Bruce Logan

Director, Institute of Energy and the Environment
Titles and Affiliations
Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bruce Logan is the director of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. He also serves as director of both the Engineering Energy and Environmental Institute and the Hydrogen Energy Center at Penn State.

Logan's research focuses on developing new renewable energy technologies, such as microbial fuel cells and thermal batteries, for achieving an energy sustainable water infrastructure; wastewater treatment; and bioremediation.

Logan has authored many publications and received numerous awards and honors for his work and has been appointed visiting professor at several universities around the world. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the International Water Association and the Water Environment Foundation.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Hydrogen Evolution with a Saline Catholyte Water Feed

Shi, L., Zhou, X., Taylor, R. F., Xie, C., Bian, B., Hall, D. M., Rossi, R., Hickner, M. A., Gorski, C. A. & Logan, B. E., Jan 16 2024, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 58, 2, p. 1131-1141 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Reducing Chloride Ion Permeation during Seawater Electrolysis Using Double-Polyamide Thin-Film Composite Membranes

Zhou, X., Taylor, R. F., Shi, L., Xie, C., Bian, B. & Logan, B. E., Jan 9 2024, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 58, 1, p. 391-399 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A comprehensive analysis of key factors influencing methane production from CO2 using microbial methanogenesis cells

Baek, G. & Logan, B. E., Oct 15 2023, In: Water Research. 245, 120657.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Hydrocarbon-based membranes cost-effectively manage species transport and increase performance in thermally regenerative batteries

Cross, N. R., Vazquez-Sanchez, H., Rau, M. J., Lvov, S. N., Hickner, M. A., Gorski, C. A., Nagaraja, S. S., Sarathy, S. M., Logan, B. E. & Hall, D. M., Nov 1 2023, In: Electrochimica Acta. 467, 143090.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

System efficiency and power assessment of the all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery

Cross, N. R., Rau, M. J., Lvov, S. N., Gorski, C. A., Logan, B. E. & Hall, D. M., Jun 1 2023, In: Applied Energy. 339, 120959.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Increasing the Electrolyte Salinity to Improve the Performance of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers

Rossi, R., Taylor, R. & Logan, B. E., Jun 12 2023, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 11, 23, p. 8573-8579 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Using nickel-molybdenum cathode catalysts for efficient hydrogen gas production in microbial electrolysis cells

Rossi, R., Nicolas, J. & Logan, B. E., Mar 15 2023, In: Journal of Power Sources. 560, 232594.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Electrochemical and hydraulic analysis of thin-film composite and cellulose triacetate membranes for seawater electrolysis applications

Taylor, R., Shi, L., Zhou, X., Rossi, R., Picioreanu, C. & Logan, B. E., Aug 5 2023, In: Journal of Membrane Science. 679, 121692.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Defect free rolling phase inversion activated carbon air cathodes for scale-up electrochemical applications

Yi, K., Yang, W. & Logan, B. E., Feb 15 2023, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 454, 140411.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Relative Insignificance of Polyamide Layer Selectivity for Seawater Electrolysis Applications

Zhou, X., Shi, L., Taylor, R. F., Xie, C., Bian, B., Picioreanu, C. & Logan, B. E., Oct 3 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 39, p. 14569-14578 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Hydrodynamic interventions and measurement protocols to quantify and mitigate power overshoot in microbial fuel cells using microfluidics

Amirdehi, M. A., Gong, L., Khodaparastasgarabad, N., Sonawane, J. M., Logan, B. E. & Greener, J., Feb 10 2022, In: Electrochimica Acta. 405, 139771.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

High-rate microbial electrosynthesis using a zero-gap flow cell and vapor-fed anode design

Baek, G., Rossi, R., Saikaly, P. E. & Logan, B. E., Jul 1 2022, In: Water Research. 219, 118597.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Using copper-based biocathodes to improve carbon dioxide conversion efficiency into methane in microbial methanogenesis cells

Baek, G., Shi, L., Rossi, R. & Logan, B. E., May 1 2022, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 435, 135076.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Power and energy capacity tradeoffs in an all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery

Cross, N. R., Rau, M. J., Lvov, S. N., Gorski, C. A., Logan, B. E. & Hall, D. M., May 30 2022, In: Journal of Power Sources. 531, 231339.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Impact of reactor configuration on pilot-scale microbial fuel cell performance

Rossi, R. & Logan, B. E., Oct 15 2022, In: Water Research. 225, 119179.

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