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Energy

The generation, conservation, and distribution of energy, is one of the most daunting challenges facing the world today. The United States is the 2nd largest consumer of energy, with average per-capita consumption being about 334 million BTUs per person. Materials play a critical role in the design and development of next generation fuel cells, batteries, super-capacitors, solar devices, gas generators and nuclear reactors, and in power distribution grids. Research in the so-called “Energy” materials is being actively pursued by MSE faculty for many of these applications. The focus spans from developing new materials for electrodes used for energy storage and conversion, characterizing and modeling interactions across various interfaces, and generating the fundamental understanding of the effects of structure and defects on transport and electrical properties.

The faculty listed below, have identified their primary research in the area of Energy as the grand challenge being addressed in their work.

Faisal Alamgir
Professor
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Wenshan Cai
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena
Assistant Professor
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Hamid Garmestani
Professor
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Lauren Garten
Lauren Garten
Assistant Professor
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Rosario Gerhardt
Goizueta Foundation Faculty Chair, Professor
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Karl Jacob
Professor
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Seung Soon Jang
Professor
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Josh Kacher
Associate Professor
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Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar
Professor
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Mo Li
Mo Li
Professor
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Zhiqun Lin
Professor
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Meilin Liu
Regents' Professor and Hightower Chair in MSE, and Associate Chair for Academics
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Mark D. Losego
Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow
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Matthew McDowell
Associate Professor
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David McDowell
Carter N. Paden Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing, Regents' Professor
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Valeria Milam Dec 201
Valeria Milam
Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow
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Christopher Muhlstein
Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow, and Associate Director MPRL
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Dong Qin
Professor
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Rampi Ramprasad
Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Chair , Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability
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John Reynolds
Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Paul Russo
Professor, Hightower Chair in Biopolymers
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Meisha Shofner
Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow,
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Preet Singh
Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
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Robert Speyer
Professor
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Mohan Srinivasarao
Professor
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Aaron Stebner
Associate Professor,
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Natalie Stingelin
Professor
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Naresh Thadhani
Professor & Chair
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Vladimir Tsukruk
Regents' Professor
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Eric Vogel
Eric Vogel
Hightower Professor in MSE, and Executive Director Institute for Materials (IMat)
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Youjiang Wang
Professor
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C. P. Wong
Regents' Professor & Smithgall Institute Endowed Chair
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Donggang Yao
Professor
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Gleb Yushin
Gleb Yushin
Professor
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