Hydrogen & Clean Energy
Members
Leading Faculty and Scientists
Director
GEORGE B. BERRY CHAIR PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING
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.
CHAIRPERSON, PROFESSOR
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.
PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Area of expertise: Flight control systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, fault tolerance, and neural networks
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.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Area of expertise: Advanced materials and manufacturing, directed energy deposition, additive manufacturing, and life cycle engineering.
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.
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.
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.
PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Area of expertise: primary research interests lie in the hydrodynamics of laminar and turbulent reacting flows.
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.
Sergio Paredes Navia
POSDOCTORAL 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.
Leading Graduate Students
Geoffroy Gauneau
PH.D. CANDIDATE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Bryan Jackson
PH.D. CANDIDATE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Spencer Fultineer
M.S. STUDENT
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING