School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Energy
Identifying renewable energy sources is one of the grand challenges for humankind. Several faculty in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) are developing highly efficient and sustainable energy-conversion and storage devices. This type of research in spans across several technologies, including photovoltaic solar cells, fuel cells, and batteries that address both energy conversion and storage needs.
Faculty at MME work on many different energy challenges, including developing nanoscale materials for energy devices, fabricating individual devices, and exploring how to integrate these devices into renewable energy grids.
Topics in Energy
- Energy technologies: (1) Batteries, (2) Fuel cells, (3) Supercapacitors, and (4) Photovoltaic solar cells
- Photovoltaic materials
- Energy harvesting
- High temperature fuel cells
- Multiscale modeling of materials and processes in energy conversion and storage devices
- Liquid hydrogen fueling of unmanned aerial systems/vehicles (UAS/UAV)
- Energy storage dynamics and integration with renewable sources
- Battery materials and renewable energy materials
Faculty in Energy
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Banerjee, Soumik Associate Professor | soumik.banerjee@wsu.edu 509-335-0294 Sloan 215 Pullman | ![]() |
Beckman, Scott Associate Professor, Acting Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program (MSEP) | scott.beckman@wsu.edu 509-335-8571 ETRL 252 Pullman | ![]() |
Dutta, Prashanta Professor | prashanta@wsu.edu 509-335-7989 EME B27 Pullman | ![]() |
Leachman, Jacob Associate Professor | jacob.leachman@wsu.edu 509-335-7711 Sloan 217 Pullman | ![]() |
Lin, Yuehe Professor | yuehe.lin@wsu.edu 509-335-8523 Dana 247C Pullman | ![]() |
Matveev, Konstantin Professor | matveev@wsu.edu 509-335-1327 Sloan 225C Pullman | ![]() |
McLarty, Dustin Associate Professor | dustin.mclarty@wsu.edu 509-335-1699 EME 147 Pullman | ![]() |
Norton, M. Grant Professor, Dean, WSU Honors College | mg_norton@wsu.edu 509-335-4505 Honors 130 Pullman | ![]() |
Song, Min Kyu Associate Professor | minkyu.song@wsu.edu 509-335-8218 EME 159 Pullman | ![]() |