Pablo Debenedetti
Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dean for Research
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 91 Prospect Avenue, Room 107
Phone Number: 609-258-5480
Email Address: pdebene@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Molecular modeling of hydrate melting and formation as possible approach to carbon sequestration; molecular modeling of heterogeneous ice nucleation for improved weather and climate models; computational modeling of phase behavior of water, carbon dioxide and salt mixtures for carbon capture and storage and geothermal energy production; computational investigation of water in nafion membranes for fuel cells; desalination with gas hydrates for improved fresh water production and greater energy efficiency
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
Kelsey Hatzell
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Location: 224 Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-2980
Email Address: kelsey.hatzell@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Work on solid ion conductors for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. We are interested in all solid state devices for electrochemical fuel production as well as energy storage systems for electric vehicles. In addition we study low-cost thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power integration and production.
Research Areas: Batteries, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar, Supercapacitors, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Transportation, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
Rodney Priestley
Dean of the Graduate School
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associate Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM)
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A417 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5721
Email Address: rpriestl@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Research Areas: Solar, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Water Desalination
Sankaran Sundaresan
Norman John Sollenberger Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: A315 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4583
Email Address: sundar@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Carbon capture technology planning through use of large-scale simulations of reacting multiphase flows on large computational platforms; plasma-assisted catalytic reactors for energy-efficient synthesis of chemicals
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination