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Andrew Bocarsly
- Professor of Chemistry
Improving membrane fuel cells that convert H2 and O2 or alcohols into electricity; exploring proton exchange polymer membranes; charge transfer processes and materials chemistry for alternate energy schemes including solar photochemistry and electrochemistry; electrochemical and semiconductor based photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels and syngas; CO2 storage in new materials; water splitting for hydrogen production
Office: 388 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone: 609-258-3888
Email: bocarsly@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Biofuels, Carbon Capture & Storage, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar
Emily Carter
- Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics
- Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Design of new materials for solar energy conversion to electricity and fuels; lightweight metal alloy design for fuel-efficient vehicles; clean, efficient combustion of biofuels; solid oxide fuel cell cathode design for efficient electricity production; robust materials for fusion reactor walls
Office: D404A Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone: 609-258-5391
Email: eac@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Transportation
Yiguang Ju
- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Director, Program in Sustainable Energy
Sustainable energy, propulsion, and functional nano-materials; high-hydrogen syngas for turbines; efficient kinetic models of biofuel combustion for ground transportation; efficient ignition systems for high-speed propulsion with non-equilibrium plasma discharge; validated surrogate fuel model for jet fuels; functional nanomaterials for solar cells and batteries
Office: D330 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone: 609-258-5644
Email: yju@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Batteries, Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar
Antoine Kahn
- Professor of Electrical Engineering
Organic thin films and organic electronics for photovoltaics: organic/organic heterojunctions that constitute the core of organic photovoltaic cells; interfaces between organic films and conducting oxides or polymer-functionalized surfaces that constitute the high and low work function anode and cathode of these solar cells; hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor solar cells; chemical doping that increases carrier mobility for improved charge collection
Office: B420 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone: 609-258-4642
Email: kahn@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Lynn Loo
- Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Associate Director for External Partnerships, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Printable conductive inks for scalable plastic photovoltaics and electronics; processing-structure-function relationships of electrically-active plastics; development of processing methodologies for printed electronics
Office: A323 Engineering Quad
Phone: 609-258-9091
Email: lloo@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Warren Powell
- Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
- Director, Program in Engineering and Management Systems
High-dimensional stochastic optimization for: Storage of energy from wind and solar; stochastic, multiscale energy policy models for energy investment decisions; control of smart grids; management of plug-in electric vehicles; control of heterogeneous storage devices; R&D portfolio optimization; heavy-tailed models of electricity prices; and finding optimal demand response strategies in the presence of time-varying prices
Office: 230 Sherrerd Hall
Phone: 609-258-5373
Email: powell@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Batteries, Buildings, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Energy Systems Analysis, Industrial Processes, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Social Science of Energy & Environment, Solar, Transmission, Wind
Annabella Selloni
- David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry
Photovoltaics; use of density functional theory and molecular dynamics to improve efficiency of heterogeneous photocatalysis on semiconducting metal oxides; dye-sensitized solar cells
Office: 155 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone: 609-258-3837
Email: aselloni@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Winston (Wole) Soboyejo
- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Sustainable infrastructure for developed and developing countries: solar cells and light emitting devices for urban and rural environments; recycling of agricultural and industrial wastes into heat-absorbing walls; filters for safe drinking water. Materials science for technologies that are compatible with and consider the impact on local cultures
Office: D404B Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone: 609-258-5609
Email: soboyejo@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Industrial Processes, Renewable Energy, Solar
Hakan Tureci
- Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Fundamental studies of light-matter interactions in complex solid state media; Design of novel nanophotonic and semiconductor media for optoelectronic applications.
Office: B312 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone: 609-258-1993
Email: tureci@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Sigurd Wagner
- Professor of Electrical Engineering
Environmental aspects of electrical engineering; solar energy conversion; devices, processes, and materials for large-area electronics; sensor skins for civil infrastructure
Office: B422 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone: 609-258-4631
Email: wagner@princeton.edu
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar