis/modification
Jian Shi
Materials Science and Engineering
Epitaxy, Strain engineering in functional materials, Correlated materials and devices, Neuromorphic devices, Ferroelectricity
Jian Sun
Professor and Director, CFES
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Power factor correction, Power conversion, High-frequency, DC-DC, Communications, Analysis, Aerospace, AC-DC
Minoru Tomozawa
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Glass Materials, Mass Transport, Reliability
Energy Efficiency Faculty
Ishwara B. Bhat
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Type II-VI Semiconductors, CdTe, ZnTe, hBN and other , Epitaxial Films
Diana-Andra Borca-Tasciuc
Associate Professor
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Power Harvesting MEMS, Heat Transfer in Nanosystems, Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSC), New PV Materials
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Multiscale Thermal and Thermoelectric Sensing and Metrology, Sustainable Buildings Thermal Systems, Solid-State Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Devices and Systems, Surgery and Medical Devices, Advanced Manufacturing of Thermoelectric Devices, Interface and Composite Materials Conductance, Heat Conduction Fundamentals, Thermal Energy Storage Fundamentals
T. Paul Chow
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Semiconductor Power Devices and ICs, Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Semiconductors, Electronics and Circuits
Mona M. Hella
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
High speed circuits for wireless/optical transceivers, Millimeter wave and THz integrated circuits, biomedical and energy harvesting interface ICs
Robert Karlicek
Professor and Director, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Smart lighting, Signature thrust: Energy and the environment
John F. McDonald
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
communication theory, coding and switching theory, computer architecture, integrated circuit design, high frequency packaging, digital signal processing
Nadarajah Narendran
Professor
Architecture
LED Packaging, Solid State Lighting, Light Testing and Evaluation
Joel L. Plawsky
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Interfacial phenomena, Transport Processes, Thin Films, Microelectronics, Photonics
Michael Shur
Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Professor of Solid State Electronics
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
Solid State Devices, Semiconductor Devices, Integrated Circuits
Jian Sun
Professor and Director, CFES
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Power factor correction, Power conversion, High-frequency, DC-DC, Communications, Analysis, Aerospace, AC-DC
Shawn-Yu Lin
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
Photonic Crystals, Nano-photonics, Integrated Optics, Plasmonics
Christian M. Wetzel
Professor
Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
Electronic Band Structure, Group III Nitrides, Solar Cell Junctions, Power Electronics , Solid State Lighting, Solar Fuels
Distributed System Platforms Faculty
Joe H. Chow
NAE, Institute Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Web simulator, Voltage-sourced, Voltage stability analysis, Voltage and power dispatch, UPFC, Sensitivity analysis, Rated-capacity operation, Loadflow models
T. Paul Chow
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Semiconductor Power Devices and ICs, Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Semiconductors, Electronics and Circuits
Koushik Kar
Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
routing and traffic management in computer networks, congestion control and fair resource allocation, ad-hoc and sensor networks
Jian Sun
Professor and Director, CFES
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Power factor correction, Power conversion, High-frequency, DC-DC, Communications, Analysis, Aerospace, AC-DC
Ali Tajer
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Statistical Learning Theory, Machine Learning, Information Theory & Wireless Communications, Power Systems
Luigi Vanfretti
Associate Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
electric power engineering, power systems, system identification, synchrophasor measurement technology and applications, modeling and simulation of physical and cyber-physical systems, physical and cyber-physical systems stability and control, real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation, smart grid
Meng Wang
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Machine learning, High-dimensional data analytics, Power Systems, Signal Processing