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Hydrogen & Clean Energy

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Members

Leading Faculty and Scientists

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Xueyan Song

Director
GEORGE B. BERRY CHAIR PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING

(304) 293-3269

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Hydrogen production and hydrogen storage, metal hydride, metallic alloys, functional ceramics, materials science, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for energy conversion, and thermoelectric materials and devices for power generation.

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Jacky Prucz

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Hydrogen, hydrogen compressors, hydrogen storage, energy conversion materials and systems. Leadership in the strategic planning for education and curricula. Leadership in putting cutting-edge research and educational techniques into practice and guiding professional development.

Area of expertise: 

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Marcello Napolitano

PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Flight control systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, fault tolerance, and neural networks

Area of expertise: 

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Hailin Li

PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Edge-cutting areas tending to reduce exhaust emissions and improve the fuel economies of I.C. engines.

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Zhichao Liu

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Advanced materials and manufacturing, directed energy deposition, additive manufacturing, and life cycle engineering.

Area of expertise: 

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Cosmin Dumitrescu

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Thermal fluid systems for energy and propulsion applications,
reacting flows, advanced combustion strategies, conventional and alternative/renewable fuels, high-speed laser diagnostics and imaging of combustion processes, fuel reforming.

Area of expertise: 

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Yun Chen

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Hydrogen production and hydrogen storage, materials science, electrochemistry, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for energy conversion, thermoelectric materials, and devices, rechargeable batteries, corrosion, nuclear materials.

Area of expertise: 

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Wolfgang Winkler

PROFESSOR DR. TECHN.

Area of expertise: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Winkler is with long-term industry and academic experience in boilers and fuel cells.

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V'yacheslav Akkerman

PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: primary research interests lie in the hydrodynamics of laminar and turbulent reacting flows.

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Cesar Romo de la Cruz

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Hydrogen storage, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for energy conversion, and thermoelectric materials and devices for power generation.

Area of expertise: 

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Sergio Paredes Navia

POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Area of expertise: Automation and controls, hydrogen storage, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for energy conversion, and thermoelectric materials and devices for power generation.

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Leading Students

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Andre Fernandes

M.S. STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Geoffroy Gauneau

PH.D. CANDIDATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Ellena Gemmen

PH.D. STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Bryan Jackson

PH.D. CANDIDATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Fuming Jiang

PH.D. STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Liang Liang

PH.D. CANDIDATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Sarah Kinzel

M.S. STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Spencer Fultineer

M.S. STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Jensen Clayton

UNDERGRADUATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Nicholas Kline

UNDERGRADUATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Cameron Arbogast

UNDERGRADUATE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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