Affiliated Researchers
Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. Currently, 999 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.
John Yen
Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Fuzzy Logic, Decision Making, Fuzzy Rules, Intelligent Agents, Semantics
Richard Yetter
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Pressure, Oxidation, Ignition, Flame, Fuel
Abebayehu N. Yilma
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Chlamydia Trachomatis, Macrophages, Cytokines, Nanoparticles, Silver Nanoparticles
Junjun Yin
Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter, Mobile Computing, Activity Pattern, Visibility, Big Data
Jiro Yoshida
Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Rent, Real Estate, Condominium, Depreciation, Premium
Kaleigh Yost
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Cones, Liquefaction, Soils, Penetrometer, Testing
George Young
Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Boundary Layer, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Convection, Weather, Forecast
William Yourey
Associate Professor of Engineering, Penn State Hazleton
Top research keywords: Lithium, Electrodes, Electric Batteries, Behavior As Electrode, Ions
Dave Yoxtheimer
Senior Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Gas Well, Shale Gas, Groundwater, Gases
Cunjiang Yu
Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Electronic Equipment, Skin, Strain, Electronics, Resonators
Manzhu Yu
Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media, Dust, Earth (planet)
Zhongyi Yuan
Associate Professor, Risk Management
Top research keywords: Insurance, Regular Variation, Finite-time Ruin Probability, Multivariate Regular Variation, Financial Risk
Michael Yukish
Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Space Exploration, Design, Fidelity, Data Visualization, Energy Absorption
Sarah Zappe
Associate Research Professor, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education
Top research keywords: Students, Teaching, Engineering, Engineering Education, Education
Lauren Zarzar
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Hydrogels, Emulsion, Hydrogel, Surface-Active Agents, Emulsions
Colin Zarzycki
Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Tropical Cyclone, Climate Modeling, Atmosphere, Simulation, Regional Climate
Eric Zenner
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Man-made Trails, Overstory, Traffic, Harvest, Regeneration
Nanyin Zhang
Hartz Family Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brain, Rodentia, Visual Cortex, Schizophrenia
Pengfei Zhang
Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Anticyclones, Monsoons, Sea Ice, Summer, Anticyclone
Qiming Zhang
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Polymers, Ferroelectric Materials, Vinylidene, Fluorides, Terpolymers
Sulin Zhang
Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Lithiation, Carbon Nanotubes, Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium, Electric Batteries
Yiqi Zhang
Associate Professor, Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Driver, Performance, Traffic Behavior, Field Dependence-Independence, Alarm Systems
Yunji Zhang
Assistant Research Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Convection, Tropical Cyclone, Thunderstorm, Forecast, Brightness Temperature
Linghao Zhong
Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Soil, Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Trichoderma
Zihan Zhou
Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Face Recognition, Lighting, Convolutional Neural Networks, Cameras, Photography
Linxiao Zhu
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Radiative Heat Transfer, Near Fields, Radiative Cooling, Hot Temperature, Cooling
Minghui Zhu
Dorothy Quiggle Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Stochastic Systems, State Estimation, Motion Planning, Unknown Inputs, Robots
Tieyuan Zhu
Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Wave Equation, Wave Equations, Attenuation, Reaction Time, Inversions
Xiaoyang Zhu
Top research keywords: Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Agonist, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, GW 7647, Ligand, Refractory
Yimin Zhu
Associate Professor, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Lignin, Monolignol, Protein Footprinting, Cell Wall, Plant Cells
Gregory Ziegler
Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Chocolate, Starch, Milk, Amylose, Milk Chocolate
Karl Zimmerer
Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Food, Peasant, Livelihood
Katherine Zipp
Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Energy Crops, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species, Bioenergy, Landowners
Wangda Zuo
Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Modelica, Fluid Dynamics, Buildings, Office Buildings, HVAC
Andrew Zydney
Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Membranes, Ultrafiltration, Proteins, Filtration, Fouling