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The institute's 279 faculty affiliates hail from nine colleges and schools, more than 20 Texas A&M University departments, two Texas A&M University branch campuses, and two Texas A&M University System member institutions. To learn more about our faculty experts in energy, you can search by last name (or initial) in the filter box; by research theme, area, or topic in the drop-down menu; or enter a search term in the space provided. Each expert’s full profile lists individual research topics and a research summary, educational achievements, professional background, and contact information.
Texas A&M Energy Institute Faculty Affiliates
279 Total Faculty Affiliates
Expertise Theme/Area/Topic:Energy supply chain
27 Faculty Affiliates in this Theme/Area/Topic
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Robert S. Balog
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
William H. Byrnes
Executive Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Special Projects, Texas A&M University School of Law
Ismail Capar
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
Ivan Damnjanovic
Associate Professor, J.L. "Corky" Frank / Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC Faculty Fellow, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
Yu Ding
Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Courtesy Appointment in Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mahmoud El-Halwagi
Professor, Holder of the McFerrin Professorship, Managing Director of TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Jianbang Gan
Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Management; Joint Appointment, Department of Agricultural Economics
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Associate Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
Natarajan Gautam
Professor; Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Affairs; Jill and Charles F. Milstead '60 Faculty Fellow in Industrial Engineering; Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Neil Geismar
Associate Professor, Center for Executive Development Professor, Department of Information & Operations Management, Mays Business School -
Themes, Areas, and Topics
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Theme 1: Fossil and Non-Fossil based Technologies for Energy
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
- T1: Petroleum exploration and production
- T2: Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- T3: Drilling technologies
- T4: Natural/shale gas production
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- T58: Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T65: Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
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Area 2: Renewable Technologies for Energy
- T7: Biomass production
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T17: Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
- T18: Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
- T19: Wind energy conversion technologies
- T20: Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
- T24: Ocean energy conversion
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T34: Fuel cells technologies and materials
- T35: Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T56: Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
- T63: Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
- T64: Materials for wind energy
- Area 3: Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
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Area 4: Nuclear Energy Technologies
- T14: Nuclear energy conversion technologies
- T15: Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T53: Applied superconductivity
- T54: Neutron imaging for energy materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T57: Energy security
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Area 8: Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T13: Hydrogen-based supply chain
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T39: Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
- T40: Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T42: Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T48: Energy efficiency in urban systems
- T49: Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
- T50: Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
- T59: Communications for energy systems
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
- Area 9: Energy Transmission
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Area 10: Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T33: Smart grid safety and security
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T43: Energy economics
- T44: Energy law and policy
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T57: Energy security
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
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Theme 2: Materials, Catalysis, and Separations for Energy
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
- T1: Petroleum exploration and production
- T2: Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- T3: Drilling technologies
- T4: Natural/shale gas production
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- T58: Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T65: Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
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Area 2: Renewable Technologies for Energy
- T7: Biomass production
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T17: Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
- T18: Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
- T19: Wind energy conversion technologies
- T20: Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
- T24: Ocean energy conversion
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T34: Fuel cells technologies and materials
- T35: Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T56: Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
- T63: Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
- T64: Materials for wind energy
- Area 3: Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
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Area 4: Nuclear Energy Technologies
- T14: Nuclear energy conversion technologies
- T15: Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T53: Applied superconductivity
- T54: Neutron imaging for energy materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T57: Energy security
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Area 5: Energy Storage
- T31: Electric power generation and storage
- T34: Fuel cells technologies and materials
- T35: Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
- T36: Technologies for energy storage: Batteries
- T37: Technologies for energy storage: Hydrogen
- T38: Technologies for energy storage: Supercapacitors
- T51: Technologies for energy storage: Compressed air
- T52: Technologies for energy storage: Heat pumps
- T61: Technologies for energy storage: Flywheels
- T64: Materials for wind energy
- Area 6: Energy Efficiency
- Area 7: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
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Area 8: Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T13: Hydrogen-based supply chain
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27 Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T39: Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
- T40: Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T42: Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T48: Energy efficiency in urban systems
- T49: Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
- T50: Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
- T59: Communications for energy systems
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
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Theme 3: Multi-scale Energy Systems Engineering
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
- T1: Petroleum exploration and production
- T2: Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- T3: Drilling technologies
- T4: Natural/shale gas production
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- T58: Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T65: Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
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Area 2: Renewable Technologies for Energy
- T7: Biomass production
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T17: Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
- T18: Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
- T19: Wind energy conversion technologies
- T20: Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
- T24: Ocean energy conversion
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T34: Fuel cells technologies and materials
- T35: Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T56: Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
- T63: Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
- T64: Materials for wind energy
- Area 3: Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
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Area 4: Nuclear Energy Technologies
- T14: Nuclear energy conversion technologies
- T15: Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T53: Applied superconductivity
- T54: Neutron imaging for energy materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- Area 6: Energy Efficiency
- Area 7: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
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Area 8: Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T13: Hydrogen-based supply chain
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T39: Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
- T40: Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T42: Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T48: Energy efficiency in urban systems
- T49: Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
- T50: Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
- T59: Communications for energy systems
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
- Area 9: Energy Transmission
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Area 10: Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T33: Smart grid safety and security
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T43: Energy economics
- T44: Energy law and policy
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T57: Energy security
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
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Theme 4: Energy Economics, Law, Policy, and Societal Impact
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
- T1: Petroleum exploration and production
- T2: Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
- T3: Drilling technologies
- T4: Natural/shale gas production
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- T58: Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T65: Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
-
Area 2: Renewable Technologies for Energy
- T7: Biomass production
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T17: Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
- T18: Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
- T19: Wind energy conversion technologies
- T20: Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
- T24: Ocean energy conversion
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T34: Fuel cells technologies and materials
- T35: Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T56: Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
- T63: Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
- T64: Materials for wind energy
- Area 3: Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
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Area 4: Nuclear Energy Technologies
- T14: Nuclear energy conversion technologies
- T15: Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T53: Applied superconductivity
- T54: Neutron imaging for energy materials
- T55: Nondestructive testing for energy applications
- T57: Energy security
- Area 7: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
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Area 8: Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
- T5: Natural/shale gas supply chain
- T6: Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T8: Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T9: Biomass-based supply chain
- T10: Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
- T11: Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
- T12: Hydrogen production
- T13: Hydrogen-based supply chain
- T25: Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
- T26: Combustion
- T27: Multifunctional materials for energy applications
- T28: Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
- T29: Materials for separations in energy applications
- T39: Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
- T40: Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T42: Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T48: Energy efficiency in urban systems
- T49: Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
- T50: Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
- T59: Communications for energy systems
- T60: Water use in hydraulic fracturing
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
- Area 9: Energy Transmission
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Area 10: Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
- T16: Nuclear safety and security
- T33: Smart grid safety and security
- T41: Energy supply chain
- T43: Energy economics
- T44: Energy law and policy
- T45: Energy and sustainability
- T46: Energy and water supply chain
- T47: Energy and food supply chain
- T57: Energy security
- T62: Environmental impacts of energy production
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Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
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Theme 1: Fossil and Non-Fossil based Technologies for Energy
