Faculty
Bingqing Wei – CFCB Director
Dr. Bingqing (B. Q) Wei is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware. He is a member of The Materials Research Society (MRS), The Electrochemical Society (ECS), The American Chemical Society (ACS), and The American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME). His research interest lies in nanomaterials and nanotechnology.
Telephone: 302-831-6438
Fax: (302) 831-3619
E-mail: weib@udel.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Suresh G. Advani
George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering
M. Zubaer Hossain
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Thin-film photovoltaics | Quantum simulation of absorption efficiency in solar cells | Mechanics of energy transport in low-dimensional materials (including graphene and carbon nanotubes) | Mechanics of flexible energy materials, Electron -dependent thermoelectric properties at high pressures
Andreas Malikopoulos
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Power management control for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in HEVs (PHEVs) | connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) | sociotechnical systems | energy and sustainable syste
Ajay K. Prasad
Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor and Department Chair
Research Interests
Materials development, characterization and evaluation for PEM fuel cells and electrochemical compressors | Transport phenomena in PEM fuel cells| UD Fuel Cell Bus Program | Vehicle-to-grid research and implementation| Hybrid vehicles | Battery modeling and analysis | Wind and ocean current energy | Energy-efficient solar-powered buildings
R. Valéry Roy
Associate Professor
Michael H. Santare
Professor
Lian-Ping Wang
Professor
Research Interests
Turbulent flows | Thermal flows | Multiphase flows | Mesoscopic CFD methods
Pierre Koffi Yao
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Douglas J. Buttrey
Professor
Thomas H. Epps, III
Professor
Director, Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics
Research Interests
Self-assembling polymers | nanostructured materials | battery membranes | renewable materials | stimuli-responsive materials for drug delivery
Feng Jiao
Associate Professor
Research Interests
sustainable fuel production via photochemical and electrochemical approaches | nanoporous materials for energy applications | process and reactor design for electrochemical systems | in-situ and operando synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Babatunde A Ogunnaike
Dean
William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering
Professor, Center for Systems Biology – DBI
Dionisios G. Vlachos
Allan & Myra Ferguson Chair of Chemical Engineering
Director, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
Director, UD Energy Institute (UDEI)
Research Interests
Portable and distributed energy, renewables, fuel and biofuel processing | Surface chemistry | Control thin film and particle microstructure
Norman Wagner
Unidel Robert L. Pigford Chair in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Center for Neutron Science
Joint Professor, Dept of Physics & Astronomy
Professor, Biomechanics & Movement Science (BIOMS)
Bingjun Xu
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis for renewable applications | in-situ/operand spectroscopies for interfacial studies
Yushan Yan
Distinguished Engineering Professor
Research Interests
Electrochemical energy devices including fuel cells, electrolyzers and flow batteries | electrocatalysis; polymer electrolytes | electrochemical interfaces
Christopher J. Kloxin
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Monomer and polymer design and synthesis | Ionic liquid-based polymer networks |membranes for fuel cell and carbon capture applications | Photopolymerization
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel Cha
Professor
Ardeshir Faghri
Professor
Chin-Pao Huang
Donald C. Philips Professor
Research Interests
Industrial wastewater management | aquatic chemistry | soil and groundwater remediation | environmental nanomaterials and processes | catalytic electrochemcial processesy
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Robert W. Birkmire
Director, Institute of Energy Conversion
Professor
S. Ismat Shah
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dennis Prather
Professor