Affiliated Faculty

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

Energy Storage

  • Rohan Akolkar

    Rohan Akolkar

    Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: rohan.akolkar@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4151

  • Burcu Gurkan

    Burcu Gurkan

    Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: burcu.gurkan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4182

  • Julie Renner

    Julie Renner

    Dean's Fellow, Case School of Engineering; Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: julie.renner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2905

  • Robert F. Savinell

    Robert F. Savinell

    Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: robert.savinell@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2728

  • Alp Sehirlioglu

    Alp Sehirlioglu

    Department Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: axs461@case.edu

  • Chris Yingchun Yuan

    Chris Yingchun Yuan

    Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: chris.yuan@case.edu

Solar and Energy Data Science

  • Laura Bruckman

    Laura Bruckman

    Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: laura.bruckman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0135

  • Jennifer Carter

    Jennifer Carter

    Faculty Director, Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, Case School of Engineering; Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: jennifer.w.carter@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4214

  • Ina T. Martin

    Ina T. Martin

    Director of Research Cores and Operations, Office of Strategic Partnerships Program,; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: ina.martin@case.edu

Wind

Oil & Gas

Cross-cutting Research

  • Christine Duval

    Christine Duval

    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering; Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center,

    Email: christine.duval@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8613

  • Michael J. A. Hore

    Michael J. A. Hore

    Associate Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: hore@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0793

  • Valentin Rodionov

    Valentin Rodionov

    Assistant Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case School of Engineering

    Email: vor2@case.edu