Faculty Directory
Assistant Department Head, Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering
Electrochemical systems (batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers) relevant to vehicle electrification; grid stability; and energy storage
Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Biomass conversion and modeling, advanced biofuels and bioproducts
Department Head and Robert M. Condra Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Microbial gene expression profiles during biofuel production from cellulosic feedstocks
Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Transportation energy transition; sustainability; GHG mitigation; energy efficiency, particularly public policy aspects
Professor, School of Natural Resources
Carbon materials, natural fiber composites, composite processing, biopolymers, adhesion, rheology, thermal analysis, kinetic modeling, mechanics
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Environmental sustainability, water and wastewater quality
Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Material research, use of hemp in composites
Professor & Assistant Director, Center for Renewable Carbon
Novel approaches to deconstruct lignocellulosic biomass and fabricate bio-based products, high throughput techniques coupled with multivariate statistical analyses for monitoring biomass quality and performance at various scales
Wayne T. Davis Dean's Chair, Tickle College of Engineering & Chancellor's Professor
Electrochemical power conversion and storage including polymer electrolyte fuel cells, flow battery systems, and biological energy systems; multi-phase transport visualization and characterization; computational simulation of electrochemical power conversion and storage systems
Director, East Tennessee Clean Fuels
Alternative fuel vehicle technology adoption, fleet, outreach, education, grant assistance, program management, natural gas, electric, propane, biodiesel, ethanol, electric vehicles
Director of Combustion and Propulsion for Aviation Research Center, Associate Professor
Aviation, hydrogen, sustainability, aircraft, sustainable aviation fuel
UT–ORNL Governor's Chair for Biorefining
Biofuels, bio-derived materials; chemical engineering, forestry sciences, environmental science and management, materials engineering, organic chemistry, food science, macromolecular and materials chemistry