Energy and Sustainability

A broad range of projects are being carried out in the areas of energy and sustainability, including improving efficiency in combustion and energy systems, renewable energy, pollution abatement, hydrogen utilization, fuel cells, carbon capture and sequestration, sustainable chemical processes, and design of energy efficient buildings.

Projects

• Properties of gas hydrates to assist in developing sustainable energy Thermal Properties of Gas Hydrates (Kenneth D. Jordan group)
• Environmentally Sound: High Performance, Compact Thermoacoustic Refrigeration (Laura Schaefer group)
• Zeolite Nucleation and Hypothetical Structures (David J. Earl group)
• Making Solar Power more Accessible (Geoffrey Hutchison group)
• Modeling Turbulence to build more efficient engines (Peyman Givi group)
• Capturing CO₂