Experts on Energy

Energy is the invisible force that makes everything happen in the world around us. It's the power that brings light to our homes, moves vehicles, and lets us enjoy all the things we love. Energy comes in different forms, like electricity, heat, and motion. We use energy from various sources, such as the sun, wind, water, or fossil fuels like coal and oil. When we harness energy and put it to work, it drives machines, heats our homes, and keeps our gadgets and devices running. Without energy, everything would stand still, and life as we know it wouldn't be the same. WPI experts on energy research energy production from various sources, including renewables, contribute to advancements on energy storage, energy efficiency, and sustainability, and prepare students for careers in the field of power systems.

Ravindra Datta
  • Affiliate Professor Chemical Engineering
Professor Datta's work spans decades of applying the principles of kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering to energy challenges. ... View Profile
Carrick McAfee Eggleston
  • Professor Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
Professor Eggleston's research is focused on natural materials and how they interact with the environment in which we live. ... View Profile
Paul P. Mathisen
  • Associate Professor and Dir. of Sustainability Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
As WPI’s Director of Sustainability and a professor of environmental engineering, Paul Mathisen studies and works to promote sustainability, especially in the areas of water, energy, transportation, and waste management. ... View Profile
Brajendra Mishra
  • Kenneth G. Merriam Distinguished Professor, Director, MPI & Donald M. Zwiep Distinguished Fellow Materials Science & Engineering
Professor Mishra focuses on the improvement in resource productivity and environmental stewardship through process and product development of materials using recovery and recycling, introducing advanced alloys and life-extension by corrosion and surface ... View Profile
David J. Olinger
  • Professor Aerospace Engineering
Professor Olinger's research focuses on using tethered wings and kites in water or air to extract energy from ocean currents, tidal flows, and wind flows. ... View Profile
Adam Clayton Powell
  • Associate Professor Materials Science & Engineering
Professor Powell focuses his research on validated mathematical modeling of metal process development for clean energy and energy efficiency. ... View Profile
Ali S. Rangwala
  • Professor Fire Protection Engineering
Professor Rangwala's research interests include problems related to industrial fire and explosions. ... View Profile
Pratap M. Rao
  • Associate Professor Materials Science & Engineering
Professor Rao's research is aimed at discovering, understanding and developing advanced materials for a range of applications, including solar energy conversion, catalysis, printed electronics, sensors, and functional coatings. ... View Profile
Sarah Strauss
  • Professor The Global School
Professor Strauss offers a wide array of expertise in health-related aspects of human interaction with the environment. ... View Profile
Michael T. Timko
  • Professor Chemical Engineering
Professor Timko studies the environmental and engineering aspects of clean energy technologies, with a specific emphasis on liquid transportation fuels. ... View Profile
Yan Wang
Yan Wang
  • Professor Materials Science & Engineering
Professor Wang's research is in the field of fundamental electrochemistry and electrochemistry-based technologies, including battery materials, manufacturing, safety, design and recycling, solid state batteries, and electrolysis. ... View Profile
Eric Mosher Young
  • Associate Professor-Engineering Chemical Engineering
Prof. Young is an expert in yeast, genetic engineering and synthetic biology. ... View Profile
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Yu Zhong
  • Professor Materials Science & Engineering
Dr. Zhong's research is focused on developing new pathways for clean energy, including a project to design devices that will produce a cost-effective, clean hydrogen fuel. Dr. ... View Profile