Energy & Sustainability
Energy related research has always been an area of traditional strength at IIT, mostly through the activities of Energy+Power Center, Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering (CESE), and our renewable energy initiatives. These activities constitute a major cornerstone of IIT’s multi-disciplinary “Energy and Sustainability Institute” (ESI). Henry R. Linden, Max McGraw Professor in Energy and Power and co-founder of ESI, is one of the leading energy prognosticators in the nation. The department activities include research programs in fuel cells, batteries, renewable energy, gas cleaning, hydrogen storage, and water management. The department is also a leader in the “house of the future” project, which is intended to provide IIT students and researchers with a living laboratory for testing of novel energy and sustainability technologies.
Examples of the research interests of individual faculty in energy and sustainability are:
Javad Abbassian
GTI Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Coal gasification; high temperature gas cleaning
Hamid Arastoopour
Henry R. Linden Professor of Energy
Expertise:
Computational fluid dynamics of multi-phase systems; nanoparticle fluidization
Donald Chmielewski
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Design and control of fuel cell and alternative energy systems
Dimitri Gidaspow
Distinguished University Professor
Expertise:
Hydrodynamics of multi-phase flow; computational fluidization; coal gasification; fuel cells
Henry Linden
Max McGraw Professor of Energy and Power Engineering and Management; Director, IIT Energy + Power Center
Expertise:
Fossil fuel technologies; energy and resource economics; energy and environmental policy
Satish Parulekar
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Modeling of fuel cells; electrodeposition
Jai Prakash
Acting Chair, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Expertise:
Electrochemical characterization and synthesis of novel materials for batteries and fuel cells
Vijay Ramani
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Expertise:
Hybrid materials for PEM fuel cells; fuel cell hydration and degradation issues