Climate change science and policy, sea-level rise, adaptation, climate-driven migration

Interactions between the global biosphere and climate; carbon mitigation; effects of global vegetation on climate; large-scale measurement of natural and anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions

Molecular modeling of phase behavior and transport properties of aqueous electrolytes which are of fundamental importance in understanding the long-term fate of CO2 injected in underground rock formations for carbon capture and storage; computational studies of molten carbonate fuel cells, which can be used for simultaneous electricity production and CO2 purification; liquid metals as plasma-facing components for fusion energy systems

Paulino group’s contributions in the area of computational mechanics spans development of methodologies to characterize deformation and fracture behavior of existing and emerging materials and structural systems, topology optimization for large-scale and multiscale/multiphysics problems, and origami.

Wei Peng is assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. She is a climate policy researcher and integrated assessment modeler of energy, air quality and health. Peng studies ways to better represent institutional and political factors in energy systems models to inform climate policies and decarbonization strategies that are realistically implementable and politically durable. She is also core faculty member of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE).

Environmental water quality and industrial wastewater treatment. Geochemical reactions in energy resources engineering including geologic sequestration of CO2, hydrofracking, and geothermal energy production. Reactive flows in porous, permeable, and fractured media

Energy-efficiency in wireless networks; smart grid, Internet of Things, power system resilience

Hydrology and biogeochemistry, with applications to earth sciences, sustainable resource management, and intersections with energy and civil infrastructure

Models for the design and control of a broad range of problems in energy systems, emphasizing problems that involve decisions and uncertainty. A major focus has been the study of high penetrations of renewables, and the design and control of energy storage systems. We are also working on models for driverless fleets of electric vehicles, uncertainty models of wind, solar and electricity prices, and the economics of energy portfolios.

Experimental plasma physics, including study of stability, turbulence, transport, and self-organization in plasmas, for use in fusion energy