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Peter Adriaens	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/adriaens-peter/	Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Ross School Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, SEAS	Professor Adriaens’s research from 1985-2005 focused on remediation design, microbial sensing, and sustainable industrial practice. Since 2006, his focus has shifted to integrating economics, finance and business entrepreneurship in environmental education and research. The specific focus of his work is on CleanTech business development and financing, and bridging scientific discovery with entrepreneurial venture design.
Omolade Adunbi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/383/	Associate Professor, DAAS, Department of AfroAmerican and African Studies	Omolade Adunbi is a political anthropologist and an Associate Professor at the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS). His areas of research explore issues related to resource distribution, governance, human and environmental rights, power, culture, transnational institutions, multinational corporations and the postcolonial state. His latest book, Oil Wealth and Insurgency in Nigeria (Indiana University Press, 2015) addresses issues related to oil wealth, multinational corporations, transnational institutions, NGOs and violence in oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. His current research focuses on the growing interest of China in Africa’s natural resources and its interrelatedness to infrastructural projects. His teaching interests include transnationalism, globalization, power, violence, human and environmental rights, the postcolonial state, social theory, resource distribution and contemporary African society, culture and politics. Affiliation(s) Program in the Environment Donia Human Rights Center African Studies Center Field(s) of Study Transnationalism and Governance Human and Environmental Rights Oil and Natural Resource Politics
Arun Agrawal	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/agrawal-arun/	Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability	Arun Agrawal is a Professor at the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. His research and teaching emphasize the politics of international development, institutional change, and environmental conservation. He has written critically on indigenous knowledge, community-based conservation, common property, population and resources, and environmental identities. His recent interests include adaptation to climate change, urban adaptation, REDD+, and the decentralization of environmental governance. He coordinates the International Forestry Resources and Institutions network, and is currently carrying out research in central and east Africa and South Asia. He is the author of Greener Pastures and Environmentality, and his recent work has appeared in Science, PNAS, Conservation Biology, World Development, and Development and Change among other journals.
Raed Al Kontar	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/al-kontar-raed/	Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering	Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering Energy Topics: Energy Storage
Alauddin Ahmed	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ahmed-alauddin/	Assistant Research Scientist	Dr. Alauddin Ahmed's work focuses on solving pressing problems related to energy and the environment. His expertise is around discovery, design, characterization, and manufacturing of materials and/or systems for energy storage and carbon dioxide capture. His notable contribution in the field includes the discovery of several world record-setting nanoporous materials for hydrogen and natural gas storage.
Jose Alfaro	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/alfaro-jose/	Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Environment and Sustainability	Dr. Alfaro’s work uses engineering and complex systems tools such as Agent-Based Modeling, System Dynamics, and Network Science. In line with his position as a Professor of the Practice, Dr. Alfaro’s scholarship has an applied focus. This has led him to work closely with communities, industry, NGO’s, and government organizations in developing his work. Dr. Alfaro is also the founder and faculty director of Sustainability Without Borders, an interdisciplinary student organization that works with communities to develop ethical partnerships for learning and enhancing sustainability. This organization labors to provide students with a meaningful engaged experience that also increases the capacity of the communities and NGO’s it works with and increases their well-being.
Todd Allen	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/allen-todd/	Glenn F. and Gladys H. Knoll Chair and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Todd began his professional career as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy where he learned the practical applications of operating a nuclear power plant as well as how to take a submarine to periscope depth. Following active duty, he built on that practical Navy experience by earning a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering with specific focus on how radiation changes the physical properties of metals.His first post-Ph.D. position was as a staff scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. While at Argonne, he joined the leadership team tasked with developing the Generation IV Roadmap, the document that framed the resurgence of the nuclear research programs early in the 21st Century.Following Argonne, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. While there, he split his time between establishing a premier material science program at the university and supporting the Idaho National Laboratory. At INL, he led the transition of the Advanced Test Reactor into a national user facility. He also ran a six-institution Energy Frontier Research Center focused on answering fundamental questions about heat transfer in nuclear fuel.From 2013-2016, he helped lead the Idaho National Laboratory as the Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology, including being an important contributor to the development of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative announced at the White House in November 2015. Since 2016 he has been a Visiting Senior Fellow with Clean Energy Program at Third Way, a Washington, DC based think tank.He is the author of over 200 technical publications. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. Todd has degrees in nuclear engineering and management information systems. He is a native of Michigan.
Andrew Allman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/alllman-andrew/	Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	Andrew Allman is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2018 from the University of Minnesota with a thesis entitled “Enabling distributed renewable energy and chemical production through process systems engineering” under the guidance of Professor Prodromos Daoutidis. He received a B.S. with high honors in chemical engineering in 2013 from Penn State University. His research interests include developing theory and methods for the optimal design, control, planning, and scheduling of chemical and energy systems. He is particularly interested in applications that support sustainable water and energy usage and in decision making over multiple time scales. Professor Allman’s research team focuses on identifying and exploiting the structure and sparsity inherent in the mathematical models underlying chemical, energy, and biological systems to enable computationally efficient decision making. Current theoretical areas of interest include (1) identifying easy-to-solve subproblems within large, complex optimization problems, (2) developing new solution approaches which better exploit a given problem’s structure, (3) enhancing data-driven decision-making methods through a priori dimensionality reduction in data collection, and (4) reducing the complexity of many-objective optimization problems by identifying subsets of objectives which have the strongest tradeoffs.
S. Ali Arefifar	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/arefifar-s-ali/	Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering	Seyed Ali Arefifar is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the College of Innovation and Technology, University of Michigan-Flint. His current research interests include renewable energies, power electronics, electric vehicles and optimizations in planning and operation of smart grids and microgrids. He received a PhD degree in energy systems from University of Alberta in 2010. He was an NSERC Visiting Fellow with Natural Resources Canada, CanmetENERGY, Varennes-en-Argonne, QC, Canada, from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he was a Postdoctoral Research/Teaching Fellow with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. In 2016, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Oakland University, where he was an Associate Professor before joining University of Michigan-Flint in January 2024.
Joe Arvai	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/arvai-joe/	Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise	Joe Árvai is the Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and the Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. He is jointly appointed between the School for Environment & Sustainability, and the Ross School of Business. Joe is an internationally recognized expert in the risk and decisions sciences; his research has two main areas of emphasis: First, Joe and his research group conduct experiments focused on advancing our understanding of how people process information and make decisions, with a specific emphasis on how people make tradeoffs. Second, Joe and his team conduct research focused on developing and testing decision-aiding tools and approaches that can be used by people to improve decision quality across a wide range of environmental, social, and economic contexts. Joe’s research is applied, and accounts for decision-making by a broad spectrum of public and stakeholder groups, as well as by technical experts, business leaders, and policy makers. His work also focuses on choices made by people individually, and when working in groups. Likewise, he conducts his research across a wide range of contexts, ranging from environmental risk management, to consumer choice and policy-making. In addition to Joe’s academic work, he is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chartered Science Advisory Board, and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Environmental Change and Society.
Kelly Askew	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/askew-kelly/	Niara Sudarkasa Professor of Anthropology	Kelly Askew is the Niara Sudarkasa Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies at the University of Michigan. She is author of Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (2002), and co-director of the award-winning documentary film Maasai Remix (2019). She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University. Current projects focus on rural energy access, postsocialist poetics, pastoralism, post-independence African music and art, and land rights in Tanzania.
Arvind Atreya	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/atreya-arvind/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Atreya’s research focuses on combustion, fire, and energy and the environment. He has worked on numerous combustion and environmental problems for industry and the United States Department of Energy, and several fire growth and suppression problems for NASA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Fire Research. He has worked on combustion problems for the large steel industry, the aluminum industry and the cement industry, as well as combustion in diesel engines. In the fire research area, he is well known for his work on ignition and fire growth over charring materials.
Cameron Aubin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/aubin-cameron/	Assistant Professor of Robotics	Prof. Cameron Aubin joined the University of Michigan in 2024 as an assistant professor in the Robotics Department. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 2023. Prof. Aubin’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, materials science, and energy storage/power delivery systems. Specifically, he is focused on finding ways to increase the endurance and adaptability of modern robots through the development of multifunctional energy storage systems. His research interests include redox flow batteries, chemical fuels, and in adjacent fields, soft robotics, microrobotics, and autonomous materials.
Al-Thaddeus Avestruz	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/avestruz-al-thaddeus/	Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Avestruz’s main research focus is in the area of high performance power electronics and wireless power transfer for renewable energy, biomedical, automotive, and consumer applications. He has complementary interests in circuits and systems for sensing, electromagnetic systems, feedback and controls, renewable energy, automotive, biomedical, and consumer applications. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rohini Bala Chandran	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/bala-chandran-rohini/	Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering	Rohini Bala Chandran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She obtained her B.S. (2008) from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS-Pilani), India, an M.S (2010) and a Ph.D. (2015) from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, all in Mechanical Engineering. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory between 2015-2017 in the Energy Storage & Distributed Resources division.
Bart Bartlett	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/bartlett-bart/	Professor of Chemistry at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Energy Institute Associate Director for Science and Technology	Professor Bartlett’s research interests are in inorganic materials, particularly investigating the correlation between atomic/molecular structure and electronic structure for the applications of photoanodes for solar water splitting and ion-insertion materials for electrical energy storage. Research in The Bartlett Group aims to exploit inorganic synthesis to control the composition and morphology of complex materials.
Udo Becker	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/becker-udo/	Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Almost all environmentally relevant reactions in nature or in technical applications that involve minerals are surface or interface reactions; whether it is crystal growth, adsorption reactions, mineral dissolution, redox reactions, or even the growth of crystallites from the melt, the actual reactions always take place at mineral surfaces. This is one reason why I got started: to analyze the atomic and electronic structure, the chemistry and reactivity of mineral surfaces. In addition, over the last 20 years, numerous surface-sensitive techniques have been developed to image and analyze surfaces with up to atomic resolution. Thus, it is possible now to resolve reaction mechanisms step by step without relying too much on hypotheses. Furthermore, we can calculate some of these reactions at a quantum mechanical level. This way, it has become much more satisfying to understand environmental reactions, predict these, or optimize certain reaction types for technological applications or remediation purposes.
Michael Bernitsas	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/bernitsas-michael/	Mortmier E. Cooley Collegiate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Bernitsas’s research thrusts include mooring system dynamics, structural redesign and topology/material evolution, riser and pipeline mechanics, and current energy conversion. He invented and designed an Ocean Current Energy Converter that captures the abundant hydrokinetic energy in ocean and river currents, using an approach that included developing environmentally compatible technologies mimicking phenomena natural to the marine environment, enhancing rather than suppressing Vortex Induced Vibrations, using surface roughness to control turbulence distribution, and implementing fish kinematics. With guidance from the Office of Technology Transfer, Professor Bernitsas founded a company, Vortex Hydro Energy, to help design and sell the device. They are on track to build a prototype that could generate up to 50 kilowatts—enough to power several houses next to a river.
Rosina Bierbaum	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/bierbaum-rosina/	Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Policies	Rosina’s research interests lie at the interface of science and policy–principally on issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation at the national and international levels. She teaches courses on Climate Policy. She has been named the new Chair of the Global Environment Facility’s Science and Technical Advisory Panel, and serves on President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Rosina is an Adaptation Fellow at the World Bank, leads the Adaptation Chapter for the Congressionally-mandated U.S. National Climate assessment, and is review editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She serves on the Boards of several Foundations and NGOs and has lectured on every continent. Bierbaum served in both the executive and legislative branches of Government for two decades–as the Senate-confirmed director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Environment Division, and in multiple capacities at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Rosina was Dean of SEAS from 2001-2011, during which time she oversaw the creation of a new undergraduate Program in the Environment, five new dual Master’s degrees across campus, and tripled interdisciplinary research.
Joel D. Blum	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/blum-d-joel/	John D. MacArthur Professor, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Gerald J. Keeler Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences	Professor Blum’s research group focuses on studies of geochemical controls on the structure and function of ecosystems, and on the application of trace element and isotope geochemistry across the Earth and Environmental Sciences. They utilize state-of-the art methods of chemical analysis and stable and radiogenic isotope measurement to address a wide variety of research problems from forest biogeochemistry and hydrogeochemistry to studies of fisheries and marine chemistry. Some student projects are fieldwork oriented and utilize relatively simple laboratory methods, whereas other projects involve the development of new laboratory procedures and methodologies.
Andre Boehman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/boehman-andre/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Director, W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory	Prof. Boehman joined U-M in 2012 after serving for 18 years at Pennsylvania State University, where he held a position as a Professor of Fuel Science, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering, and taught courses on Energy, Fuels, Combustion and the Environment. Prof. Boehman’s research interests are in alternative and reformulated fuels, combustion and pollution control. Now at the Auto Lab at U-M, Prof. Boehman is developing laboratory facilities to continue his research in advanced fuels and combustion.
Jeremy Bricker	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/bricker-jeremy/	Associate Professor	Jeremy works to assess the feasibility of new and retrofit sites, and evaluate technologies, for hydropower and pumped hydro storage.
Adam Burak	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/burak-adam/	Assistant Research Scientist	Adam Burak has experience in electrochemistry, molten salts, high-temperature advanced reactor systems, and reactor thermal hydraulics. He sees nuclear energy as a critical component of clean energy. Advanced electrolytes, such as molten salts and liquid metals, can also help enable renewable energy and decarbonize industrial processes. Adam's goal is to aid in the development of these advanced technologies, to support the pursuit of net zero. He has been involved in the Versatile Test Reactor program, and is currently working on a project to develop shaft seals for molten salt pumps.
Eunshin Byon	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/byon-eunshin/	Associate Professor	Eunshin Byon is an Associate Professor with the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include optimizing operations and management, data science, and simulation optimization in energy and sustainability applications.
Victoria Campbell-Arvai	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/campbell-arvai-victoria/	Assistant Research Scientist, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Campbell-Arvai’s research uses field and laboratory experiments, and interviews and focus groups to understand the roles of knowledge, values, attitudes and beliefs as drivers of direct and indirect pro-environmental behaviors. She works on individual and community engagement with environmental issues more broadly. Because positive environmental attitudes do not always lead to pro-environmental behaviors, Campbell-Arvai is additionally interested in the role of information provision and behavioral interventions to motivate and support behaviors that lead to positive environmental outcomes. Her other research interests include the factors that influence the acceptability of behavioral interventions in a broad variety of pro-social and pro-environmental contexts; perceptions of the value of reconstructed and restored habitats; student engagement around environmental sustainability; and information provision and other interventions to improve efficacy, motivation and perceptions of control related to engagement with and knowledge of environmental issues. The particular contexts that Campbell-Arvai works in include food, water, and energy systems urban biodiversity, and habitat management and conservation.
Jesse Capecelatro	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/1753/	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Jesse Capecelatro is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell in 2014. Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2016, he was a postdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research is broadly under the realm of fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on multiphase flow, turbulence, and high-performance computing.
Brad Cardinale	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/cardinale-brad/	Professor and Director, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research	Brad Cardinale uses theory, experiments, and observational studies to address questions aimed at understanding how human alteration of the environment impacts the biotic diversity of communities and, in turn, how this loss can affect fluxes of energy and matter that are fundamental to all biological processes. He focuses on this topic because he believes that global loss of biodiversity ranks among the most important and dramatic environmental problems in modern history. Yet, even while rates of species extinction are approaching those of prior mass extinctions, we know very little about the different roles that species play in ecosystems. More importantly, we have almost no idea how the well being of our own species might be linked to the great variety of life that is the most striking feature of our planet.
Steven Ceccio	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ceccio-steve/	Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering; Professor, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Professor, Mechnical Engineering & Applied Mechanics; Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering	Professor Ceccio’s research focuses on the fluid mechanics of multiphase flows and high Reynolds number flows. Specific research topics include flow in propulsors and turbomachinery, cavitating flows, vortical flows, friction drag reduction using bubble and polymer injection, the dynamics of liquid-gas, gas-solid, and three-phase disperse flows, and the development of flow diagnostics.
Carlos Cesnik	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/cesnik-carlos/	Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering	Carlos Cesnik is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, and Director of the Active Aeroelasticity and Structures Research Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the AIAA and serve as its Deputy Director for Structures. Prof. Cesnik is a member of AIAA’s Structural Dynamics Technical Committee and the Adaptive Structures Technical Committee, and a member of the AHS Dynamics Technical Committee. He has over 220 archival journal papers, conference papers, and technical reports, and several invited lectures, in the areas of fixed and rotary wing aeroelasticity, smart structures, structural mechanics, and structural health monitoring. Previously to his appointment as a tenured associate professor at the University of Michigan, Prof. Cesnik was the Boeing Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and then Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He has also worked as a research engineer at Embraer and has extensive experience in aeroelasticity, finite element modeling, and structural and design optimization. His research interests focus on active aeroelastic structures, computational aeroelasticity, and structural health monitoring. He has a patent for a wing-morphing concept for cannon-launched UAV. This work was selected for the 2002 ASME-Boeing Structures & Materials Award “on the basis of originality and significance to the filed of Aerospace Engineering.” Prof. Cesnik is currently Associated Editor for the AIAA Journal and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management and the Structural Durability and Health Monitoring.
Xi Chen	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/chen-xi/	Assistant Professor, Engineering and Computer Science	Research Interests: Supply chain management, Sustainable operations, Smart mobility systems and the sharing economy, E-commerce and supply chains
Mosharaf Chowdhury	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/chowdhury-mosharaf/	Associate Professor	Associate Professor
Herek Clack	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/clack-herek/	Research Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering	Research focuses on the study, characterization, and enhancement of fluid, thermal, and mass transport processes, primarily associated with combustion and combustion emissions control. Specific areas of interest include: droplet combustion, especially involving radiant heating effects; control of trace toxic and metallic compounds emitted as a result of fossil fuel combustion; electrostatic precipitation and novel uses of electro-hydrodynamics (EHD) to augment heat and mass transfer; particulate carbon emissions and their climate forcing effects, especially as they intersect with other air pollutant emissions. Activities are primarily experimental in nature, with computational modeling used to extrapolate to larger scales or to experimentally challenging environments. This research has funding from and implications for both industrial clients and federal and international agencies tasked with addressing environmental hazards relating to air quality and the emission of air pollutants.
Juan Cole	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/cole-juan/	Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three and a half decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East (Simon & Schuster, July 2014). He also authored Engaging the Muslim World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and many other books. He has translated works of Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran. He has appeared on PBS’s Lehrer News Hour, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, the Today Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes’ All In, the Colbert Report, Democracy Now! and many others. He has given many radio and press interviews. He has written widely about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has written about the upheavals in the Arab World since 2011, including about Sunni extremist groups and Shiite politics. He has regular columns at The Nation and Truthdig. Cole commands Arabic, Persian and Urdu and reads Turkish, knows both Middle Eastern and South Asian Islam. He lived in various parts of the Muslim world for more than a decade, and continues to travel widely there.
Michael Craig	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/craig-michael/	Assistant Professor of Energy Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability	Michael Craig is an Assistant Professor of Energy Systems at the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). He primarily researches how to reduce global and local environmental impacts of electric power and other energy systems. In prior work, he quantified the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction potential of new technologies, such as rooftop solar, grid-scale batteries, and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). He focuses on system-level analysis to understand the deployment potential and operations of new technologies given the constraints and features of the larger system in which they are embedded. Through system analyses, his research also illuminates how the operations and evolution of energy systems respond to new technologies and other factors, e.g. nonstationary environmental conditions induced by climate change. Much of Michael’s research is interdisciplinary in nature, so involves collaborations with economists, climate scientists, and others. Future research interests include CCS deployment pathways, emission impacts of grid-scale batteries in future power systems, net-zero and negative emission systems, and optimal near-term decisions given uncertainty in long-term decarbonization pathways.
William Currie	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/currie-william/	Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability	Bill Currie, PhD, is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the environment and the development of sustainability science. His research and scholarly interests include ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry including carbon and nutrient cycling, physics and energetics, landscapes and coupled human-natural systems, land conservation and management, biofuels and food security, computational modeling and simulation, synthesis using models, and philosophical foundations of modeling. Currie has a background in ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry (nutrient and carbon cycling), energetics, systems dynamics modeling and individual-based / agent-based modeling. He is interested in using our current understanding in these fields to investigate ecosystem change and dynamics in coupled human-environment systems. Currie studies the linkages among carbon, nutrient, and water cycling and energy flows and transformations in terrestrial ecosystems and human-environment systems. He is interested in using our current understanding of ecosystems to explore creative, new understanding of the two-way interactions in human-environment systems. He works at scales from field plots to landscapes, collaborating with other researchers and students to integrate understanding and build models for synthesis. The goal of this research is to contribute to the developing field of sustainability science using an approach that grows out of ecosystem science.
Neil Dasgupta	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/dasgupta-neil/	Assistant Professor, Mechnical Engineering	The Dasgupta group performs research at the intersection of nanotechnology, energy science, and manufacturing. Their goal is to develop scalable, low-cost techniques for the synthesis and assembly of nanostructures to address complex energy-related environmental challenges. Example applications include solar photovoltaics, artificial photosynthesis, catalysts, and batteries. Their research is highly interdisciplinary, drawing from influences in mechanical engineering, materials science, electrical engineering, physics and chemistry.
Roger De Roo	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/de-roo-roger/	Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering	Dr. De Roo’s research focuses on technology development for microwave remote sensing, especially digital radiometry, calibration techniques for microwave remote sensing, and microwave remote sensing signature analysis. He specializes in microwave remote sensing, particularly the physical science of how it works, as opposed to being a scientific user of remote sensing products, such as imagery. As such, he studies instrumentation, measurement techniques, cal/val, interference mitigation and remote sensing signature characterization.
Heather Dawson	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/dawson-heather/	Professor of Biology	I am a natural resources biologist, and prior to my faculty position was a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My lab uses multiple methods in an effort to improve the management of the invasive Great Lakes sea lamprey, and improve the environmental health of Flint and the Flint River.
Aniruddha Deb	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/deb-aniruddha/	Associate Scientist, Department of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
John M. DeCicco	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/decicco-m-john/	Research Professor Emeritus	John M. DeCicco is a research professor emeritus retired from the University of Michigan Energy Institute. His work addresses global energy and environmental challenges through an interdisciplinary approach anchored in physical science while drawing insights from economics, other social sciences and public policy. As a nationally recognized leader on energy issues, Prof. DeCicco’s research has focused on transportation sector energy use and CO2 emissions, including vehicle efficiency, petroleum use, biofuels, electrification and consumer issues as well as the role of atmospheric CO2 removal in offsetting the CO2 released from the combustion of liquid fuels. His past studies were influential in the development of automotive fuel economy and GHG emissions standards and his recent work addresses methodological challenges related to biofuels and atmospheric CO2 levels. He remains active in research and also teaches the “Mobility and the Environment” module for the Foundations of Mobility online credential offered by the University of Michigan. His Cars and Climate website includes brief summaries of his work and perspectives on the issue. Over the years he has analyzed many other energy and environmental topics, including energy use in buildings, energy-related consumer behavior and the impacts of electricity generation. He directed the University of Michigan Energy Survey from Fall 2013 through Winter 2019; co-chaired the university’s conference on Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) from 2014 through 2019; and serves as a lecturer and speaker for both academic and general audiences. Before returning to academia in 2009, he spent over twenty years working on energy and environmental policy at nonprofit organizations, including positions as a senior fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund, transportation director for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and staff scientist at the National Audubon Society. He has testified numerous times before Congress and has more than 200 published papers, articles, reports and formal public policy submissions to his credit. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University.
Thomas Downar	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/downar-thomas/	Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering	Professor Downar’s work centers on the safety analysis of nuclear plants. He spent time on the faculty at Purdue and UC Berkeley before accepting his current position at the University of Michigan in 2008. Specifically, Downar and his group have developed computer codes for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to certify safety performance of nuclear plants across the US as well as throughout the world. Currently, Downar and his group are also developing the next-generation code for the Department of Energy called MPACT – or the Michigan PArallel Characteristics Transport Code.
James Duderstadt	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/duderstadt-james/	President Emeritus, University Professor of Science and Engineering	Professor Duderstadt’s research interests include nuclear fission reactors, thermonuclear fusion, high-powered lasers, computer simulation, information technology, and policy development in areas such as energy, education, and science.
Vladimir Dvorkin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/dvorkin-vladimir/	Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering	Vladimir Dvorkin is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan — Ann Arbor. Before moving to Michigan, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Energy Initiative and LIDS) from 2021–2023. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Elektro) in 2021 and also visited Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering during his Ph.D. studies. Vladimir's research focuses on the energy transition towards a renewable-dominant and low-carbon energy supply, viewed through the lenses of optimization and machine learning, energy economics, and algorithmic data privacy.
Kira Edwards	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/edwards-kira/	IES Program Manager	Kira Edwards is the Program Manager for IES. She works to facilitate energy research and coordination amongst the University of Michigan. Kira completed her Bachelor's of Science in Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. She worked in environmental consulting for a few years, working on investigations, remediation, permitting, and compliance. She then completed her Master's of Engineering in Energy Systems Engineering at University of Michigan. While at University of Michigan, she was a Dow Sustainability Fellow, focused on solar viability in Washtenaw County. Special research interests include energy equity, energy and the environment, and resilient energy systems.
Brian Ellis	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ellis-brian/	Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering	My research interests cover topics related to the sustainable and safe development of emerging energy technologies. Included among these activities are geologic storage of CO2 and large-scale hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas reservoirs. We examine important water-rock interactions that occur in these subsurface systems through a combination of experimental studies (bench-scale high-pressure flow-through and batch reactors), imaging techniques (computed micro-tomography, SEM, XRF, XANES), and geochemical modeling. Specific topics of interest: permeability evolution in fractured geologic media, release/transport of groundwater contaminants from shale gas reservoirs, development of regulatory policy pertaining to hydraulic fracturing activities.
Anthony (Tony) W. England	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/england-w-anthony-tony/	Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, U-M Dearborn	Dr. A.W. (Tony) England is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn after serving two years as Interim Dean. Dr. England earned his Ph.D. in geophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His master’s and bachelor’s degrees in geology and geophysics are also from MIT. He is a scientist and former astronaut with NASA where he served as Mission Scientist for Apollo’s 13 and 16, Mission Specialist crewman on the Spacelab 2 flight in 1985, and Space Station Program Scientist in 1986-87. He is also a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and atmospheric, oceanic, and of space sciences in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As a scholar, educator, and administrator, Dr. England has 150 peer reviewed publications; he has vigorously supported faculty and student diversity as recognized by the University of Michigan’s Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award in 2002, as well as the university’s NCID Exemplary Diversity Engagement and Scholarship Award in 2009; and he served for five years as associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering on the Ann Arbor campus. His research has included scattering theory applied to the microwave brightness of the earth and other planets, and the development and use of ice-sounding radar for the study of glaciers in Alaska and Antarctica. Currently, his research concerns developing Land-Surface Process/Radiobrightness (LSP/R) models of land-atmosphere energy and moisture fluxes in the Arctic. Dr. England has been a Research Geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a visiting Professor at Rice University, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research, a member of the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board, and chair of several federal committees concerned with science and technology policy. He is also a Fellow of IEEE.
Tulga Ersal	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ersal-tulga/	Associate Research Scientist	Tulga Ersal is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His areas of research include system dynamics and control, mathematical modeling, model reduction, multi-body dynamics, networked hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and biomechanics. Applications include vehicle dynamics; vehicle powertrains; energy systems; driver modeling; human stance and balance.
Paige Fischer	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/fischer-paige/	Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability	My research group focuses on human dimensions of environmental change in forest ecosystems. The primary goal of my research is to increase scientific understanding of human behavior as it relates to the sustainability of socio-ecological systems. I investigate factors that enable and constrain human adaptation to environmental change including natural hazards and climate-related changes. I am particularly interested in understanding the capacity of individuals (e.g., private landowners) and organizations (e.g., natural resource agencies and environmental organizations) to adapt to environmental change through individual and collective natural resource management and environmental conservation actions. I draw on theories from the fields of natural resource sociology and human geography in my work. My methods include qualitative interview analysis, quantitative survey analysis and social network analysis. I collaborate with researchers from diverse disciplines using a broad range of analytical approaches and strive to address problems of concern to local practitioners.
H. Scott Fogler	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/fogler-h-scott/	Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor	Scott Fogler is the author of the 12 books, including the Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th Edition, and Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering, which are estimated to be used by 70-80% of all chemical engineering programs in the United States and also dominate the world wide market. Forty-five PhD students have graduated from his research group. Fogler and his students are well-known for their work on the application of fundamental chemical reaction engineering principles to the petroleum industry. They have published over 240 research articles in areas such as acidization of petroleum wells, upstream engineering gelation kinetics, wax deposition in subsea pipelines and asphaltene flocculation and deposition kinetics.
Stephen Forrest	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/forrest-stephen/	William Gould Dow Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Professor Forrest’s research focuses on the areas of optics and photonics, quantum science and devices, solid-state devices and nanotechnology, and energy science and engineering. His research interests include organic electronics, photonic integrated circuits, and photonic materials.
Alec Gallimore	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/gallimore-alec/	Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering Arthur F. Thurnau Professor	Dr. Alec Gallimore is the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan where he directs the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory. Professor Gallimore is on the faculty of the Applied Physics program at Michigan, is the director of the NASA-funded Michigan Space Grant Consortium and the director of an Air Force Center of Excellence in advanced spacecraft propulsion. He received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, where he specialized in plasma physics and advanced space propulsion. His primary research interests include electric propulsion, plasma diagnostics, space/re-entry plasma simulation, nanoparticle physics, and the utilization of plasma for energy production and environmental remediation. He has experience with a wide array of electric propulsion technologies including Hall thrusters, ion engines, arcjets, and MPD thrusters, and has implemented a variety of probe, microwave, and optical/laser plasma diagnostics. The author of more than 285 journal and conference papers on electric propulsion and plasma physics, Professor Gallimore has been the recipient of a number of University of Michigan prizes including the Trudy Huebner Service Excellence Award in 2005, the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award in 2005, and the Outstanding Accomplishment Award in Aerospace Engineering in 2002. He received the Best Paper in Electric Propulsion Awardfor work presented at the 1998 Joint Propulsion Conference, and the Outstanding Achievement in Academia Award from the National GEM Consortium in 2004. Professor Gallimore serves on the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Electric Propulsion Technical Committee and is an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Professor Gallimore is an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Propulsion and Power and the newJoint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Aerospace Propulsion Journal for ITAR-restricted work, and has served on a number of advisory boards for NASA and the Department of Defense including the United States Air Force Scientific Advisor Board (AFSAB). He was awarded the Decoration for Meritorious Civilian Service in 2005 for his work on the AFSAB.
Fei Gao	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/gao-fei/	Professor	Prof. Fei Gao continued his study in UK after graduating from Lanzhou University and received his Ph. D degree in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Liverpool of UK in 1991. Since then, He worked at University of Liverpool and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of USA (PNNL), as senior research scientist and chief scientist, as well as an adjunct professor Washington State University of USA. Since 2014, Dr Gao joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences in University of Michigan. Prof. Gao’s current work mainly focuses on ion-solid interaction, irradiation damage, detector materials, nanostructures properties, Li+ ion battery, development and application of multi-scale modeling of materials, nuclear materials and energy materials.
Elisabeth R. Gerber	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/gerber-r-elizabeth/	Professor of Public Policy	Elisabeth R. Gerber is the associate dean for research and policy engagement and the Jack L. Walker, Jr. Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School, with a courtesy appointment in the U-M Department of Political Science. Her current research focuses on regionalism and intergovernmental cooperation, sustainable development, urban climate adaptation, transportation policy, community and economic development, local fiscal capacity, and local political accountability. Prof. Gerber is the author of The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation (1999), co-author of Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy (2000), and co-editor of Voting at the Political Fault Line: California’s Experiment with the Blanket Primary (2001) and Michigan at the Millennium (2003). She recently completed a five-year term as vice-chair of the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.
Chris Giebink	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/giebink-chris/	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Chris Giebink received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University working on organic light emitting diodes and lasers, and holds undergraduate degrees in both Physics and Engineering Science from Trinity University (TX). He holds 11 patents and is a senior member of the IEEE, OSA, SPIE, and National Academy of Inventors as well as a recipient of the DARPA YFA, AFOSR YIP, and NSF CAREER awards.
Harry Giles	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/giles-harry/	Clinical Professor of Practice in Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning	Harry Giles teaches structures at the graduate level and is an adviser in the PhD program in the area of Building Technology. He also practices as a design, materials and structural engineering consultant on diverse large building and small experimental projects such as HGDesign+Technology. He also runs collaborative teaching workshops through research, with the departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and School of Environment and Sustainability, using interdisciplinary studio based design methods as a creative model for technical inquiry.
Ronald M. Gilgenbach	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/gilgenbach-m-ronald/	Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Ronald M. Gilgenbach is the Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate Professor in the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Department at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1978. His B.S. (1972) and M.S. (1973) degrees were received at the University of Wisconsin. In the early 1970’s he spent several years as a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Labs. From 1978-1980, he performed gyrotron research at the Naval Research Lab (NRL) and performed the first electron cyclotron heating experiments on a tokamak plasma in the USA at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Gilgenbach joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1980 and became Director of the Plasma, Pulsed Power and Microwave Laboratory. At UM, Dr. Gilgenbach has supervised 50 graduated Ph.D. students, has published over 180 articles in refereed journals, and has 5 patents granted. As NERS department Chair from 2010-2018, he conceived and led the construction of the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory building in the shell of the former Ford Nuclear Reactor building. His research at Michigan has concentrated on pulsed-power driven fusion energy, advanced particle accelerators, electron beams, plasma physics, high power microwave generation, as well as biological interactions of radio-frequency and ultrawideband radiation, particularly for killing cancer cells. He has collaborated in research with scientists at Air Force Research Lab, Sandia National Labs, NASA Glenn, Northrop-Grumman, L-3 Communications, General Motors Research Labs, Los Alamos National Lab, Fermilab, Naval Research Lab and Institute of High Current Electronics (Russia). He received the UM College of Engineering Research Award in 1993, the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1984) and the 1997 Plasma Sciences and Applications Committee (PSAC) Award from the IEEE, served as PSAC Chair in 2007-2008 and received an Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the American Nuclear Society. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics and the American Nuclear Society and Life Fellow of the IEEE. In 2016-2018, he served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research. He is past Associate Editor of the journal, Physics of Plasmas.
Sharon Glotzer	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/glotzer-sharon/	Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering John Werner Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Physics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	The Glotzer group uses computer simulation to discover the fundamental principles of how nanoscale systems of building blocks self-assemble, and to discover how to control the assembly process to engineer new materials. By mimicking biological assembly, they are exploring ways to nano-engineer materials that are self-assembling, self-sensing, and self-regulating. The group is developing theory and molecular simulation tools to understand these materials, and elucidate the nature of supercooled liquids, glasses, and crystallization.
Rachel Goldman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/goldman-rachel/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Goldman is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering who holds joint appointments in Physics and in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. She has served as Graduate Chair of MSE (2008 to 2012), Associate Director of Applied Physics (2010 to present), C-PHOM Education Director (2011 to present), and Member of the College of Engineering Executive Committee (2014-2017). Professor Goldman began her academic career at U-M in 1997 as the Dow Corning Assistant Professor. She received the Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS) in 2002, the Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award from U-M in 2004, the Augustus Anson Whitney Fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute in 2005, and the Monroe-Brown Foundation Service Excellence Award from U-M in 2011. In 2012, Goldman was elected Fellow of both the AVS and American Physical Society. She has held editorial positions for the Bulletin of the Materials Research Society, the Journal of Electronic Materials, the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, and Thin Solid Films. Goldman served on the AVS Board of Directors (2005-2008) and as an AVS Trustee (2008-2011); Professor Goldman is active in committee leadership and symposium organization for MRS, TMS, and APS.
Bryan R. Goldsmith	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/goldsmith-r-bryan/	Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	The Goldsmith Lab performs interdisciplinary research using state-of-the-art electronic-structure theory and molecular simulation, as well as data analytics tools, to understand catalysts and materials under realistic conditions, and to help generate a platform for their design and use in sustainable fuel production, energy storage, and pollution reduction. See the posters below for more information about our current research thrusts and recent research highlights. A native of the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, Prof. Goldsmith obtained his BS in chemical engineering at the University of California Riverside (2010) and his PhD in chemical engineering with Baron Peters at the University of California Santa Barbara (2015). Prior to joining University of Michigan, Prof. Goldsmith was a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany working with Luca Ghiringhelli and Matthias Scheffler.
Benjamin Goldstein	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/goldstein-benjamin/	Postdoctoral Fellow	Benjamin Goldstein is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Erb Institute. He researches the supply chains that bring products to final consumers and the uneven environmental and socioeconomic impacts these supply chains produce. Benjamin received his Ph.D. in Management Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, where he studied the environmental impacts of urban food consumption and urban farming. His dissertation work received coverage in popular science outlets, including Bloomberg and Seeker. He is also a member of the Urban Sustainability Research Group at the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS).
Theodore Goodson III	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/goodson-theodore-iii/	Richard Berry Bernstein Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Goodson’s research utilizes a number of spectroscopic techniques towards investigating the optical properties and applications of novel organic macromolecular materials. A major emphasis is placed on the new properties observed in organic macromolecules with branching repeat structures as well as organic macromolecules encapsulated with small metal particles.
Dana Gorodetsky	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/gorodetsky-dana/	WDI Energy & Mobility Program Manager	Dana Gorodetsky is Program Manager for the Energy and Mobility consulting group. She manages a portfolio of projects and leads business development efforts in Energy. She also supports commercialization of new energy technologies and manages energy consulting projects with clients and partners. Gorodetsky brings experience managing programs, projects and grants at both international development organizations and at local organizations. At MIT, Gorodetsky managed the MIT D-Lab Practical Impact Alliance, a social impact membership group of international NGO, corporate, startup and government stakeholders working on collaborative, market-based solutions to global poverty issues. She also developed proposals and managed grants across MIT. Gorodetsky has also consulted for several domestic NGOs and small companies in the areas of resource development, project management, and communications. She holds a master’s degree in Education Leadership and Policy from Boston University, and a BA in Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment from the University of Michigan. She also has a MicroMasters in Sustainable Energy from the University of Queensland.
Joe Grengs	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/grengs-joe/	Chair of Urban and Regional Planning, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning	Joe Grengs serves as the chair of the Urban and Regional Planning program, as well as Coordinator of the Transportation Planning concentration. He teaches courses in transportation planning, spatial analysis, and a doctoral research seminar. His research focuses on transportation planning and how metropolitan land-use patterns contribute to uneven economic development and social inequalities. His work argues for improving transportation systems by shifting from mobility to accessibility as the primary criterion by which transportation policy is evaluated. He focuses on showing how the concept of accessibility offers a more effective evaluation tool for advancing social justice than current planning practices. He serves on the Executive Committee and is Treasurer for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP). He was appointed by the Obama Administration and currently serves on the Federal Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Joe is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a registered professional engineer, with work experience in both the private and public sectors, and in international settings. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota, and a PhD in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University.
L. Jay Guo	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/guo-jay-l/	Professor: Eletrical Engineering and Computer Science Mechnical Engineering, Marcomolecular Science and Engineering, Applied Physics	L. Jay Guo started his academic career at the University of Michigan in 1999, and has been a full professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2011, with dry appointment in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Macomolecular Science and Engineering. He has > 230 refereed journal publications with over 25,000 citations. Prof. Guo’s researches include hybrid photovoltaics and photodetectors, polymer-based photonic devices and sensor applications, flexible transparent conductors, plasmonic and nanophotonics, nanoimprint-based and roll to roll nanomanufacturing technologies. We are interested in developing photovoltaics that are suitable for building-integration or vehicle integration, especially with proper color appearance while maintaining high efficiency. We are also developing novel optical coatings that can control the transmission, reflection and absorption of electromagnetic waves in the desired frequency range for a number of applications.
Brian Hall	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hall-brian/	University of Michigan Director of Utilities	As Director of Utilities, Brian oversees all aspects of the production, procurement and distribution of the critical Utility Systems to campus. This includes steam, electricity, natural gas and potable water as well as campus wide sanitary and storm sewer collection. Brian was Senior Manager of Electrical Operations from 2016 to 2020, responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the university’s electrical distribution and outdoor lighting systems. His responsibilities also included managing the building substation replacement program, electrical distribution master planning, and maintaining the electrical metering and billing system. Prior to joining U-M, Brian worked 19 years in the automotive industry, primarily at Ford and Visteon manufacturing plants. Prior to his experience in the automotive industry, Brian worked at Toledo Edison’s Bay Shore Generating Station where he supported the plant’s preventative maintenance program and substation operations. Brian is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio and holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toledo.
Richard Hamilton	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hamilton-richard/	Instrument and Controls Specialist	Richard Hamilton works at the University of Michigan- Flint Campus. Currently he is the Energy Management Systems Lead and in charge Building Automation Engineering and monitoring. Collaborates with the local utility to manage and conserve energy around campus. Richard is interested in research of Artificial Intelligence usage in smart building systems. He is the former Co-chair of the U of M Flint Sustainability Committee.
Robert Hampshire	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hampshire-robert/	Associate Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and Research Associate Professor, U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS)	Robert C. Hampshire is an associate professor of public policy at the Ford School, a research associate professor in both the U-M Transportation Research Institute’s (UMTRI) Human Factors group and Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE). He develops and applies operations research, data science, and systems approaches to public and private service industries. His research focuses on the management and policy analysis of emerging networked industries and innovative mobility services such as smart parking, connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, ride-hailing, bike sharing, and car sharing. He has worked extensively with both public and private sector partners worldwide. He is a queueing theorist that uses statistics, stochastic modeling, simulation and dynamic optimization. Hampshire received a PhD in operations research and financial engineering from Princeton University.
Sol Hart	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hart-sol/	Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Program in the Environment	Sol Hart is an Associate Professor in both Communication Studies and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. He specializes in risk communication related to environmental, science, and risk issues. Professor Hart’s research investigates the psychological processes underlying effective risk communication. This research area includes understanding the role of the media in motivating and engaging the public around a variety of issues and how to create effective messages that can cross ideological divides and resonate with broad sections of the public. Professor Hart’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His research has been published in a number of peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Science Communication, Public Understanding of Science, Medical Decision Making, Society and Natural Resources, and Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture.
Catherine Hausman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hausman-catherine/	Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy	Catherine H. Hausman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economics Research. Her work focuses on environmental and energy economics. Her research has appeared in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Recent projects have looked at the economic and environmental impacts of shale gas; the market impacts of nuclear power plant closures; and the effects of electricity market deregulation on nuclear power safety. Prior to her graduate studies, Catherine studied in Peru under a Fulbright grant. She has taught Statistics, a policy seminar on Energy and the Environment, and a course on Government Regulation of Industry and the Environment. She holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jennifer Haverkamp	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/haverkamp-jennifer/	Graham Family Director, Graham Sustainability Institute	Jennifer Haverkamp, the Graham Family Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute, is an internationally recognized expert on climate change, international trade, and global environmental policy and negotiations. As director, she is charged with facilitating sustainability-focused collaborations between faculty and students from many disciplines across campus with external stakeholders including communities, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, foundations, professional organizations, and the private sector. Under her leadership, the Graham Sustainability Institute works to bring together the world-class expertise of U-M faculty and students with the knowledge and needs of these off-campus partners to solve sustainability challenges on all scales, from the local to the global. She is also a Professor from Practice at Michigan Law School, teaching courses on international environmental law and trade and sustainability law.
Ian Hiskens	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hiskens-ian/	Vennema Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Hiskens’s research interests include power system analysis, and analysis and control of nonlinear non-smooth dynamical systems. His areas of specialty are power system dynamics and control, wind power, grid controllability, and inverse problems. He also teaches courses on infrastructure for vehicle electrification and grid integration of renewable energy sources.
Andrew Hoffman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hoffman-andrew/	HOLCIM (US), Inc. Professor in Sustainable Enterprise Professor of Management and Organizations, Ross School of Business Professor of Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources and Environment Director, ERB Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise	Professor Hoffman’s research focuses on corporate strategies that address environmental and social issues, using a sociological perspective to understand the cultural and institutional aspects of environmental issues for organizations. In particular, he focuses on the processes by which environmental issues both emerge and evolve as social, political and managerial issues.
Heath Hofmann	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hofmann-heath/	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	A professor of electrical engineering at The University of Michigan, Heath Hofmann’s expertise lies in the areas of power electronics and electromechanical systems. Specific research interests include energy harvesting, flywheel energy storage systems, finite element analysis, and the design and control of electric machines. Dr. Hofmann regularly teaches courses in power electronics and energy conversion, and has developed graduate and senior level courses in electromechanics and electric machinery and drives. His research has been sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, NASA, and the National Science Foundation, among others. He serves as associate editor to IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and the International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields.
Xianglei Huang	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/huang-xianglei/	Professor	Prof. Huang is specialized in radiation and climate, with an equal emphasis on observations and large-scale modeling. His group has evaluated the impact of solar-farm deployment on the local radiation budget. He is also conducting research on data-driven forecasting techniques for the renewable energy sector. In 2022 his group won a top prize from the DoE-sponsored American-Made Solar Forecasting competition.
Mark Hunter	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/hunter-mark/	Henry A. Gleason Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, School of Environment and Sustainability	Professor Hunter’s research interests include plant-herbivore interactions, population dynamics, ecosystem ecology, and biodiversity. This research links population processes and ecosystem processes in terrestrial environments.
Joshua Jack	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/jack-joshua/	Assistant Professor	Joshua Jack is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Prof. Jack served as a postdoctoral research scholar in the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment and the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Princeton University. Jack previously earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and holds a doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder. During his graduate studies, Jack obtained extensive interdisciplinary research experience at both the DOE-National Renewable Energy Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center, and has received numerous awards and honors. Jack’s current research focuses on energy and resource recovery as part of a sustainable water-energy-climate nexus with a special focus on process design of integrated electrochemical and biological technologies towards advanced water treatment, water electrolysis( i.e. H2 production), bioenergy and biofuels synthesis from waste feedstocks, and scalable CO2 valorization into valuable fuels and chemicals. Jack collaborates with many researchers across the College of Engineering as well as various DOE laboratories and private energy companies.
Pamela Jagger	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/jagger-pamela/	Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability	Pam Jagger is a global leader in interdisciplinary population and environment research. She is trained as an applied political economist whose research focuses on the dynamics of poverty and environment interactions in low income countries. She leads the interdisciplinary Forest Use, Energy, and Livelihoods (FUEL) Lab, and is the Director of the National Science Foundation funded Energy Poverty PIRE in Southern Africa (EPPSA), a 5-year collaborative program to support research and training on the topic of energy access in Southern Africa. FUEL Lab research is currently organized around three themes: environment and livelihoods, environmental governance, and energy poverty. The first theme focuses on quantifying the role of forests and the other environmental resources in household consumption and income generation, and understanding how contributions change in response to land use land cover change, implementation of conservation and development projects (e.g., REDD+), and population dynamics. The second theme examines the livelihood impacts of changes in environmental governance and institutions on access to environmental goods and services. The third theme examines energy poverty including understanding the effectiveness of interventions designed to mitigate energy poverty and improve access to electricity and cleaner cooking, novel research questions related to the effects of land and forest use on human health. Dr. Jagger has worked as a policy research scholar with the World Bank, Resources for the Future, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the Center for International Forestry Research.
Timothy James	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/james-timothy/	Lewis Wehmeyer Chair in Mycology Associate Professor and Associate Curator of Fungi	James received his Ph.D. degree from Duke University in biology in 2003. He was a postdoctoral fellow in biology at Duke University from 2003-2006, in evolutionary biology at Uppsala University from 2006-2007, and in biology at McMaster University 2008. He studies the evolution of sex and reproductive traits of Fungi and attempts to link these traits with phylogeny and population genetics. He is particularly interested in the intriguing phenomenon of heterokaryosis in Fungi. The heterokaryon is an alternative to diploidy in which multiple genetically-different nuclei inhabit the same cell after mating occurs. He is studying genomic conflict in this system by measuring the degree to which the nuclei of a heterokaryon compete or cooperate with each other. Understanding this behavior includes investigating the role of pheromone signaling in the communication between nuclei. In addition, his lab is interested in the evolution of the ancient aquatic fungi known as the chytrids. Their methodology includes molecular biology, phylogenetics, and fungal cultivation.
Reiwei Jiang	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/jiang-ruiwei-2/	Associate Professor	Associate Professor
Jionghua (Judy) Jin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/jionghua-judy-jin/	Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Jin’s research interests are primarily in the areas of industrial statistics and quality engineering. Her recent research focuses on data fusion for complex system modeling, design innovation, and performance improvement decision-making, which requires integration of system control theory, signal processing, data mining, applied statistics, DOE, quality and reliability engineering.
Dewey Dohoy Jung	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/jung-dohoy-dewey/	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, U-M Dearborn	Dr. Jung’s research interests include internal combustion engines, powertrain, modeling and computer simulation of engine processes and systems, turbocharging, combustion, heat transfer and pollutant emissions in engines, vehicle and engine system integration modeling, hybrid powertrain modeling, and heat transfer and humidification modeling of fuel cells.
Lars Junghans	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/junghans-lars/	Associate Professor of Architecture, Taubman College	Lars Junghans is an Assistant Professor at Taubman College at the University of Michigan. His research work is focused on developing and optimization of high performance buildings with a comprehensive view to all aspects of the building thermal behavior including passive and active strategies. His research work is aimed to find holistic optimal solutions for the challenges of buildings in different climate zones. Current research work is focused on the uncertainty analysis of building optimization algorithm and on fast calculating building optimization algorithm. The interdisciplinary research work includes aspects of economics, decision theory, statistics, design optimization and building physics. Further research work includes building automation technology and its potential in reducing cost and green house gas emissions. Questions of improved occupant comfort, new ventilation strategies and easy to install technology are prioritized in this research. Dr. Junghans graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH with a PhD in building science. The PhD thesis focused on integrated façade technologies and HVAC systems for tropical and subtropical climates. As a post doctoral fellow at the University of California in Berkeley he worked on the development of a dynamic simulation tool designed to provide predictive feedback for architectural office applications through design phases of project development. Dr. Junghans gained extensive practical experience in the engineering firm TeamGMI known for its planning of high profile architectural projects in Europe. His skill in designing and performing building systems computer simulations and holistic building performance assessment was central in working collaborations with numerous Architecture firms of international stature. As a collaborator Baumschlager & Eberle, he was responsible for the comprehensive design of energy concepts in all levels of the building design and construction process. In both firms he was responsible for the energy concept planning of large scale building projects across a range of typologies such as high rise office buildings, educational buildings, hospitals and multi-family complexes. In an intensive collaboration with Prof. Dietmar Eberle, he developed the “Concept 2226” office building, which is accomplished in August 2013. This building is the first office building in a cold climate without conventional mechanical heating, cooling and ventilation system. Junghans began teaching as a lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein in parallel with his career as a professional engineer. Subsequently, in 2010 he started his academic career at the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor with a special focus on sustainable architecture, building technology and building physics. He is convinced that a good academic teaching in building science is based on practical experience.
Jovan Kamcev	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kamcev-jovan/	Assistant Professor	Dr. Jovan Kamcev is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering. Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2019, he completed his postdoctoral training in Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Long. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2016 from The University of Texas at Austin under the guidance of Profs. Benny Freeman and Donald Paul. His research group focuses on developing structure/property relationships to guide the design of next-generation polymeric materials (e.g., membranes and sorbents) for water treatment and energy generation/storage applications. Example of applications include electrodialysis, capacitive deionization, redox flow batteries, and electrolyzers. He has been recognized with several awards including the DOE Early Career Award and NAMS Young Membrane Scientist Award.
Jerzy Kanicki	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kanicki-jerzy/	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Dr. Jerzy Kanicki started his academic career at the University of Michigan in 1994, after moving to Michigan form IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Height, NY. He spend his sabbatical year at UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego and MIT in 2002, 2009 and 2017, respectively. Professor Kanicki’s research focusses among others on the areas of solid-state devices and nanotechnology, and energy science and engineering. His research include organic and inorganic photovoltaic devices, detectors and active pixel sensors for x-ray imagers, biodegradable hydrogels for various applications, metal oxide semiconductors thin film devices and circuits, transmissive, reflective and emissive flat panel displays, and electrochromic devices. He has over 200 referred journal publications with over 5,000 citations.
Martin M. Kaufman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kaufman-m-martin/	Professor, Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment	Professor Kaufman’s research interests are focused in the areas of groundwater risk assessment, urban environment and energy, urban hydrology, and Geographic Information Systems.
Massoud Kaviany	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kaviany-massoud/	Professor of Mechnical Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Kaviany’s research interests include energy materials, heat transfer physics, laser cooling of solids and gases, thermoelectric materials and micro-thermoelectric cooler, pore-water in fuel cell electrolyte, and heat transfer in micro-inclusions.
Kimberlee J. Kearfott	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kearfott-j-kimberlee/	Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Radiology, School of Medicine	Professor Kearfott’s areas of interest include environmental radiation and biosphere modeling, radiation detection, internal radiation dose assessment, radiation dosimetry, radiation safety practice and regulation, radon gas, low-level and high-level radioactive waste, homeland security, explosives detection, and medical and radiological imaging.
Gregory A. Keoleian	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/keoleian-a-gregory/	Director, Center for Sustainable Sytems Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Sytems, School of Natural Resources and Environment Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Co-coordinator, Engineering Sustainable Sytems Program	Dr. Keoleian co-founded and serves as director of the Center for Sustainable Systems. His research focuses on the development and application of life cycle models and metrics to enhance the sustainability of products and technology. He has pioneered new methods in life cycle design, life cycle optimization of product replacement, life cycle cost analysis and life cycle based sustainability assessments ranging from energy analysis and carbon footprints to social indicators. Systems studied include alternative vehicle technology, renewable energy systems such as wind farms, photovoltaics and willow biomass electricity, buildings and infrastructure, information technology, food and agricultural systems, household appliances, and packaging alternatives.
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/keppel-aleks-gretchen/	Assistant Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences	Gretchen Keppel-Aleks’ research group uses atmospheric and remote sensing observations to develop an understanding of processes that govern the exchange of carbon among reservoirs in the atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial ecosystems. They employ observations to test and improve process-based models ranging in complexity from simple box models to Earth System Models.
John Kieffer	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kieffer-john/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Kieffer’s research works to elucidate the fundamental relationships between processing conditions, structure, and properties of ceramics, hybrid polymer-inorganic composites, and nano-porous materials, using a synergistic combination of atomic-scale computer simulations and scattering experiments to study the processes of molecular assembly in these materials, which include transport phenomena, phase stability, and structural transitions.
Jinsang Kim	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kim-jinsang/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Renewable Energy Professor Kim’s research interests include molecular design, synthesis, modification, and self-assembly of smart polymers for biomedical and optoelectronic applications, including biomaterials, molecular biosensors, smart gels, optoelectronic polymers, conjugated polymers, block copolymers, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, photovoltaic cells, and self-assembly.
Jong-Jin Kim	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kim-jong-jin/	Associate Professor of Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning	Associate Professor Jong-Jin Kim teaches sustainable building technology and at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The principal theme of his research is to explore how environmental sustainability and technological innovation shape future architecture. Under this theme, he conducts research on sustainable design, building energy conservation, solar and wind energy production, and zero energy buildings. His current research projects include development of energy producing facades and zero energy single family homes. He has published and given lectures internationally on energy and environmental sustainability. During 2000 and 2003, he served as an honorary editor for the Sustainable Built-Environment section of the Encyclopedia of Life Supporting Systems sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2005, he was a recipient of the Brainpool Fellowship sponsored by the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation. He has collaborated with architectural practitioners on various green building projects. He is an editorial board member of the Indoor and Building Environment journal.
Youngki Kim	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kim-youngki/	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, U-M Dearborn	Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. degree (2014) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where his thesis focused on control and estimation of lithium-ion battery systems and hybrid electric vehicles. He received B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2003) degrees in the mechanical engineering from the Seoul National University, South Korea. Prior to joining the U-M Dearborn, he was a research engineer at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Ann Arbor Technical Center, where he worked on vehicle modeling and control algorithm development for advanced powertrains and autonomous vehicles. From 2003 to 2008, he worked at Hyundai-Kia Motor Company on topics including design and calibration of powertrains such as internal combustion engines and automatic transmissions for improved sound quality. Dr. Kim received the SAE Russell S. Springer award for an outstanding technical paper in 2019. He has published 21 articles in archival journals and 27 papers in refereed conference proceedings and holds 4 patents. His research includes modeling, simulation, optimization and control of dynamic systems in automotive, energy and transportation applications. His current research projects are focused on energy-efficient operation of electrified vehicles, smart cruise control of light-duty vehicles, modeling and control of vehicle thermal management systems, modeling and estimation of all-solid-state battery systems, and data-driven approaches to diagnosis and prognosis for degradation of lithium-ion battery systems.
Alexandra Klass	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/klass-alexandra/	James G. Degnan Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School	Alexandra B. Klass is the James G. Degnan Professor of Law at Michigan Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, environmental law, natural resources law, tort law, and property law. From April 2022 to July 2023, she served in the Biden-Harris administration as deputy general counsel for energy efficiency and clean energy demonstrations at the US Department of Energy. Klass’s recent scholarly work, published in many of the nation’s leading law journals, addresses regulatory challenges to integrating more renewable energy into the nation’s electric transmission grid, siting and eminent domain issues surrounding interstate electric transmission lines and oil and gas pipelines, and applications of the public trust doctrine to modern environmental law challenges. She is a co-author of Energy Law: Concepts and Insights Series, second edition (Foundation Press, 2020), Energy Law and Policy, third edition (West Academic Publishing, 2022), and Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Problems and Cases, fifth edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2022). Before her appointment at the University of Michigan, Klass was a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. During her time on the Minnesota Law faculty, she was named the Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year in 2010 and 2020, and she served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2010 to 2012. She was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 2015 and at Uppsala University in Sweden in 2019. Before her teaching career, Klass was a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Minneapolis, where she specialized in environmental law and land use litigation. Klass has served in leadership positions in state and national bar organizations and nonprofits. She was a longtime member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and chaired the group's legal committee. In 2020, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed her to the Governor's Advisory Council on Climate Change, where she served until 2022. In 2017, she received the Eldon G. Kaul Distinguished Service Award, presented by the Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association to "a member of the bench or bar who has demonstrated a significant commitment and made an outstanding contribution to environmental, natural resources, or energy law in the state of Minnesota."
Brendan Kochunas	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kochunas-brendan/	Assistant Research Scientist, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Professor Kochunas’s research focuses on computational modeling of nuclear power systems and high performance computing. He received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2013, a master’s from UC Berkeley in 2008, and his Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 2006. As a PhD student Prof. Kochunas started development of the Michigan Parallel Characteristics Transport Code (MPACT), and continues to be one of the principle developers. MPACT has become part of a larger software suite for the Virtual Environment for Reactor Analysis (VERA) that received an R&D 100 in 2016, and has been used to improve the simulation and analysis of over 150 different nuclear reactor operating cycles. Additionally, MPACT has been used within industry to support the safe start-up of Watt’s Bar Unit 2 (May 23, 2016) and the first two AP1000 reactors in the world to reach criticality (June/August 2018). Prof. Kochunas’s interests include next generation nuclear reactor design and operation, computational methods for reactor physics, and hybrid energy systems (e.g. nuclear-renewable) modeling.
Rachel Koltun	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/koltun-rachel/	Engineer in Science	Rachel has expertise working on electronic and optical materials in both the aerospace and glass industry. She developed III-V semiconductors for the aerospace industry at Northrop Grumman. She went on to develop energy efficient optical coatings for windows, bird friendly glass coatings, and low carbon glass manufacturing for Guardian Glass's fleet of 26 large area glass furnaces. Rachel is currently working on semitransparent organic photovoltaics and thermophotovoltaics in Professor Steve Forrest's group.
Patricia (Trish) Koman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/koman-trish-patricia/	Research Investigator, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health Program Manager, College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design	Trish Koman is a research investigator at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Environmental Health Sciences department and the faculty research program manager at the College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design. She leads community-engaged research to create healthier communities. Trish draws on over 20 years of public service as a senior environmental scientist at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) working mainly to improve air quality. She was part of the leadership team for the US EPA’s National Clean Diesel Campaign, where she initiated a partnership to reduce diesel emissions at US marine ports and helped create the Clean School Bus USA partnership program to protect children’s health. Trish managed multi-disciplinary benefit-cost analyses, regulatory programs, and technological innovation initiatives. Her air quality and policy analyses formed the rationale for setting landmark national ambient air quality standards for fine particulate matter, which withstood a challenge to the US Supreme Court. She has been recognized with four Gold Medals for exceptional service to the country and an EPA Administrator award for excellence. In partnership with community groups, Trish led an environmental education effort in Flint, Michigan. Trish received a University of Michigan Provost award for innovation in teaching.
Eric Kort	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kort-eric/	Assistant Professor Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Applied Physics
Sridhar Kota	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kota-sridhar/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Herrick Professor of Engineering Executive Director, MForesight	Sridhar Kota is the Herrick Professor of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and the founding Executive Director of MForesight: Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight -a national consortium on emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing. Between 2009-2012 Prof. Kota served as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He played an instrumental role in initiating and launching National Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and National Robotics Initiative. Kota is the Director for the Compliant Systems Design Laboratory (Est.1994) that develops methods for designing one-piece machines by exploiting the natural elasticity of materials with applications to shape-adaptive structures including wind turbine blades. Kota is the recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Machine Design Award, Leonardo da Vinci Award, the Outstanding Educator Award, University of Michigan Regents Award for Distinguished Public Service and the Distinguished University Innovator Award. He is the founder and CTO of FlexSys Inc., that developed and flight tested the world’s first modern aircraft with shape-changing wings to improve fuel efficiency and noise reduction.
Nicholas A. Kotov	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kotov-nicholas-a/	Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Engineering Professor of Chemical Engineerin Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering	Professor Kotov has appointments in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, materials science and engineering, macromolecular science and engineering, and the Biointerfaces Institute. He uses nanoscale fibers and particles to design and build materials that solve specific problems in biology, medicine, environmental science, chemistry, pharmaceuticals and any other field with a problem that captures his interest.
Madeleine Krol	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/krol-madeleine/	Clean Energy Land Use Specialist	Madeleine Krol is the Clean Energy Land Use Specialist at the Graham Sustainability Institute. In this role, she contributes to research on renewable energy zoning throughout the Great Lakes states and helps Michigan's rural communities with planning and zoning for renewable energy within U-M's partnership with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Through this work, she is providing technical assistance and creates resources on large-scale wind, solar and battery storage to help local governments set policies related to renewable energy. Madeleine joined Graham in 2022 after three years of working for a local government in Germany on energy and sustainability. She has a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Spatial Planning from TU Dortmund University, Germany.
P.C. Ku	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ku-p-c/	Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Ku’s research focuses on energy-efficient optoelectronics using nanostructured materials; for example, how to reduce the laser threshold, how to increase the efficiency of light-emitting diodes and solar cells, how to efficiently transmit the data while maintaining the security, and how to reduce the power requirement for nonlinear optical devices.
Kevin Kubarych	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kubarych-kevin/	Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Education: PhD: University of Toronto; Awards: NSF Career Award 2008; Research Areas of Interest: Biophysical Chemistry, Energy Science, Optics and Imaging, Organometallic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry, Ultrafast Dynamics
Katsuo Kurabayashi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kurabayashi-katsuo/	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Kurabayashi’s research interests include microelectromechanical systems, microscale thermal engineering and design, heat transfer in micro/nano structures, semiconductor processing for micromechanical structure fabrication, microfluidic device, and sensors and actuators.
David Kwabi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/kwabi-david/	Assistant Professor, Mechincal Engineering	Kwabi obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. The Kwabi research group investigates the interplay between electrochemical charge transfer reactions and bulk phase transformations, involving expertise in mechanical engineering, physical chemistry and materials science. This work is primarily motivated by a variety of energy storage applications such as metal-air/sulfur and redox-flow batteries, but bears relevance to molecular separation (e.g. CO2 capture) and photocatalytic processes as well.
Richard Laine	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/laine-richard/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Macrmolecular Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Laine’s major research areas include the synthesis and processing of inorganic and organometallic hybrid polymers and nanooxide powders. Research in the hybrid area emphasizes the synthesis and characterization of nanobuilding blocks based on polyfunctional octahedral (octafunctional) and dodecahederal (dodecafunctional) silsesquioxanes (POSS) and nanocomposites therefrom wherein the periodicity and ordering of the inorganic and organic components are completely defined on a nanometer length scale. Research in the nanooxide powder area emphasizes the direct synthesis of single and mixed-metal oxide nanopowders by flame spray pyrolysis of mixed-metal metalloorganics.
Christian Lastoskie	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lastoskie-christian/	Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering	The Energy and Environmental Laboratory tries to understand how energy production, storage, and consumption impacts the environment, while trying to development novel technologies that can reduce pollutant emissions from energy use. They also study chemical reactions, molecular structure, and chemical transport in order to understand and improve existing energy production, pollution control, and disinfection technologies.
John Lee	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lee-john/	Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering	John Lee is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. He has served as a consultant and reviewer for multiple committees such as the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, the Review Committee for the NRC’s Oversight of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station for the US GAO and the Panel on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems for the National Academy of Sciences.
Julia Lee	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lee-julia/	Assistant Professor of Management and Organizing	I am an Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and study the psychology of narratives, lay theories, and morality. I employ a multitude of methodological approaches, including lab and field experiments, surveys, and interviews. I received a PhD in Public Policy at Harvard University in 2015, where I was trained in organizational behavior, psychology, and behavioral economics. I am a 2018-2019 National Geographic Fellow for the Making the Case for Nature program. I am also a Non-resident Fellow at Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and was selected as a 2014-2015 Lab Fellow in Institutional Corruption at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and a 2013-2014 Research Fellow in Women and Public Policy Program. I teach BBA, MBA, and executive education courses on organizational behavior, leadership/teams, and negotiation. My teaching reinforces a strong focus on experiential learning, and applies research in a manner that is directly useful to students. In addition to research and teaching, I appreciate and value mentoring emerging researchers and contributing to the field of management and psychology. I hope to promote the use of scientific evidence in diagnosing and addressing critical problems in public policy and business practices. To that end, I have conducted research with governments, companies, and non-profit organizations, and have also been involved with the Behavioral Insights Group (BIG) at Harvard University.
SangHyun Lee	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lee-sanghyun-2/	John L. Tishman CM Faculty Scholar Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	The Dynamic Project Management (DPM) Group at the University of Michigan aims to understand and manage construction dynamics and human-infrastructure interface through sensing, data analytics and computer simulation. Particularly, DPM is interested in achieving the maximum benefit from technologies like wearables, automation, and robotics for humans in construction and infrastructure. DPM also applies these technologies to direct smart and connected communities and cities toward social equality.
Sarah Lee	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lee-sarah/	Clean Energy Engagement Specialist	At the Graham Sustainability Institute, Sarah Lee facilitates stakeholder engagement and collaborative research across multiple programs. As part of the Center for EmPowering Communities, much of her work revolves around U-M’s partnership with the state of Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Through the development of webinars and educational materials, as well as leading the Catalyst Leadership Circle and Fellowship programs, Sarah helps local governments better understand and plan for sustainability initiatives. As part of the Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program, Sarah helps enable interdisciplinary and engaged research collaborations. She also co-organizes the Clean Energy Conversations series for faculty in partnership with IES, SEAS, and NERS.
Nicolai Lehnert	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lehnert-nicolai/	Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Professor Lehnert’s current research focuses on the biological role of nitric oxide (bioinorganic chemistry and biophysics), the development of homogeneous catalysts for the generation of the sustainable energy carrier hydrogen (organometallic chemistry and energy sciences), and artificial enzymes (biocatalysis).
Andrej Lenert	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lenert-andrej/	Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Greg Less	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/less-greg/	Technical Director - Battery User Laboratory	Greg Less is the Technical Director at the Energy Institute’s Battery Fabrication and Characterization User Facility, responsible for the day-to-day operation of the laboratory. Greg received a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Energy Institute, he was a research scientist with battery companies T/J Technologies and A123 Systems.
Jonathan Levine	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/levine-jonathan/	Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Planning	Professor Levine’s research focuses on the relationships between transportation systems and land use in metropolitan regions, factors that drive the development of such systems, and the efficiency of public transit, and the transformation of the transportation paradigm from mobility- to accessibility-based.
Victor Li	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/li-victor/	James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor of Engineering E. Benjamin Wylie Collegiate Professor of Civil Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering	Victor Li is a professor of civil and environmental engineering whose research in self-healing cement and sustainable design have earned him multiple awards in engineering innovation. Professor Li earned his Ph.D. from Brown University and has received numerous accolades for teaching excellence since coming to the University of Michigan.
Yiyang Li	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/li-yiyang/	Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering	Yiyang Li's group conducts materials research intersecting electrochemistry and microelectronics. The main applications are improved energy storage with Li-ion batteries, and novel devices for energy-efficient computing.
Yongxi Li	yongxili@umich	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/1759/	Assistant Research Scientist	My research area focus on developing transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPV) for power generating windows applications. ST-OPVs have a unique position in the solar energy harvesting domain. They differ from conventional solar cells in that they can harvest light in the near-infrared (NIR) while being semi-transparent. Combined with the extremely large surface areas of buildings and windows, ST-OPVs have an opportunity to dominate the emerging market for power generating windows and building facades. This will be a big step towards realizing zero-emission buildings and carbon-neutral society. Another aspect of my research involves investigating the radiation hardness of organic electronics, which is critical for developing reliable and robust devices for use in space or other harsh environments.
Di Liang	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/liang-di/	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Prof. Di Liang directs the Large-Scale Integrated Photonics (LSIP) research at UMich for energy-efficient optical communications, sensing and computing applications. Before joining UMich, Liang had 16 years of post-PhD experience in advanced semiconductor optoeletronics research and product development at the University of California – Santa Barbara, Hewlett Packard Labs, and Alibaba Cloud Computing. His work on heterogeneous photonic integration has helped generate several billions of dollars in revenue for leading semiconductor companies. He is a Fellow of IEEE and Optica for "seminal contributions to innovative photonic material and device integration for energy efficient optical communication and volume production".
Xiaoxia (Nina) Lin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lin-nina-xiaoxia/	Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Lin’s research aims to unearth fundamental mechanisms underlying the diverse and complex functions of biological networks, and to engineer them for developing biotechnologies, through integrated mathematical modeling, computer simulation and wet-lab experiments.
Suljo Linic	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/linic-suljo/	Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering	Suljo Linic’s research interests include catalysis, electro-catalysis, photo-catalysis, fuel cells, water splitting, plasmonics and Solar energy. His research group focuses on studying (electro)chemical processes directly or indirectly related to the fields of energy and environment. The group’s research is driven by a realization that the problems emerging in these fields have significant social and scientific impact, and that many of these will require a long-term commitment from the society and the scientific community. More specifically, the researchers apply first principles theoretical (electronic structure DFT calculations, ab initio kinetic and thermodynamic simulations) and various experimental tools (surface science, in-situ reactor studies, electron microscopy, etc.) to study chemical transformations on surfaces. The central objective of this work is the development of predictive theories of surface chemistry and electrochemistry related to heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photo-catalysis. Professor Linic’s group is currently working on a number of projects that aim to address various issues in the fields of energy and environment including various projects related to fuel cells, photo-chemical cells, plasmonic materials and energy, and many others.
Nancy G. Love	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/love-g-nancy/	Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor, College of Engineering	Dr. Nancy G. Love is the Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University Michigan, and an adjunct Professor at the Institute of Biotechnology at Addis Ababa University. In collaboration with her students, Dr. Love works at the interface of water, infrastructure, and both public and environmental health in domestic and global settings. They use physical and computational experiments to assess and advance public and environmental health using chemical, biological and analytical approaches applied to water systems. Specifically, they: evaluate the fate of chemicals, pathogens and contaminants of emerging concern in water with relevance to public health and the environment; use technologies to sense and remove these constituents; and advance technologies that recover useful resources from water.
Wei Lu	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lu-wei/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Wei Lu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, and joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department, the University of Michigan in 2001. He received his BS from Tsinghua University, China. His research interests include Energy storage and electrochemistry; simulation of nano/microstructure evolution; mechanics in nano/micro systems; advanced manufacturing; mechanical properties and performance of advanced materials and relation to microstructures. Prof. Lu has over 130 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and gave over 100 presentations and invited talks in international conferences, universities, and national labs including Harvard, MIT, and Stanford; and at other prestigious institutions worldwide. He also has plenty of publications in conference proceedings, encyclopedias, and book chapters. Prof. Lu was the recipient of many awards including the Robert M. Caddell Memorial Research Achievement Award, the CAREER award by the US National Science Foundation, the Robert J. McGrattan Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Faculty Recognition Award, Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Department Achievement Award, Distinguished Professor Award, Novelis and College of Engineering, CoE Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award, and the Gustus L Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was invited to the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference multiple times.
Jerome Lynch	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lynch-jerome/	Professor and Donald Malloure Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Lynch’s research interests are centered in the exciting field of smart structure technologies. The collection of sensor data from large-scale structures is important for assessing long-term structural performance, to rapidly diagnosis structural health, and to understand the flows of energy intrinsic to the construction and operation of civil engineering structures. For example, Prof. Lynch and his students have extensive experience in the instrumentation of wireless sensor networks in operational wind turbines to monitor their performance under wind load. Monitoring wind turbines to lower their operational and maintenance costs can increase the cost-competitiveness of this renewable energy source. In a similar effort, Prof. Lynch is also exploring the instrumentation of dense arrays of sensors in civil infrastructure systems (e.g., bridges, buildings, dams) to monitor their deterioration. Civil infrastructure require massive amounts of natural resources to construct accompanied by undesirable environmental impacts (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions). By tracking the health of civil infrastructure, longer service lives can be attained which allow for their initial carbon footprint to be amortized over longer periods of service. Finally, Prof. Lynch is currently extending the notion of wireless sensors and actuators for monitoring and controlling the energy consumption of buildings. His efforts in this space are through extensive collaboration with the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Currently, Professor Lynch’s research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, University of Michigan and the NSF-sponsored Wireless Integrated Microsystem Engineering Research Center.
Thomas Lyon	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/lyon-thomas/	Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology, and Commerce, Ross School of Business Professor of Business Economics, Ross School of Business Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, School of Environment and Sustainability	Professor Lyon’s research interests include environmental information disclosure and greenwash, corporate environmental strategy, environmental NGOs, voluntary environmental agreements, government regulation of business, industrial organization, and energy and the environment.
Stephen Maldonado	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/maldonado-stephen/	Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	The Maldonado Group studies heterogeneous charge transfer processes relevant to the fields of electronics, chemical sensing, and energy conversion/storage technologies. Their research encompasses several fields, including analytical, physical, and materials chemistry, as well as surface science and applied physics. They seek out new solid-state and wet-chemical methods for material design and employ electrochemical and spectroscopic methods to study electrode interfaces.
Robert Marans	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/marans-robert/	Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for Social Research	Robert W. Marans is a research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research and professor emeritus of architecture and urban planning in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Throughout his career, Dr. Marans has conducted research and evaluative studies dealing with various aspects of communities, neighborhoods, housing, and parks and recreational facilities. His research has focused on attributes of the physical and sociocultural environments and their influence on individual and group behavior, well-being, and the quality of life. Much of Dr. Marans’ research has been in the context of urban areas. His current work deals with cultural issues of sustainability and energy conservation in institutional settings including universities and the impact of the built and natural environments on quality of life. Marans is a registered architect and is active in recreation policy and planning in southeastern Michigan. He is a charter member and president of the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission and commissioner and vice chair of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA), the governing body responsible for the planning, development, and operations of the metroparks throughout Southeastern Michigan. He also serves as a trustee of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, and has served on the executive committee of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, and the boards of the University’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy, the Michigan Land Use Institute, and the Legacy Land Conservancy. Dr. Marans is the author or co-author of 8 books and more than 100 articles and technical reports. His most recent books, Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research (co-edited with W. Leal-Filo and J.Callewaert) and Investigating the Quality of Urban Life: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Research (co-edited with R. Stimson) were published by Springer. He is the recipient of the 2012 Career Award of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) and was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP) in 2014. He serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals and has lectured extensively throughout the US, and in Europe, Asia, South Africa, South America, Australia, and the Middle East.
Emmanuelle Marquis	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/marquis-emmaneulle/	Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Director, Michigan Cetner for Materials Characterization	Professor Marquis’s research focuses on understanding and quantifying the mechanisms controlling microstructural evolution in alloy systems (including light alloys), interfacial properties, oxidation behavior and irradiation effects in materials.
E. Neil Marsh	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/marsh-e-neil/	Professor of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Our laboratory focuses on two areas of chemical biology. In one area, we seek to understand the remarkable catalytic prowess of enzymes, in particular those that use free radicals in catalysis. In the other area we are exploring the potential for developing novel biological catalysts and therapeutic agents offered by the de-novo design and synthesis of novel proteins incorporating highly fluorinated amino acids. Our research is inherently inter-disciplinary in nature and draws on a synergistic combination of bio-organic, bio-inorganic and bio-physical chemistry.
William Martin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/martin-william/	Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, College of Engineering	Professor Martin’s research focuses on the development of computational methods for the solution of problems in neutron transport, reactor core analysis, reactor thermal hydraulics, and nonlinear radiation transport, including algorithms for advanced computer architectures.
Neda Masoud	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/masoud-neda/	Assistant Professor, Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering	My research interests are centered around applications of operations research in transportation, with focus on surface transportation. More specifically, my areas of interest include: Multi-Modal Transportation, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Ridesharing, Matching, Connected and Automated Vehicle Technology, Cyber Security
Johanna Mathieu	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mathieu-johanna/	Associate Professor, Eletrical Engineering and Computer Science	Prof. Mathieu’s research focuses on ways to reduce the environmental impact, cost, and inefficiency of electric power systems via new operational and control strategies. She is particularly interested in developing new methods to actively engage distributed flexible resources such as energy storage, electric loads, and distributed renewable resources in power system operation. This is especially important in power systems with high penetrations of intermittent renewable energy resources such as wind and solar. In her work, she uses methods from a variety of fields including control systems and optimization, and applies engineering methods to inform energy policy. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, she was a postdoc in the Power Systems Laboratory at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. She received her MS and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in mechanical engineering and her BS from MIT in ocean engineering.
Adam J. Matzger	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/matzger-j-adam/	Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science and the Arts Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Matzger’s research interests include organic polymers and organic materials, energy science, materials chemistry, crystallization, organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, surface chemistry, and sustainable chemistry.
Ryan McBride	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mcbride-ryan/	Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Professor McBride received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2009. There he conducted experimental research on magnetically driven, cylindrically imploding plasmas using the 1-MA COBRA pulsed-power facility. In 2008–2016, Prof. McBride was with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, where he held appointments as both a staff physicist and a department manager. At Sandia, Prof. McBride conducted research in nuclear fusion, radiation generation, and high-pressure material properties experiments using the 20-MA Z pulsed-power facility (the world’s most powerful pulsed-power device). Most recently, Prof. McBride’s research has been focused on both theoretical and experimental studies of an exciting new concept called magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF). MagLIF is one of the United States’ three mainline approaches to studying controlled inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in the laboratory. In August of 2016, Prof. McBride joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences (NERS). His primary research interests are in plasma physics, nuclear fusion, radiation generation, pulsed-power technology, plasma diagnostics, and the dynamics of magnetically driven, cylindrically imploding systems. This research is conducted within the Plasma, Pulsed-Power, and Microwave Laboratory, and it has applications relevant to the MagLIF program at Sandia and to ICF in general.
Charles McCrory	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mccrory-charles/	Dow Corning Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering	The McCrory group develops enabling technologies that allow for the careful study and control of electrocatalytic processes with an emphasis on kinetic and mechanistic analysis, and uses these approaches to address fundamental challenges in the electrochemical conversion of small molecules by solid-state and molecular catalysts. They use a combination of surface science and electrochemistry to directly observe reactive intermediates in the catalytic pathway in model systems and then use these mechanistic findings to develop new, efficient electrocatalytic materials.
Malcolm McCullough	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mccullough-malcolm/	Professor of Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Planning	Malcolm McCullough is Professor of Architecture at Taubman College, University of Michigan. Previously he served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon (1998–2000), and for ten years (1988–98) at Harvard GSD. His most recent book, Ambient Commons (2013), explores an information environmentalism and attention to surroundings. Digital Ground (2004) became a widely read crossover between architecture and situated interaction design. Abstracting Craft (1996) remains an early cult classic in digital formgiving. On the basis of these writings, McCullough has given nearly fifty invited talks in over a dozen countries. Currently he is at work on a book about microgrids.
Thomas McKenney	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mckenney-thomas/	Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Thomas McKenney is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. He teaches introductory and advanced ship design courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. His research interests includes maritime decarbonization, sustainability, and passenger vessel design and operation. Thomas was previously Head of Ship Design at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (Center) in Copenhagen, a not-for-profit independent research and development (R&D) center with the vision to sustainably decarbonize the maritime industry by 2050. He was responsible for ship design activities within an active portfolio of over 50 R&D projects related to maritime sustainability and decarbonization including alternative fuel pathways and ship technologies. Before joining the Center in 2021, Thomas held various positions at Royal Caribbean Group including Senior Manager, Technical Projects & Newbuild Development where he was technical and project manager of $1 billion first-in-class cruise ship design and construction projects based in Miami, Florida, and Saint Nazaire, France. Thomas holds four degrees from the University of Michigan including a Ph.D. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
Anne McNeil	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mcneil-anne/	Carol A. Fierke Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering	Anne is currently the Carol A. Fierke Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. She is also an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and HHMI Professor. Prior to Michigan, Anne was a L’Oreal Post-doc Fellow with Prof. Tim Swager at MIT from (2005–2007), earned her PhD from Cornell with Prof. Dave Collum (1999–2004), and graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary (1999). She is also the proud mom of two children – Evie and Emily. Anne leads the McNeil group. The McNeil group research is aimed at addressing some of the world's biggest challenges through chemical recycling or upcycling of waste plastics, developing methods to capture microplastics, measuring microplastics in the environment, and designing redox active molecules for energy storage applications.
Nigel Melville	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/melville-nigel/	Associate Professor of Technology and Operations	Nigel P. Melville is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Professor Melville has over 20 years of experience researching, teaching, and consulting in the area of value generation with information systems. His research has been cited more than 5000 times and his blog examining how digital transformation can enable environmentally sustainable operations has more than 61000 views. He collaborates with global organizations as they seek to apply digital technologies such as big data to enable new business models and enhance growth and competitiveness. Professor Melville teaches MBA courses on digital transformation and service innovation management. His expertise has been sought by publications such as the New York Times and international conferences such as Net Impact. Professor Melville earned a BS in electrical engineering from UCLA, an MS in electrical and computer engineering from UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD in management from UC Irvine.
Carol Menassa	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/menassa-carol/	Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering John L. Tishman CM Faculty Scholar
Zetian Mi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mi-zetian/	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Zetian Mi’s group is focused on the investigation of semiconductor nanostructures and their application in electronic, photonic, and solar energy devices and systems. My primary research areas include: Epitaxial growth and fundamental properties of semiconductor nanostructures, including quantum dots, nanowires, and two-dimensional atomic crystals; III-nitride materials and devices; Light emitting diodes, lasers, and Si photonics; Artificial photosynthesis, solar fuels and solar cells; III-nitride and diamond based electronic devices.
Shelie Miller	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/miller-shelie/	Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability Director, Program in the Environment	Shelie Miller’s research interests center around the life cycle impacts of energy. Recent work focuses on the non-carbon aspects of biofuels, such as disruptions to the nitrogen cycle and changes in land use. Interests also include advancing Life Cycle Assessment methods to analyze dynamic and emerging systems, such as the development of electric grids in developing countries. She teaches Environmental Systems Analysis at the graduate level and Ecological Issues at the undergraduate level.
Sarah Mills	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/mills-sarah/	Senior Project Manager	Sarah Mills is a Senior Project Manager at the U-M Ford School of Public Policy Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) and at the Graham Sustainability Institute, where she manages the university’s partnership with the Michigan Office of Climate and Energy. At CLOSUP she has also managed for the National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE) and the Center’s Energy and Environmental Policy Initiative. Dr. Mills’ research considers how renewable energy development impacts rural communities, the disparate reactions of rural landowners to such projects, and how state and local policies facilitate or hinder renewable energy deployment. She also teaches the Ford School’s graduate course on renewable energy policy at the state and local level. She has a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, a master’s in engineering for sustainable development from the University of Cambridge, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University.
Joanna Millunchick	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/millunchick-joanna/	Professor of Materials Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Millunchick’s research interests are in the materials and surface sciences of semiconductor thin film nucleation and epitaxy using a number of growth platforms, including Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), and ion assisted deposition.
Brian Min	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/min-brian/	Associate Professor, Department of Political Science	Brian Min studies the political economy of development with an emphasis on distributive politics, public goods provision, and energy politics. His book, Power and the Vote: Elections and Electricity in the Developing World, has recently been published by Cambridge University Press. The book shows how the provision of seemingly universal public goods is intricately shaped by electoral priorities. It introduces new methods using high-resolution satellite imagery to study the distribution of electricity across and within the developing world. His earlier research on ethnic politics and conflict introduced a major new dataset (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Andreas Wimmer) on Ethnic Power Relations (EPR) in all countries of the world since 1946. He is the recipient of the 2011 Gabriel Almond Award from the American Political Science Association for best dissertation in comparative politics. His research has been funded by the World Bank, International Growth Centre, and the National Science Foundation. He has conducted fieldwork in India, Senegal, Mali, Vietnam, and the Canadian Arctic.
Amit Misra	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/misra-amit/	Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael R. Moore	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/moore-r-michael/	Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	Michael Moore’s teaching involves courses in natural resource and environmental economics. His research interests include analysis of federal water policy and water allocation conflicts between environmental and consumptive uses of river systems; economic aspects of biodiversity and species conservation; and economics of environmental markets, including markets for green products (such as green electricity) and markets for pollution permits (such as the federal SO2 allowance market).
Katta G. Murty	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/murty-g-katta/	Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Murty has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in linear, integer and non-linear programming and network flows. His recent research includes studies in mathematical programming and its applications as well as research on optimization algorithms. He is the author of four books on linear and non-linear programming and network flows, and an undergraduate text on Operations Research-Deterministic Optimization Models.
Kartik Praful Naik	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/naik-kartik-praful/	Assistant Research Scientist & Lecturer	Dr. Naik received his Ph.D. from the mechanical and aerospace department in North Carolina State University where he worked on the experimental demonstration and fuse physical design-control system optimization of a novel renewable energy harvesting concept (underwater kites). He continued his work in co-design at the RACElab in NAME as a postdoc switching to reconfigurable turbine arrays. He is now the project manager for a an ARPA-E project under the SHARKS program and continues his research on co-design, real-time control implementation on hardware, and tech-to-market avenues for emerging technologies.
Luke Nave	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/nave-luke/	Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan Biological Station	Nave’s research is focused on carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in forests. Through various doctoral and post-doctoral projects, he has studied processes occurring in soils, fungi, plants, and the atmosphere. These processes include soil C and N transformations, mycorrhizal and plant N uptake, growth, and detritus production, and atmospheric N deposition. To study these processes, he uses a combination of basic methods (e.g., digging up soil samples, shooting down leaves from the tops of trees) and more complex approaches, such as stable isotope mass spectrometry and meta-analysis. He currently conducts research at the U-M Biological Station and is also the Coordinator for the International Soil Carbon Network, affiliated with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science.
Mojtaba Navvab	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/navvab-mojtaba/	Associate Professor of Architecture	MOJTABA (Moji) NAVVAB, is an Associate Professor of Architecture and the Chairman of the Certificate Program in Simulation and Gaming. He has been a member of the University of Michigan (UM) faculty since 1985. He holds Ph.D. from UM, bachelors and masters degrees in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley. His teaching and research specialties include Daylight, Electric Light, Acoustics, Environmental Technology, Energy Efficiency and LEED certification, Environmental Control Systems, Plants Growth, Research Methods, Simulation and Gaming in Planning, Photovotaic System, Integrated Resource Planning. He is member of the doctoral program and a fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). He has been a recipient of five IESNA’s International Illumination Design Awards (IIDA) and the latter with several awards for daylighting research and for his input on some of the most prestigious architectural commissions of the 20th century. He has been also a recipient American Institute of Architecture (AIA) distinguished teaching award. He is the chair of the Certificate Program in Simulation and Gaming Studies within Rackham school of graduate studies. He also serves as Chair of the Technical Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE).
Erik Nielsen	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/nielsen-erik/	Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Associate Chair, Research & Facilities	Professor Nielsen’s research involves the study of how plant cell walls synthesized during growth and development. Because the majority of a plant’s biomass is accumulated in cell walls, understanding how carbohydrates are incorporated into this structure has important ramifications for the use of plants as a source of biofuels and in food-based applications. In particular we have been interested in how enzymes involved in the synthesis and deposition of cellulose function during plant cell wall assembly. Plant cell walls are comprised of a complex mixture of polysaccharides, lignin, suberin, waxes, and proteins. The cell wall provides mechanical support and serves as the interface to neighboring cells and the environment. Many cell wall components are synthesized inside the plant cell, and must then be secreted via membrane trafficking pathways. Despite the importance of these processes in growth and development, there is still little understanding of the mechanisms by which sorting and delivery of these components is accomplished. In order to study membrane trafficking pathways involved in cell wall deposition, research has focused on the growth and development of root epidermal cells in the model plant; Arabidopsis thaliana. In growing root hairs, new cell wall deposition is restricted to the extreme tips of growing root hairs. Because secretion of cell wall components is restricted to this site, identification of tip-localized subcellular compartments may allow insight into the cellular mechanisms involved in plant cell wall biogenesis and lead to a better understanding of how this important source of biomass is generated.
Richard K. Norton	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/norton-k-richard/	Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Planning Professor, Program in the Environment	Richard K. Norton is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. He also holds a joint appointment as Professor with the University of Michigan’s Program in the Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He earned his Ph.D. in city and regional planning and his J.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with master degrees in public policy studies and environmental management from Duke University. Dr. Norton teaches and conducts research in the areas of planning law, sustainable development, land use and environmental planning, and coastal area management. His most recent research has focused on the challenges of managing shorelands along the Laurentian Great Lakes. He contributes actively to public service through community-engaged research and teaching, and by serving on the planning law committee of the the Michigan Association of Planning (MAP). In that role he has taken the lead in preparing draft legislation for the Michigan Legislature to reform the state’s planning and zoning enabling laws. He has also written friend-of-the-court appellate briefs to the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of the American Planning Association and MAP regarding planning and zoning disputes in the state. Prior to completing his graduate studies, Dr. Norton worked in professional practice as a consulting environmental policy analyst and planner in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California.
Jonathan Overpeck	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/overpeck-jonathan/	Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environmental and Sustainability	Professor Overpeck is an interdisciplinary climate scientist and the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. Overpeck has written over 210 published works on climate and the environmental sciences, served as a Working Group 1 Coordinating Lead Author for the Nobel Prize winning IPCC 4th Assessment (2007), and also as a Working Group 2 Lead Author for the IPCC 5th Assessment (2014). Other awards include the US Dept. of Commerce Gold and Bronze Medals, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Walter Orr Roberts award of the American Meteorological Society, and the Quivira Coalition’s Radical Center Award for his work with rural ranchers and land managers. He has active climate research programs on five continents, focused on understanding drought and megadrought dynamics (and risk) the world over, and has also served as the lead investigator of Climate Assessment for the Southwest and the SW Climate Science Center – two major programs focused on regional climate adaptation. Overpeck also works more broadly on climate and paleoclimate dynamics, ice sheets and sea level, climate-vegetation interaction, conservation biology, legal issues related to climate change, environmental communication and environmental education. He has appeared and testified before Congress multiple times, is a Fellow of AGU and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and tweets about climate-related issues @TucsonPeck.
Vincent Pecoraro	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/pecoraro-vincent/	John T. Groves Collegiate Professor of Chemistry Research Scientist, Biophysics	Our research group has programs in three areas of bioinorganic chemistry and one in the preparation and characterization of inorganic clusters. Students can receive training in synthetic inorganic chemistry and physical characterization of molecules [X-ray crystallography, NMR (multidimensional, paramagnetic and heteronuclear such as 51V or 23Na), electrochemistry, epr and uv/vis spectroscopy, etc.] or emphasize more biologically related topics. In the latter case, students gain experience in molecular biology as well as in the physical techniques described above. Our group recently discovered a new class of metal chelating agents that have been named metallacrowns based on the structural similarity of these materials to organic crown ethers. The group is developing this new area of molecular recognition agent in numerous ways including determining stability constants for metal complexation, the ability to polymerize metallacrowns to form new materials, such as metallomesogens, and investigating the reactivity of these compounds as possible catalysts.
Joyce Penner	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/penner-joyce/	Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science Associate Chair for Atmospheric Science	Joyce Penner’s research group focuses on improving aerosol models of the global atmosphere. Aerosol particles both reflect and absorb solar radiation. Reflection tends to cool the atmosphere, while absorption within the atmospheric column changes the temperature lapse rate. She has served on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and contributed to the climate change reports issued by the UN panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
James Penner-Hahn	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/penner-hahn-james/	George A. Lindsay Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics Senior Advisor to Dean for International Partnership Professor of Biophysics Professor of Chemistry	Metal ions play a critical role in many chemical and biological reactions, particularly those associated with energy conversion. The Penner-Hahn group’s research focuses on using spectroscopic methods (particularly x-ray absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance) to understand the structure and reactivity of metal sites, both in biological systems and in inorganic energy storage materials. Recent work has focused on x-ray nanoprobe imaging methods to characterize the distribution and speciation of transition metals in intact biological tissue and cells on the nm distance scale. They make extensive use of synchrotron radiation, using the unique resources available at synchrotron laboratories in the U.S. (Brookhaven, Argonne, Stanford and Berkeley) and abroad (Japan, France).
Anastassios Perakis	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/perakis-anastassios/	Associate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Life Fellow, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers	Professor Perakis conducts research in the probabilistic modeling and optimization of marine systems, transportation optimization, reliability and safety analysis of systems and structures, and economic impact of proposed environmental regulations. He is a highly published expert in the field of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and has directed various sponsored research projects at the University of Michigan, had several visiting professorships in universities in Germany, China, Greece and other nations, and supervised 22 Tauber Institute projects to date, with major corporate partners worldwide such as Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and Pfizer.
Ivette Perfecto	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/perfecto-ivette/	George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment	Ivette Perfecto is the George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment. Her research focuses on biodiversity and arthropod-mediated ecosystem services in rural and urban agriculture. She also works on spatial ecology of the coffee agroecosystem and is interested more broadly on the links between small-scale sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and food sovereignty. She teaches Our Common Future (a course on globalization) (Environ 270), Diverse Farming Systems (SNRE 553), Field Ecology (SNRE 556). She is co-author of three books, Breakfast of Biodiversity, Nature’s Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty, and Coffee Agroecology. More specifically her lab is investigating how local level multi-species interactions generate autonomous pest control in agroecosystems using coffee agroforests as a model system. In collaboration with John Vandermeer (University of Michigan) and Stacy Philpott (University of California-Santa Cruz) they established a 45-hectare plot in a shaded organic coffee plantation in Chiapas, Mexico, and are conducting research on complex ecological interactions among pests, diseases and natural enemies. In collaboration with Luis Garcia-Barrios from ECOSUR-San Cristobal (Mexico) and John Vandermeer (University of Michigan), they are developing games to help farmers and students better understand ecological complexity in agroecosystems. Another research project examines how local and landscape level factors affect diversity and ecosystem services (pollination and pest control) in urban gardens in Southeast Michigan. More general interests include the role of the agricultural matrix in the conservation of biodiversity, food sovereignty and political ecology in the Global South, especially Latin America.
Jamie Phillips	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/phillips-jamie/	Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Associate Chair of Undergraduate ECE Affairs Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor (Courtesy) of Applied Physics	Jamie D. Phillips received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1994, 1996, and 1998, respectively. In his doctoral studies, he made key contributions to the epitaxial growth and device applications of self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots, including quantum dot infrared photodetectors and lasers. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories from 1998-1999, a research scientist at the Rockwell Science Center from 1999-2001, and joined the faculty in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan in 2002. His technical interests and contributions are in the growth, characterization, and device applications of compound semiconductor and oxide-based materials for optoelectronics and electronics where he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on these subjects with an h-index > 30. His current research efforts are in the areas of photovoltaics for energy harvesting, HgCdTe infrared detectors, and subwavelength dielectric gratings for infrared optics. Prof. Phillips is a member of IEEE (senior member), ASEE, AVS, and MRS, and has received an NSF CAREER award in 2003 and DARPA MTO Young Faculty Award in 2007. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Electronic Materials.
Kevin Pipe	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/pipe-kevin/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Applied Physics Program Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Director of Graduate Degree Programs	Kevin Pipe is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has received a Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award from the University of Michigan and a Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 2004.
Pierre Ferdinand P. Poudeu	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/poudeu-p-pierre-ferdinand/	Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Pierre Ferdinand P. Poudeu’s research efforts are devoted to design, synthesis, and evaluation of solid-state inorganic materials with the goal to (1) discover new materials with significantly useful technological applications combining multiple interesting physical properties and (2) to understand and control the interplay between coexisting functionalities. Of particular interest are promising materials for spintronic, energy conversion (thermoelectric, photovoltaic) and energy storage applications.
Barry Rabe	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/rabe-barry/	Arthur F. Thurnau Professor J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy Professor of the Environment Professor of Political Science Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Professor of Environmental Policy Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution	Barry Rabe is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy and the director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the Ford School. He is also the Arthur Thurnau Professor of Environmental Policy and holds courtesy appointments in the Program in the Environment, the Department of Political Science, and the School for Environment and Sustainability. Barry was recently a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and continues to serve as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His research examines climate and energy politics and his newest book, Can We Price Carbon? (MIT Press) was released in spring 2018. He has received four awards for his research from the American Political Science Association, including the 2017 Martha Derthick Award for long-standing impact in the fields of federalism and intergovernmental relations. Barry co-chaired the Assumable Waters Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2015-2017 and has served on recent National Academy of Public Administration panels examining the Departments of Commerce and Interior as well as the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Stephen Ragsdale	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ragsdale-stephen/	David Ballou Collegiate Professor of Biological Chemistry Professor of Biological Chemistry	The students and postdoctors in my laboratory work at the interfaces between chemistry, biology, and physics and are studying processes that are important in the global carbon cycle, basic energy sciences, and in biomedical problems. We focus on three major areas: microbial metabolism of one-carbon compounds (CO, CO2, methane); the roles of metal ions in biology (including the mechanisms of nickel, B12, heme, and iron-sulfur enzymes); the regulation of metabolism and protein function by heme, CO, and thiol-disulfide redox switches. Techniques that we use in addressing research questions in these areas include transient and steady-state kinetics, spectroscopy, cell biology, genetics and molecular biology. The research is funded by NIH and DOE.
Daniel Raimi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/raimi-daniel/	Senior Research Associate, Resources for the Future Lecturer	Daniel Raimi is a Senior Research Associate for Resources for the Future and a lecturer at the Ford School for Public Policy. He works on a range of energy policy issues with a focus on oil and gas systems, natural resource taxation, electricity systems, and climate change. He is particularly interested in the long-term implications of domestic oil and gas development for local communities, state governments, and federal climate policy. Between 2012 and 2015, he visited every major onshore oil and gas play in the United States, and in Fall 2017 will publish a book based on those travels that examines key oil and gas policy issues. Raimi received his master’s degree in public policy from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and his bachelor’s degree in music from Wesleyan University. He has published in academic journals including Science, Environmental Science and Technology, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives; popular outlets including the New Republic, Newsweek, and Fortune; and presented his research for policymakers, industry, and other stakeholders around the United States and internationally. Raimi joined the Energy Institute from 2015-2016, helping to organize the social sciences and policy framework of the Beyond Carbon Neutral Project.
Kaitlin Raimi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/raimi-kaitlin/	Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy	Kaitlin T. Raimi is an assistant professor of public policy at the Ford School. A social psychologist, her interests center on how social motivations have the potential to promote or prevent sustainable behaviors. While completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy & Environment at Vanderbilt University, Raimi’s research focused on how people compare their own beliefs and behaviors to those of other people, how the desire to make a good impression can influence people to mitigate climate change, and how one adopting one sustainable behavior affects subsequent environmental decisions. She received an MA and PhD in social psychology from Duke University.
Venkat Raman	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/raman-venkat/	Professor, Mechanical Engineering Professor, Aerospace Engineering	Development of computational models for turbulent reacting flows with application to aircraft and scramjet engines, stationary power generation, and synthesis of novel materials. High-performance supercomputers and detailed numerical simulations to study the performance of combustion devices. Recent focus in the areas of numerical error analysis, uncertainty quantification, hypersonic design and optimization, and rotating detonation engines.
Lutgarde Raskin	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/raskin-lutgarde/	Altar/Erim Russell O'Neal Professor of Environmental Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	I am the Altarum/ERIM Russell O’Neal Professor of Environmental Engineering and one of four faculty members of the University of Michigan Environmental Biotechnology group. I am inspired by the complexity of the microbial world and the astonishing progress we have made in the field of microbial ecology over the past few decades. This progress continuously motivates me to rethink engineered systems so we can better harness the power of microorganisms to treat water and recover resources from waste stream.
Tony Reames	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/reames-tony/	Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability	Bio: Tony G. Reames, PhD, PE is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. He is director of the Urban Energy Justice Lab and a JPB Environmental Health Fellow at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Reames has degrees in civil engineering, engineering management, and public administration. His research in the emerging field of energy justice, investigates fair and equitable access to energy that is affordable, reliable, and clean, and seeks to understand the production and persistence of spatial, racial, and socioeconomic disparities in residential energy dynamics.
Richard Rood	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/rood-richard/	Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Dow Sustainability Distinguished Faculty Fellow	Richard Rood is a Professor in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering and in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Michigan. He is a Dow Sustainability Distinguished Faculty Fellow. Rood advises the undergraduate Climate Impacts Engineering Program and the Masters of Engineering in Applied Climate. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a winner of the World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier Award.
Kazuhiro Saitou	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/saitou-kazuhiro/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Professor Saitou received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1996, and has since worked as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, working in the areas of computational design synthesis, mechanical/industrial systems and biomedical systems. He has received awards from the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Local Motors and ARPA-E, and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers for his work in design optimization and innovative design.
Jeff Sakamoto	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sakamoto-jeff/	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Jeffrey Sakamoto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining UM, he was a faculty at Michigan State University for six years. Prior to that, he was a Senior Engineer at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 7 years. He earned his Ph. D. (2001) in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA. As a materials scientist and engineer with an interest in synthesis, processing, and functionalization of ceramics and hydrogels, his research is highly interdisciplinary and guided by the fields of energy storage/conversion and biomedicine.
Oday Salim	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/salim-oday/	Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Law Director of Environmental Law and Sustainability Clinic at Michigan Law Attorney at National Wildlife Federation	Oday Salim is an adjunct clinical assistant professor of law and director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Clinic at Michigan Law, as well as an attorney at the National Wildlife Federation in its Great Lakes Regional Center. Before joining the clinical program, Salim practiced environmental law in Pennsylvania and Michigan, focusing on stormwater management, water quality permitting, water rights, environmental justice, land use and zoning, utility regulation, mineral rights, and renewable energy. He has litigated in administrative and civil courts at the local, state, and federal level, and also has done transactional work for individuals and nonprofits. As an adjunct professor, he has taught Energy Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Wayne State University Law School, and Oil and Gas Law at Lewis & Clark Law School. For the last six years, Salim has authored the competition problem for the Robert R. Merhige Jr. National Environmental Negotiation Competition, which is hosted by the University of Richmond School of Law. In 2018, he was named one of the Grist 50 Fixers for his work on environmental and public health protection in minority communities. He gives talks on various subjects, including green infrastructure in urban areas, water affordability and ratemaking, and conferring rights to natural resources.
Irving Salmeen	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/salmeen-irving/	Associate Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Research Scientist, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	Irving Salmeen is a lecturer at the Ford School. He was previously associate director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (2012—2014) and a research scientist with the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems (2008—2012). He retired (2007) after 36 years in the Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Laboratories. At retirement he headed the lab’s Systems Analytics Department, working on mathematical models for business, manufacturing, and vehicle problems. He holds a PhD in biophysics and BS degrees in engineering physics and mathematics from the University of Michigan.
Melanie S. Sanford	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sanford-s-melanie/	Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry Moses Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Chemistry	Melanie Sanford grew up in Providence, RI. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Yale University in 1996 where she worked with Professor Bob Crabtree studying C-F bond functionalization. She then moved to Caltech where she worked with Professor Bob Grubbs investigating the mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions. After receiving her PhD in 2001, she worked with Professor Jay Groves at Princeton University as an NIH post-doctoral fellow studying metalloporphyrin-catalyzed functionalization of olefins. Melanie has been a professor at the University of Michigan since the summer of 2003.
Justin Schott	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/schott-justin/	Director - Energy Equity Project Lecturer - Energy Justice	Justin Schott serves as Project Manager of the Energy Equity Project (EEP). He is honored to work in a field full of creative, savvy justice-minded colleagues, students and allies and is fascinated by conversations about how to drive and measure equity in clean energy investments. Prior to coming to EEP, Schott was Executive Director of EcoWorks, a Detroit nonprofit, from 2015 to 2020. He is an avid social entrepreneur and a recognized sustainability leader in Detroit. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Schott designed and managed the launch and operations of numerous community programs, including the Youth Energy Squad (founder), which grew from a summer pilot employing four students in 2009 to a city‐wide partnership with Detroit Public Schools Community District. Schott has also worked closely on the creation of utility programs, including the Home Energy Consultation Program, which provided in‐home energy efficient installations and education to 10,500 households in its first 7 months. Schott has chaired the Coalition to Keep Michigan Warm and is a member of steering committees of the Detroit Environmental Agenda; Housing, Health and Heatwaves project; and Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and served as project manager of the Detroit Climate Strategy.
Johannes Schwank	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/schwank-johannes/	James and Judith Street Professor of Chemical Engineering Director, Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource-Constrained Environments (REFRESCH)	Research in the Schwank group is directed toward finding and developing novel solutions to the problem of energy production, storage, and utilization in the transportation, distributed generation, and chemical process sectors. The group has expertise in catalyst synthesis, multifaceted physical and chemical characterization, and kinetic and mechanistic studies of catalytic reactions. The group is also involved in research on advanced thin film and nanotube materials, with applications in high-performance lithium-ion battery technology for energy storage, and gas sensors. Schwank has received numerous awards from both the University of Michigan and organizations worldwide for research excellence and his work in chemical engineering.
Max Shtein	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/shtein-max/	Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Macromolecular Science and Engineering Professor of Art and Design, School of Art and Design Director of Academic Programs, Center for Entrepreneurship	Max Shtein earned his B.S. from University of California Berkeley in 1998 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2004. He has made enabling contributions to the science and technology of organic optoelectronics, including the modeling and demonstration of novel devices and highly scalable methods of device processing, some of which are being commercialized. He joined the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of Michigan in 2004, where he has focused on the physics and technology of organic optoelectronic materials and devices. He is the recipient of the MRS graduate student Gold Medal Award, the Newport Award for Excellence and Leadership in Photonics and Optoelectronics, the Holt Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the MSE Department Achievement Award, and the Vulcan Prize for Excellence in Education.
Volker Sick	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sick-volker/	Director, Global CO2 Initiative Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical Engineering DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research	Volker Sick is the Director of the Global CO2 Initiative, which focuses on technologies, processes and policies to increase the rate at which carbon dioxide is removed from the global carbon cycle and helps to identify and support technologies that are scalable. Sick’s other research focuses on developing and applying laser-based and other optical measurement techniques to enable studies of mass and energy transfer at high pressures and high temperatures in mechanically restricted and vibrating environments, such as in internal combustion engines, stationary combustion and multi-phase mixing processes. As associate vice president for research, natural sciences and engineering until summer 2018, Sick served as liaison between the Office of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) and scholarly and creative activities across the university in the natural sciences and engineering. As a senior member of the OVPR administrative team, he helped orchestrate major interdisciplinary initiatives, dealt with policy issues and worked with Federal Relations for Research to promote the university’s research agenda. Professor Sick teaches courses that provide strong experiential experiences, such as a Mechanical Engineering laboratory course, the International Engineering Summer School at TU Berlin, and Techlab@Mcity. Professor Sick received numerous awards for teaching, research, and service, including the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education, the Combustion Institute Silver Medal, and the SAE International Leadership Citation. He serves as the Editor of the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute and on the editorial board of Experiments in Fluids and Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. He is a Fellow of SAE International and the Combustion Institute.
Don Siegel	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/siegel-don/	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jason Siegel	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/siegel-jason/	Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering	I am working modeling and control of Lithium-Ion batteries. I use neutron imaging to better understand how Lithium is distributed throughout the electrode in high power applications.
Adam C. Simon	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/simon-c-adam/	Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences	I combine field, laboratory, and experimental work to investigate the evolution of mineral systems that supply the metal resources for our built environment. I am currently focused on the evolution of mineral systems enriched in iron, copper, gold, silver, molybdenum and vanadium. Our penultimate goal is to improve genetic models that explain the formation of different mineral systems, which is necessary to improve exploration strategies to ensure a sustainable supply of resources for our growing global society. We work with mining companies to ensure that our research has direct applications for the real world.
Carl Simon	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/simon-carl/	Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Professor of Mathematics Professor of Public Policy Adjunct Professor of Complex Systems Professor of Economics (Courtesy)	Carl P. Simon is Professor of Mathematics, Complex Systems and Public Policy at The University of Michigan. He was the founding Director of the UM Center for the Study of Complex Systems (1999-2009) and is currently Director of the U-M Science and Technology Policy Program. His research interests center around the theory and applications of dynamical systems. He has applied dynamic modeling to the spread of AIDS (in particular the role of primary infection), staph infection, malaria and gonorrhea, to the spread of crime, and to the evolution of ecological and economic systems. His research team won the 1995 Howard M. Temin Award in Epidemiology for Scientific Excellence in the Fight against HIV/AIDS and the 2005 Kenneth Rothman Epidemiology Prize for paper of the year in Epidemiology. He was named the U-M LS&A Distinguished Senior Lecturer for 2007 and received the U-M Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 2012.
Nirala Singh	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/singh-nirala/	Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	Professor Singh received a BSE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2009 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2015.
Steven Skerlos	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/skerlos-steven/	Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Co-Director of Insitu Center for Socially Engaged Design Director of Sustainability Education Programs Director of Environmental and Sustainable Technologies Laboratory (EASTLAB)	Steve Skerlos is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (2000) and his B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering with highest honors (1994), both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 2000. Professor Skerlos is known as a scholar in the field of sustainable design focusing on applications of technology in product design, manufacturing, and water reuse. Professor Skerlos is Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Technology Officer of Fusion Coolant Systems, a startup developing gas-based coolants and lubricants for manufacturing. Professor Skerlos was faculty inventor and founder of Accuri Cytometers, now part of BD, which was acquired for $205M in 2011. Professor Skerlos is the Director of Sustainability Education Programs in the College of Engineering, Director of the Program in Sustainable Engineering, and is Faculty Director for the UM Center for Socially Engaged Design. He serves on the Executive Committee of the UM Graham Sustainability Institute. He was director of the graduate program in mechanical engineering from 2009-2012, and has been the faculty advisor to BLUElab since 2002. He teaches Sustainability Engineering Principles to undergraduate students, and Sustainable Design of Technology Systems to graduate students. Professor Skerlos has overseen several dozen student projects pertaining to technology design for communities in low-resource settings, including several winners of the EPA People, Prosperity, and Planet Challenge.
Stuart Soroka	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/soroka-stuart/	Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science	Stuart N. Soroka is Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science, and Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, having moved from the Department of Political Science at McGill University in summer 2014. His research focuses on political communication, on the sources and/or structure of public preferences for policy, and on the relationships between public policy, public opinion, and mass media. Current projects include work on negativity in politics, on the role of mass media in representative democracy, and on support for social welfare and immigration policy; Soroka is also a co-investigator with the Canadian Election Study. Professor Soroka’s work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, the International Journal of Press and Politics, Journalism, Comparative Political Studies, and elsewhere. His books include Agenda-Setting Dynamics in Canada (UBC Press), Degrees of Democracy (CUP), Health Care Policy and Opinion in the United States and Canada (Routledge), and Negativity in Democratic Politics (CUP).
Anna Stefanopoulou	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/stefanopoulou-anna/	Director, University of Michigan Energy Institute Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering William Clay Ford Professor of Technology	Anna G. Stefanopoulou is the Director of the Energy Institute, and the William Clay Ford Professor of Manufacturing at the University of Michigan. She has been on the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since 2000. She obtained her Diploma (1991, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece) in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and her Ph.D. (1996, University of Michigan) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She served as the Director of the Automotive Research Center a multi-university U.S. Army Center of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicles (2009-2018). She was an assistant professor (1998-2000) at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a technical specialist (1996-1997) at Ford Motor Company where she developed nonlinear and multivariable models and controllers for advanced engines; her algorithms were implemented and tested in experimental vehicles. She has been recognized as a Fellow of three different societies; the ASME (08), IEEE (09), and SAE (18). She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Division and the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society. She is the Founding Chair of the ASME DSCD Energy Systems Technical Committee and a member of a U.S. National Research Council committee on the 2025 US. Light Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards. She is a recipient of the 2017 IEEE Control System Technology award, the 2012 College of Engineering Research Award, the 2009 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, a 2008 Univ. of Michigan Faculty Recognition award, the 2005 Outstanding Young Investigator by the ASME DSC division, a 2005 Henry Russel award, a 2002 Ralph Teetor SAE educational award, a 1997 NSF CAREER award and selected as one of the 2002 world’s most promising innovators from the MIT Technology Review.
Jeff Stein	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/stein-jeff/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Allison Steiner	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/steiner-allison/	Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering	Allison Steiner’s research group studies the relationship between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere. Why study the terrestrial biosphere? Trees are a living, breathing dynamic component of the Earth system. Like humans, they can respond and adapt to climate change in ways that we cannot anticipate. Further, these responses can influence atmospheric composition through the release of gas phase compounds like water vapor and volatile organic compounds (VOC), and particulate matter such as pollen. These gas and aerosol components can cause changes in climate at the local and regional scale by altering surface air temperatures and precipitation. Their research group works to integrate the dynamic biosphere into high-resolution models and compare with observations, with the ultimate goal of developing a comprehensive understanding of regional scale climate and atmospheric chemistry.
Samuel Stolper	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/stolper-samuel/	Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability	Sam Stolper is an environmental and energy economist. His research, teaching, and writing are aimed at the design and implementation of environmental policy that is both efficient and equitable. He teaches courses on this subject to graduate students at SEAS as well as undergraduates in the Program in the Environment (PitE). Prior to joining SEAS, Sam was a postdoctoral associate at MIT, jointly through the Department of Economics and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). He received a Ph.D. in public policy in 2016 from Harvard University and a B.S. in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Brown University.
Wencong Su	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/su-wencong/	Chair and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn	Dr. Wencong Su is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA. Dr. Su received his B.S. degree (with distinction) from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, in 2008, his M.S. degree from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2009, and his Ph.D. degree from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2013, respectively—all in electrical engineering. He was a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Michigan. He worked as a Research Aide at Argonne National Laboratory in IL, USA, in 2012. He also worked as an R&D engineer intern at ABB U.S. Corporate Research Center in NC, USA, in 2009. Dr. Su's research is primarily centered around power and energy systems, transportation electrification, and cyber-physical systems. Dr. Su is a Fellow of IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) and a Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). An accomplished author, Dr. Su has penned one book, four book chapters, and over 150 high-quality articles in prestigious international journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. De. Su has been consecutively recognized as one of the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University. Dr. Su was the recipient of the 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Technical Committee Prize Paper Award and the 2013 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Student Best Paper Award. Moreover, Dr. Su holds editorial roles at several prestigious journals, including Associate Editor positions at both IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Access. He also serves as an Editor for IEEE Power Engineering Letters and Associate Editor for IEEE DataPort. He was the Guest Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid - Special Section on Power—Electronics-Enabled Smart Power Distribution Grid in 2020-2021. He was the Guest Editor of IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy—Special Section on COVID-19 Impact on Electrical Grid Operation: Analysis and Mitigation in 2021. He was the Guest Editor of IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications—Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems in Smart Grids: Security and Operation in 2017. Dr. Su's research work has been sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DoE), Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), Department of Defense (DoD), DTE Energy, Ford, Toyota, DENSO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Translation Research and Commercialization (MTRAC), DoE National Labs, and many other partners. He serves as the campus director of the Center for Electric Drive Transportation (2015-2023) and NSF REU Site (2018-2022) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He also serves as an associate director of Dearborn Artificial Intelligence Research Center (2020-present). Dr. Su was the 2021 recipient of the Distinguished Research Award and the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Research Team Award at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Jing Sun	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sun-jing/	Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department Chair, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Jing Sun received her Ph. D degree from the University of Southern California in 1989, and her B. S. and M. S. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1982 and 1984 respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1989-1993, she was on the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Wayne State University. She joined Ford Research Laboratory in 1993 where she worked in the Powertrain Control Systems Department on engine emission control and fuel economy optimization projects. After spending almost 10 years in industry, she came back to academia and joined the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan in September 2003, where she holds the title of Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor of Engineering now. Her research interests include control theory and optimization, as well as their applications to marine and automotive propulsion systems. She holds 39 US patents, has co-authored a textbook, Robust Adaptive Control (Prentice Hall, 1996), and published over 200 journal and conference papers. She has served as associate editor for several control journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Process. She is an IEEE fellow and one of the three recipients of the 2003 IEEE Control System Technology Award.
Kai Sun	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sun-kai/	Associate Research Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Wenhao Sun	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/sun-wenhao/	Assistant Professor	Prof. Sun’s research seeks to resolve outstanding fundamental scientific problems that impede the computational materials design process. His group uses high-throughput density functional theory, applied thermodynamics, and materials informatics to deepen the fundamental understanding of synthesis-structure-property relationships, while exploring new chemical spaces for functional technological materials. These research interests are driven by the practical goal of the U.S. Materials Genome Initiative to accelerate materials discovery, but whose resolution requires basic fundamental research in synthesis science, inorganic chemistry, and materials thermodynamics.
Sita Syal	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/syal-sita/	Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering	Sita Syal is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and directs EMBERlab at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on studying human influence and embedding equity in sustainable energy and transportation systems. She uses human-centered design methods, builds quantitative models, and engages with communities to co-create a more just and sustainable future.
Nathaniel Szymczak	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/szymczak-nathaniel/	Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	With a rising global population and increasing industrialization, the need to establish new and energy-efficient chemical conversion schemes is vital. Investigations into the discovery and implementation of innovative conversion schemes could lead to new ways by which chemical feedstocks are processed and recycled with minimal energy input. However, many aspects of the underlying science behind such strategies must be developed prior to large-scale implementation. To address these issues, the Szymczak research program is uncovering new strategies to develop catalytic methods for energy recycling and delivery. The group uses synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry to develop new catalytic methods for energy delivery, storage and recycling. They currently have two main foci: (1) the regeneration of spent hydrogen storage materials, (2) and the design of new synthetic catalysts for small molecule activation.
Jing Tang	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/tang-jing/	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Dr. Jing Tang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Gregory Tarlè	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/tarle-gregory/	Professor of Physics	Professor Tarlé’s research focuses on the nature of dark energy and dark matter and the acceleration and sources of cosmic rays.
Katsuyo Thornton	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/thornton-katsuyo/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Katsuyo Thornton is L.H. and F.E. Van Vlack Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on computational and theoretical investigations of the evolution of microstructures and nanostructures during processing and operation. These investigations facilitate the understanding of the underlying physics of materials to aid us in designing advanced materials with desirable properties. The topics include coarsening in elastically stressed solids, evolution of topologically complex systems in three dimensions, simulations of electrochemical systems, and self-assembly of quantum dots and other nanoscale phenomena during heteroepitaxy of semiconductors using large-scale simulations.
Michael Thouless	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/thouless-michael/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical Engineering Janine Johnson Weins Professor
Geoffrey Thün	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/thun-geoffrey/	Associate Professor of Architecture Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice	Geoffrey Thün is Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. He is a founding partner in the research-based practice RVTR. He holds an M.UD from the University of Toronto, and a Professional BArch and BES from the University of Waterloo. Within the architecture program, he has taught design studios, courses in urban systems, sustainable site and landscape and material systems.
Sonia M. Tiquia-Arashiro	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/tiquia-arashiro-m-sonia/	Director, MS in Environmental Science Professor of Biology and Microbiology	Professor Tiquia-Arshiro is a professor of microbiology at the UM-Dearborn and has been working as an environmental microbiologist for more than 15 years. Her energy area of interest is on the use microbes to produce ethanol from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Switchgrass is considered a good candidate for biofuel, especially ethanol production due to its huge biomass output and high cellulose content. Tiquia’s approach is to use molecular tools, genomics, and cultivation/enrichment technologies to characterize novel organisms, microbial consortia, communities, activities, and other novel properties of cellulosic microbes; and to study their roles in biomass decomposition to address impediments of ethanol production. Another ongoing project utilizes enrichment and culturing techniques to isolate novel microbes for biofuels production from synthesis gas (syngas) fermentation. This project seeks to combine experimental and computational tools to reveal the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying the metabolic capabilities for producing bio-molecules of biofuel interest. Her previous work resulted in over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals and more than 100 presentations at national and international meetings. She is the regional editor of the journal Environmental Technology, and currently leads a large research laboratory with many undergraduate scholars. She takes great interest in teaching and mentoring undergrad and graduate students. She teaches microbiology, applied and environmental microbiology, microbial physiology and microbial genetics. She also teaches a biotechnology and bioprocessing course to biology and bioengineering majors, which covers bioengineering principles to analysis, development, and design of processes (i.e. fermentation and biofuel synthesis).
Mike Traugott	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/traugott-mike/	Research Professor, Center for Political Studies Professor of Communication Studies	Michael Traugott is a political scientist who studies campaigns and elections, voting behavior, political communication, the use of polls to construct news, and survey methodology. He has published extensively in all of these areas. He is active in the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), serving as president of both organizations. In 2010, he received the AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Service. He also served as president of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR). He is a frequent resource for journalists interested in discussing American political campaigns and government operations. Traugott received his PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. His current research interests involve studies of the validity of survey responses, focused primarily on self-reported voting; and evaluations of polls used by journalists, specifically political polls. He is past president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and the World Association for Public Opinion Research and has served as a consultant to several media organizations on their election coverage.
Armin Troesch	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/troesch-armin/	ABS Professor of Marine and Offshore Design Performance Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	Armin W. Troesch, is currently a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and held a Professional Engineer’s license with the State of Michigan. Since 1969, he has held various engineering, teaching, and research positions including Design Engineer at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Visiting Research Associate at the DTNSWC Bethesda, MD, and Director of the U-M Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory. Research activities have included slender body diffraction forces, hydroelastic springing, wave energy devices, nonlinear dynamics, and extreme vessel motions. Based on this body of work, he has authored or co-authored with his students (34 M.S. and Ph.D.’s) more than 130 publications.
Joe Trumpey	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/trumpey-joe/	Associate Professor, School of Art & Design	Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 1994, Joe Trumpey was chief medical illustrator and director of graphic arts for the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. While at U-M, he founded and currently directs Michigan Science Art, one of the largest groups of science illustrators working together in North America. Their most notable achievement is the completion of approximately 5,000 illustrations for the award-winning, 17-volume Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Trumpey’s teaching focuses on experiential observation, drawing connections with the natural world. The cornerstone of his work as an educator is an annual field-sketching course in which students meet during winter term and then conduct two to four weeks of fieldwork at locations such as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cultural site in New Mexico, Everglades National Park, the Four Corners region, Yellowstone National Park, Costa Rica, and southern Africa. The course, which is cross-listed with the School of Natural Resources and Environment, collaborates with Michigan elementary and middle schools via the EcoExplorers Program developed by Trumpey. With its emphasis on biodiversity, modern agriculture and ecological sustainability, Trumpey’s creative work has been exhibited in a wide variety of venues across the country. The depth of his devotion to these issues is evident in the fact that he lives and works on a small farm dedicated to preserving the genetic diversity of rare livestock. As a freelance design consultant and illustrator, Trumpey has worked with the Toledo Zoo, the Detroit Zoo, the Smithsonian / National Zoo, the North Carolina Zoo, Houghton Mifflin Publishing, Wolfe Publishing, Lippincot Publishing, Gale / Thompson Publishing, Mosby Publishing, ScienceWorks, Inc., Appleton and Lang Publishing, Glaxo-Welcome Pharmaceuticals, and Stackpole Publishing. He has also conducted independent research in Kenya.
Anish Tuteja	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/tuteja-anish/	Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering	Research is focused on using polymers to address some of the key challenges in the areas of renewable energy and environmental science. Particular areas of interest include Superoleophobic surfaces, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Ice-Repellent Surfaces, Membranes, Polymer Nanocomposites, Thermoelectrics, Solar Cells, and Liquid-liquid Separations.
Ctirad Uher	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/uher-ctirad/	C. Wilbur Peters Collegiate Professor of Psysics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts	Ctirad Uher is the C. Wilbur Peters Collegiate Professor in Physics at University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in physics from University of New South Wales, under the direction of Professor Julian Goldsmid. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and was president of the International Thermoelectric Society. His research interests cover a wide area including thermoelectric materials, superconductors and diluted magnetic semiconductors. Among his many accomplishments, Professor Uher is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Chair of the University of Michigan Physics Department (1994-2004), and holds an honorary degree from the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic.
David Uhlmann	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/uhlmann-david/	Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice Director, Environmental Law and Policy Program Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Sustainability	David M. Uhlmann is the Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice, the director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program, and a Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Sustainability. Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, Professor Uhlmann served for 17 years at the U.S. Department of Justice, the last seven as chief of the Environmental Crimes Section, where he was the top environmental crimes prosecutor in the country. He led an office of approximately 40 prosecutors responsible for the prosecution of environmental and wildlife crimes nationwide. Professor Uhlmann coordinated national legislative, policy, and training initiatives regarding criminal enforcement and chaired the Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Policy Committee. He also served as vice chair of the annual American Bar Association’s Environmental Law Conference and was on the planning committee for the ALI-ABA Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws Seminar. Professor Uhlmann received a JD from Yale Law School and a BA in history with high honors from Swarthmore College. Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Marvin H. Shoob of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta.
Parth Vaishnav	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/vaishnav-parth/	Assistant Professor of Sustainable Systems	My research aims to understand how technology can help solve social problems. I employ quantitative decision analysis, buttressed by qualitative insight, to understand how economic, political, and operational realities constrain technology deployment. I focus on finding strategies to decarbonize the economy, and to adapt to the warming that has and will occur even if we cut greenhouse gas emissions very rapidly. I am particularly interested in finding ways to make both mitigation and adaptation equitable. My projects fall into two broad categories: (1) The environmental consequences of the electrification of buildings and transportation, and (2) The consequences of automation for the environment, equity, and work.
Nicholas Valentino	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/valentino-nicholas/	Research Professor, Center for Political Studies Professor of Political Science Professor of Communication Studies	Nicholas Valentino is a student of political communication, political psychology, and electoral behavior. His work focuses on political campaigns, racial attitudes, emotions, and social group cues in news and political advertising. His current work examines the intersection between racial attitudes and emotion in predicting political participation and vote choice.
Aditi Verma	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/verma-aditi/	Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences	Aditi Verma (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. Aditi is broadly interested in how energy technologies and systems—and their institutional infrastructures—can be designed in more creative, participatory, and equitable ways. To this end, her research group at the University of Michigan works towards developing a more fundamental understanding of the early stages of the design process to improve design practice and pedagogy, and also improve the tools with which designers of complex sociotechnical systems work. She was previously a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Prior to her appointment at the Belfer Center, Aditi worked at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, her work, endorsed and funded by policymakers from the NEA member countries, focused on bringing epistemologies from the humanities and social sciences to academic and practitioner nuclear engineering, thus broadening their epistemic core. At the NEA, Aditi also led the establishment of the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology, and Policy. Aditi holds undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Nuclear Science and Engineering from MIT. Her work, authored for academic as well as policymaking audiences, has been published in Nuclear Engineering and Design, Nature, Nuclear Technology, Design Studies, Journal of Mechanical Design, Issues in Science and Technology, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Inkstick.Aditi enjoys hiking with her dog, reading speculative fiction, and experimenting in the kitchen.
Angela Violi	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/violi-angela/	Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor Macromolecular Science and Engineering Professor of Applied Physics Professor of Biophysics
Henry Y. Wang	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/wang-y-henry/	Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering	A sustainable and environmentally sound economy requires the development of a new generation of ecologically compatible manufacturing processes. Bioprocessing and biotechnology should have a significant impact on this development. New and sustainable bioprocesses can be designed to manufacture biofuels, specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A systematic approach of developing a reconfigurable network for biomass to bioenergy/bioproduct processes by integrating both chemical and biological reactions and the use of advanced manufacturing science with process intensification is currently being investigated.
Gary Was	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/was-gary/	Walter J. Weber Jr. Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems Engineering Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Professor of Materials Science and Engineering	Gary S. Was is the Walter J. Weber, Jr. Professor of Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems Engineering, and holds appointments in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Was’s research is focused on materials for advanced nuclear energy systems and radiation materials science, including environmental and radiation effects on materials. He is a Fellow of TMS, MRS, ASM International, NACE International and ANS. Professor Was has published over 270 technical articles in referred, archival journals and delivered over 200 invited talks and seminars, published a graduate level textbook on Radiation Materials Science and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nuclear Materials. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, Professor Was has graduated 38 Ph.D. students, created several graduate level courses dealing primarily with irradiation effects on materials, ion beam modification of materials and nuclear fuels. He served as chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization and co-authored the first ASEE report on Manpower in the Nuclear Industry. He is director of three major laboratories at the University of Michigan: the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory for Surface Modification and Analysis, the High Temperature Corrosion Laboratory, and the Irradiated Materials Testing Laboratory. Professor Was received his ScD from MIT in 1980.
Fei Wen	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/wen-fei/	Dow Corning Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering	My group is interested in engineering microbes that are capable of converting lignocellulosic biomass to alternative biofuels, such as ethanol. The focus here is biomass-degrading enzyme activity engineering with the aim of identifying protein mutants that could break down biomass efficiently. Meanwhile, microbial metabolic engineering is employed with the aim of improving the biofuel yield and titer.
THOMAS WENISCH	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/wenisch-thomas/	Morris Wellman Faculty Development Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Professor Wenisch’s research focuses on computer architecture, with emphasis on enterprise data center architecture, and on increasing data center energy efficiency by improving the information technology, power delivery, and cooling infrastructure.
MARGARET WOOLDRIDGE	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/wooldridge-margaret/	Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Mechincal Engineering Professor of Aerospace Engineering	Professor Wooldridge received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford in 1995. Since her appointment at University of Michigan in 1998, she has received numerous awards for both achievement in engineering and education. She is the director of the Wooldridge Combustion Laboratory at the University of Michigan, which focuses on high-temperature chemically reacting systems which are critical to widespread applications, including power and propulsion and chemical processing. Professor Wooldridge’s research program spans these diverse areas and focuses on experimental studies to enable major developments in materials, fuel chemistry, and combustion devices. She is past Director of the Automotive Program. She is the current Director of the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program. Professor Wooldridge pioneered the ME433/AUTO533 Advanced Energy Solutions class in the College of Engineering in 2006, which is now offered to room capacity every semester. She has deep expertise in combustion applications, alternative fuels, and in system level consideration of conventional and renewable power and propulsion systems.
MING XU	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/xu-ming/	Assistant Professor of Sustainable Systems Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (By Courtesy)	Ming Xu is an Associate Professor in School for Environment and Sustainability where he serves as the Director of China Programs and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prof. Xu’s research interests lie in the fields of sustainable engineering and industrial ecology. He was awarded the prestigious Robert A. Laudise Medal which is to recognize “outstanding achievement in industrial ecology by a researcher under the age of 36.” Prof. Xu is a core faculty of the Center for Sustainable Systems and co-directs the Graduate Certificate Program on Industrial Ecology at the University of Michigan. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Resources, Conservation & Recycling (2016 Impact Factor: 3.313).
STEVEN YALISOVE	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/yalisove-steve/	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering	M.S. (Mech. and Aerospace Sci.), University of Rochester, 1979. Ph.D. (MSE), University of Pennsylvania, 1983
RALPH YANG	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/yang-ralph/	Dwight F. Benton Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering	Professor Yang received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1971. Since then he has held appointments at New York University, the Argonne National Laboratory, State University of New York at Buffalo and Brookhaven National Laboratory, as well as the National Science Foundation. He has been recognized by organizations worldwide such as the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, the US Department of Energy and the National Taiwan University for his achievements in chemical engineering, has published two books and over four hundred journal articles, and holds thirty-three US patents.
ALEX (YA SHA) YI	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/yi-sha-ya-alex/	Professor and PhD Program Director, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, U-M Dearborn	Alex Yi’s research group is performing dynamic research in the following areas: Integrated nano electronic and photonic materials and devices, photovoltaics&power related materials and devices, solar cells, light emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, semiconducting materials and devices, high performance computation and large scale simulation, photonic crystals, plasmonics, optoelectronic sensor, biomedical imaging, display, integrated nanoelectronics/MEMS and renewable energy. They have wide collaborations with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the European Union, National Laboratories and big industry companies.
YAFENG YIN	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ying-yafeng/	Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering	Analysis, modeling, design and optimization of transportation systems towards achieving sustainability and economic efficiency. My ongoing research involves examining the interdependency of urban infrastructure systems, and investigating the implications of emerging vehicular and information technologies on urban mobility.
DONALD R. ZAK	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/zak-r-donald/	Burton V. Barnes Collegiate Professor of Ecology	Don Zak holds a joint appointment in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and Arts. His research investigates links between the composition and function of soil microbial communities and the influence of microbial activity on ecosystem-level processes. This work draws on ecology, microbiology, and biochemistry and is focused at several scales of understanding, ranging from the molecular to the ecosystem scale. Current research centers on understanding the link between plant and microbial activity within terrestrial ecosystems, and the influence climate change may have on these dynamics. Teaching includes courses in soil ecology and ecosystem ecology.
TED ZELLERS	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/zellers-ted/	Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science and The Arts	Professor Zellers’s research is concerned with various aspects of characterizing and controlling human exposures to toxic chemicals, including sampling and analytical methods and instrumentation, assessment strategies, and protective equipment.
ZHAOHUI ZHONG	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/zhong-zhaohui/	Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering	Professor Zhong’s research interests include nanoelectronics and nanophotonics, microwave and terahertz frequency nanoelectronics, solar cell technology, chemical and biological sensing, and nanomaterial synthesis.
ROBERT M. ZIFF	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/ziff-robert-m/	Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Member, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics Center for the Study of Complex Systems	Professor Ziff carries out computational and theoretical studies of various physical problems, most notably percolation but also catalysis modeling and several reaction/diffusion systems. For percolation, he has developed various algorithms that have allowed substantial increases in performance, for the study of threshold behavior, crossing probability, etc. He also studies algorithms for efficiently simulating rare-event simulations such as chemical reactions and diffusion-limited aggregation. Included in his research history are research in the area of cryogenics (especially in liquid helium) at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the study of statistical mechanics of gas and polymer systems while in the mechanical engineering and chemistry departments at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Home (MICDE) http://micde.umich.edu/faculty-member/robert-ziff/
PAUL ZIMMERMAN	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/zimmerman-paul/	Assistant Professor of Chemistry	PhD: Stanford University PostDoc: University of California-Berkeley The Zimmerman Lab Publications
Lei Zuo	[email protected]	https://ies.engin.umich.edu/profile/zuo-lei/	Professor	Lei Zuo joined the University of Michigan as an endowed professor at the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in August 2022. He previously was the Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and served as the Director of NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), a consortium with sites at Virginia Tech, Columbia University, and Penn State University. Lei Zuo completed his his BS in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University (07/1997), two MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from MIT (02/2002), and his PhD from MIT (02/2005). He worked in industry for four years before returning to academia. Prof. Lei Zuo’s research interests include marine renewables (ocean waves, tidal currents, offshore wind), energy harvesting, vibration and control, mechatronics design, automotive engineering, and advanced manufacturing. His research has been funded with over 90 projects of USD $28M by various funding agencies and industries, with $18M for personal share. He has authored about 360 papers including 15 with the best paper awards. He has supervised 70 Ph.D. and master students to completion of their degrees, mentored 16 postdocs, and advised about 200 undergraduates in senior designs or research. Lei Zuo was the sole recipient of the 2017 ASME Leonardo da Vinci Award and the 2015 ASME Thar Energy Design Award. He received R&D 100 Awards twice (2015 and 2011) and the 2014 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.
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