EES
The EES Thrust Area's focus is to understand, develop, and apply the basic
principles of science and engineering to the very broad field of energy. We use
these principles to develop technologies for the efficient and sustainable use and
conversion of energy with the goal of meeting the challenges posed by dwindling
resources, rising prices, and environmental impacts.
Teaching and research include the following disciplines: equilibrium and
non-equilibrium thermodynamics, hea t transfer, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics,
materials, and combustion and fire dynamics.
Energy Engineering
and Science
Professor
Michael von
Spakovsky
EES
Coordinator
Applications at all scales from the microscopic to the macroscopic include:
energy storage (e.g., batteries, metal hydrides, pump storage, super-capacitors,
etc.), fuel cells, propulsion, turbo-machinery, renewable energy, thermoelectric
and solar energy harvesting, multi-disciplinary design analysis and optimization
of grid/micro-grid and high performance aircraft and stationary systems, etc.
Numerous multi- and cross-disciplinary collaborations between faculty and
students exist within the EES Thrust Area and across thrust areas and new ones
are always being encouraged due to the pervasiveness of energy and its impact
on all mechanical engineering disciplines and applications.
Without a doubt, ENERGY is the future and through innovation, we will help
to invent it.