Great Lakes Energy Institute partners with faculty across Case Western Reserve University to promote energy-related research on campus. Through their research the following faculty work to catalyze breakthroughs and improve understanding of the way energy is harvested, distributed and used.
Future Power
Steve Hostler
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Develops and characterizes novel thermal management materials
Pan Li
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Investigates big data computing and analytics, security and privacy, and their applications in complex systems and networks
Yue Li
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Designs and improves resilient buildings and infrastructure
Kenneth Loparo
Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Co-Director, Internet of Things Collaborative (IOTC)
Develop real-time data analytics and control algorithms for industrial, energy and physiological systems
Chirag Kharangate
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Explores energy, thermal management of electronics and computational fluid dynamics
Hossein Lavasani
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Electronics and Micro/Nano systems systems
Hossein Lavasani
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Electronics and Micro/Nano systems systems
Energy Storage
Rohan Akolkar
Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation
Chief Scientist (Joint Appointmet), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Director, Electronic Design Center (EDC)
Develops new electrochemical processes for applications including nano-material fabrication, energy storage, electrometallurgy and sensors
Burcu Gurkan
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Designs and studies ionic liquid and eutectic solvents for applications in separations, carbon dioxide capture and electrochemical conversion, and energy storage
Julie Renner
Dean's Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Develops biomolecular platforms to control solid-liquid interfaces and enable a new generation of advanced technologies
Robert Savinell
Department Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Develops high-performance electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies through fundamental and applied studies of interfacial and transport processes
Alp Sehirlioglu
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new materials through exploitation of interfaces to control functionality and exploration of multi-functionality for energy-related applications
Chris Yingchun Yuan
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Researches design, manufacturing and sustainability science of lithium ion batteries, solar cells and nanotechnologies.
Solar and Energy Data Science
Laura Bruckman
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops predictive lifetime models for materials degradation related to stress conditions and induced degradation mechanisms evaluated by quantitative spectroscopic characterization of materials
Jennifer Carter
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
deformation mechanisms of metals and metal-matrix composites; fatigue, fracture, and creep; failure analysis; electron microscopy; 3D microscopy; novel methodologies for multi-scale material characterization; data science and analytics; open science
Wind
Oil & Gas
Mark De Guire
Associate Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Analyzes performance of ceramics in energy applications, including fuel cells and oxygen transport membranes
David Schiraldi
Professor Emeritus, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Develops bio-based, flame-retarded plastics, polymer aerogels and packaging materials; and studies properties of polyesters
Cross-Cutting Energy Research
Christine Duval
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Develops separation materials and processes to benefit nuclear medicine, environmental protection, and nuclear waste recycling and remediation.
Michael Hore
Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Combines experiments, theory and simulation to study fundamental problems in the polymer physics of grafted and non-linear polymers
Jonathan Adler
Teaches courses in environmental, administrative and constitutional law.
Peter Yang
Associate Professor, Research & Service in German and Chinese Studies
Shulei Zhang
Assistant Professor
Valentin Rodionov
Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Investigates catalysis with soft materials: catalytic surfactants and polymers; complex macromolecular architectures for bio-inspired catalysis; and ligand-mediated nanocatalysis