Meet the Energy Research Center team

ERC Leadership

Carlos Romero

Carlos Romero

Director, Research Full Professor
Associate Director I-CPIE

Keywords: Energy, Critical Materials, Thermal Energy Storage, Power Generation, Environmental sciences, Combustion

Zheng Yao

Zheng Yao

Associate Director, Principal Research Scientist

Keywords: Critical Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, Combustion

ERC Research and Professional Staff

Sudhakar Neti

Sudhakar Neti

Senior Research Scientist, Emeritus Professor

Keywords: Thermal Energy, Solar Energy

Julio Bravo

Julio Bravo

Research Scientist

Keywords: Thermal Energy storage, Carbon Capture, Power Plants Flexibilization

Asal Saeidfar

Asal Saeidfar

Research Scientist

Keywords: Electrochemical Systems, Recovery & Characterization of Critical Materials, Modeling & Simulation

Havva Hande Cebeci

Havva Hande Cebeci

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Keywords: Thermal Energy Storage, Material Synthesis & Characterization

Colleen Munion

Colleen Munion

Administrative Manager
Robert Swan

Robert Swan

Lab Technician

Affiliated Faculty

Arindam Banerjee

Arindam Banerjee

Paul B. Reinhold Professor and Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (MEM)

Keywords: Fluid Mechanics, Marine Renewable Energy, Turbulent Mixing, Pulmonary Fluid Dynamics

Jonas Baltrusaitis

Jonas Baltrusaitis

Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Keywords: Hydrogen, Electrochemistry, Solar Energy

John Fox

John T. Fox

Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Keywords: Solid Waste Treatment and Reuse

Shalinee Kishore

Shalinee Kishore

Iacocca Chair Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director, Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure & Energy

Keywords: AI & Energy, Electrification, Cyberphysical Energy Systems, Smart Grids

Alparslan Oztekin

Alparslan Oztekin

Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Keywords: Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Transport Phenomena, Fluid/Structure Interaction, Mechanical Engineering

Mayuresh Kothare

Mayuresh V. Kothare

Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Keywords: Control Systems

Clay Naito

Clay J. Naito

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Keywords: Innovative Structural Materials and Systems

Frank Pazzaglia

Frank J. Pazzaglia

Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Keywords: Geothermal Energy Resources, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Sequestration

Stephen Peters

Stephen Peters

Associate Professor, Earth & Enviromental Sciences

Keywords: Geochemistry, Hydrology, Material Characterization

Spencer Quiel

Spencer Quiel

Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Associate Director I-CPIE

Keywords: Material Characterization

Muhannad Suleiman

Muhannad T. Suleiman

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Keywords: Geo-Energy Systems

Jianxing Sun

Jianxing Sun

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Keywords: Phase Change, Experimental Thermo-fluids, Heat Transfer & Heat Exchange

Xuanjie Wang

Xuanjie Wang

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Keywords: Energy Storage, Thermal Management, Solar Energy

ERC Students