Research

Below you will find a listing of research areas and faculty focus areas.

• Dr. French - Microbiology

• Dr. Rai – Computational Design of Catalytic Materials

• Dr. Hill - Crystallization
• Dr. Jessop - Polymerization Kinetics
• Dr. Kundu - Rheology
• Dr. Xiang – Chemical Kinetics

• Dr. Amirlatifi - Data Analytics Applications in Energy Sector

• Dr. Elmore - Engineering Research, Outreach, and Service Learning
• Dr. Heshmati – Project-based Learning
• Dr. Keith - Energy Modules, Problem-Based Learning
• Dr. Mirabolghasemi – Classroom Technologies

• Dr. Mirabolghasemi – Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems
• Dr. H. Toghiani - Fuel Cells
• Dr. Xiang – Clean H2 Production

• Dr. Amirlatifi - Carbon Dioxide Capturing, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS)
• Dr. Bricka - Soil Remediation
• Dr. Keith - Modeling of After Treatment Systems
• Dr. Mirabolghasemi – Oilfield Produced Water Management, Sustainable Carbon Sequestration
• Dr. Xiang – Carbon Dioxide Capture & In Situ Conversion; Dr. Heshmati – Geothermal Energy Production

• Dr. Heshmati – Dynamics of Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Capillarity, Interfacial Phenomena

• Dr. Amirlatifi - Geomechanical effects of CO2 sequestration

• Dr. Rai – Application of Machine Learning for Materials Design and Molecular Simulations

• Dr. Hill - Crystallization
• Dr. Jessop - Polymers
• Dr. Kundu - Polymers and Soft Materials
• Dr. Keith - Modeling of Transport Properties of Composite Systems
• Dr. Rai – Rational Design of Optoelectronic Materials, Organic Electronics, Perovskites, Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Materials, Self-assembly
• Dr. Xiang – Catalytic Material Design and Characterization

• Dr. Rai – Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) Simulations, First Principles MD and MC Simulations, Statistical Mechanics