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  • Themes, Areas and Topics

    Transform the Energy Research Landscape


    • Research Pyramid
    The Texas A&M Energy Institute interdisciplinary research program focuses on the interacting Themes of:

    Theme 1: Fossil and Non-Fossil based Technologies for Energy

    Theme 2: Materials, Catalysis, and Separations for Energy

    Theme 3: Multi-scale Energy Systems Engineering

    Theme 4: Energy Economics, Law, Policy, and Societal Impact


    The four interconnected themes are further classified into the following (10) research Areas:
    Area 1: Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
    Area 2: Renewable Technologies for Energy
    Area 3: Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
    Area 4: Nuclear Energy Technologies
    Area 5: Energy Storage
    Area 6: Energy Efficiency
    Area 7: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
    Area 8: Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
    Area 9: Energy Transmission
    Area 10: Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
    and the following Topics:
    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
    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
    T13:
    Hydrogen-based supply chain
    T14:
    Nuclear energy conversion technologies
    T15:
    Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
    T16:
    Nuclear safety and security
    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
    T21:
    Geothermal energy conversion and production
    T22:
    Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering
    T23:
    Hydropower energy conversion
    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
    T30:
    Smart grid conversion and distribution technologies
    T31:
    Electric power generation and storage
    T32:
    Smart grid architecture
    T33:
    Smart grid safety and security
    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
    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
    T43:
    Energy economics
    T44:
    Energy law and policy
    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
    T51:
    Technologies for energy storage: Compressed air
    T52:
    Technologies for energy storage: Heat pumps
    T53:
    Applied superconductivity
    T54:
    Neutron imaging for energy materials
    T55:
    Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    T56:
    Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
    T57:
    Energy security
    T58:
    Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
    T59:
    Communications for energy systems
    T60:
    Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    T61:
    Technologies for energy storage: Flywheels
    T62:
    Environmental impacts of energy production
    T63:
    Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    T64:
    Materials for wind energy
    T65:
    Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
  • Themes, Areas and Topics

    Fossil and Non-Fossil based Technologies for Energy

    Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
    • Petroleum exploration and production
    • Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
    • Drilling technologies
    • Natural/shale gas production
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hydrogen production
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Energy security
    • Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
    Renewable Technologies for Energy
    • Biomass production
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
    • Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
    • Wind energy conversion technologies
    • Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
    • Ocean energy conversion
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Fuel cells technologies and materials
    • Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    • Materials for wind energy
    Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
    • Geothermal energy conversion and production
    • Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering
    • Hydropower energy conversion
    Nuclear Energy Technologies
    • Nuclear energy conversion technologies
    • Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Applied superconductivity
    • Neutron imaging for energy materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Energy security
    Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Hydrogen-based supply chain
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
    • Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
    • Energy supply chain
    • Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Communications for energy systems
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Environmental impacts of energy production
    Energy Transmission
    • Smart grid conversion and distribution technologies
    • Electric power generation and storage
    • Smart grid architecture
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Communications for energy systems
    Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Energy supply chain
    • Energy economics
    • Energy law and policy
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy security
    • Environmental impacts of energy production

    Materials, Catalysis, and Separations for Energy

    Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
    • Petroleum exploration and production
    • Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
    • Drilling technologies
    • Natural/shale gas production
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hydrogen production
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Energy security
    • Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
    Renewable Technologies for Energy
    • Biomass production
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
    • Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
    • Wind energy conversion technologies
    • Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
    • Ocean energy conversion
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Fuel cells technologies and materials
    • Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    • Materials for wind energy
    Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
    • Geothermal energy conversion and production
    • Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering
    • Hydropower energy conversion
    Nuclear Energy Technologies
    • Nuclear energy conversion technologies
    • Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Applied superconductivity
    • Neutron imaging for energy materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Energy security
    Energy Storage
    • Electric power generation and storage
    • Fuel cells technologies and materials
    • Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
    • Technologies for energy storage: Batteries
    • Technologies for energy storage: Hydrogen
    • Technologies for energy storage: Supercapacitors
    • Technologies for energy storage: Compressed air
    • Technologies for energy storage: Heat pumps
    • Technologies for energy storage: Flywheels
    • Materials for wind energy
    Energy Efficiency
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Hydrogen-based supply chain
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
    • Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
    • Energy supply chain
    • Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Communications for energy systems
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Environmental impacts of energy production

    Multi-scale Energy Systems Engineering

    Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
    • Petroleum exploration and production
    • Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
    • Drilling technologies
    • Natural/shale gas production
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hydrogen production
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Energy security
    • Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
    Renewable Technologies for Energy
    • Biomass production
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
    • Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
    • Wind energy conversion technologies
    • Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
    • Ocean energy conversion
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Fuel cells technologies and materials
    • Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    • Materials for wind energy
    Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
    • Geothermal energy conversion and production
    • Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering
    • Hydropower energy conversion
    Nuclear Energy Technologies
    • Nuclear energy conversion technologies
    • Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Applied superconductivity
    • Neutron imaging for energy materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Energy security
    Energy Efficiency
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Hydrogen-based supply chain
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
    • Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
    • Energy supply chain
    • Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Communications for energy systems
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Environmental impacts of energy production
    Energy Transmission
    • Smart grid conversion and distribution technologies
    • Electric power generation and storage
    • Smart grid architecture
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Communications for energy systems
    Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Energy supply chain
    • Energy economics
    • Energy law and policy
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy security
    • Environmental impacts of energy production

    Energy Economics, Law, Policy, and Societal Impact

    Fossil-based Technologies for Energy
    • Petroleum exploration and production
    • Conventional and unconventional reservoirs
    • Drilling technologies
    • Natural/shale gas production
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hydrogen production
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Energy security
    • Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Crude oil processing: non-thermal, electrical discharge, and plasma processes
    Renewable Technologies for Energy
    • Biomass production
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies
    • Materials for solar energy conversion and storage
    • Wind energy conversion technologies
    • Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage
    • Ocean energy conversion
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Fuel cells technologies and materials
    • Thermoelectrics-based technologies and materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism
    • Turbomachinery for energy use and its reliability
    • Materials for wind energy
    Geothermal and Hydropower-based Technologies for Energy
    • Geothermal energy conversion and production
    • Reservoir geo-mechanics and geo-engineering
    • Hydropower energy conversion
    Nuclear Energy Technologies
    • Nuclear energy conversion technologies
    • Materials for nuclear fuels and system design
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Applied superconductivity
    • Neutron imaging for energy materials
    • Nondestructive testing for energy applications
    • Energy security
    Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    Multi-scale Analysis, Simulation, Synthesis, and Optimization of Energy Systems
    • Natural/shale gas supply chain
    • Coal conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Biomass-based supply chain
    • Hybrid feedstocks (any combination of biomass/coal/natural gas/petroleum) conversion to liquid fuels/chemicals/electricity
    • Hybrid feedstocks-based supply chain
    • Hydrogen production
    • Hydrogen-based supply chain
    • Catalysis and reaction engineering for energy applications
    • Combustion
    • Multifunctional materials for energy applications
    • Separation technologies for energy applications (e.g., CO2 capture, utilization, storage)
    • Materials for separations in energy applications
    • Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
    • Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems
    • Energy supply chain
    • Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy efficiency in urban systems
    • Energy use, conservation and lighting technologies for buildings
    • Energy in transportation systems: Electric, natural gas, and hybrid vehicles
    • Communications for energy systems
    • Water use in hydraulic fracturing
    • Environmental impacts of energy production
    Energy Transmission
    • Smart grid conversion and distribution technologies
    • Electric power generation and storage
    • Smart grid architecture
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Communications for energy systems
    Energy Policy, Law, Security, and Societal Impact
    • Nuclear safety and security
    • Smart grid safety and security
    • Energy supply chain
    • Energy economics
    • Energy law and policy
    • Energy and sustainability
    • Energy and water supply chain
    • Energy and food supply chain
    • Energy security
    • Environmental impacts of energy production
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