Research in the energy space within our chemical engineering department focuses on the grand challenge of providing affordable and sustainable clean energy solutions for future generations. To address this broad challenge, research efforts include (i) novel technologies for clean energy, electrification, decarbonization and the hydrogen economy, (ii) enabling novel materials that will support and empower energy technology and transition scenarios, such as in batteries, and (iii) multi-scale energy systems engineering methods and tools, for the systematic assessment of energy scenarios from a techno-economic and sustainability point of view.
Energy Faculty
Mustafa Akbulut
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Joe M. Nesbitt Professorship
- Office: CHEN 230
- Phone: 979-847-8766
- Email: makbulut@tamu.edu
Aristos Aristidou
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing and Sustainability
- Office: CHEN 203
- Email: aristidou@tamu.edu
Perla Balbuena
- Professor, Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- University Distinguished Professor
- Mike O’Connor Chair I Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: CHEN 240
- Phone: 979-845-3375
- Email: balbuena@tamu.edu
Mark A. Barteau
- Professor, Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- C. D. Holland '53 Chair
- Office: CHEN 249
- Email: barteau@tamu.edu
Abdoulaye Djire
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: CHEN 210
- Phone: 979-458-4776
- Email: adjire@tamu.edu
Mahmoud El-Halwagi
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Bryan Research and Engineering Chair in Chemical Engineering
- Managing Director, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
- Office: CHEN 229
- Phone: 979-845-3484
- Email: el-halwagi@tamu.edu
Joe Elabd
- Vice Chancellor for Research
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Axalta Coating Systems Chair II
- Phone: 979-458-5598
- Email: elabd@tamu.edu
Micah Green
- Associate Department Head, Chemical Engineering
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Gas Processors Suppliers Association Professor
- Office: CHEN 202
- Phone: 979-862-1588
- Email: micah.green@tamu.edu
M. M. Faruque Hasan
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Kim Tompkins McDivitt ’88 and Phillip McDivitt ’87 Faculty Fellow
- Assistant Director of Decarbonization, Texas A&M Energy Institute
- Office: 242 CHEN/ERB 333
- Phone: 979-862-1449
- Email: hasan@tamu.edu
Faisal Khan
- Department Head, Chemical Engineering
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Mike O'Connor Chair II
- Director, MKO Process Safety Center
- Director, Ocean Energy Safety Institute
- Affiliated Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Multidisciplinary Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Petroleum Engineering
- Office: CHEN 246
- Email: fikhan@tamu.edu
Joseph Sang-Il Kwon
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Stephanie Sneed Langenstein '89 Faculty Fellow
- Office: 206 CHEN/ERB 331
- Phone: 979-862-5930
- Email: kwonx075@tamu.edu
Jodie Lutkenhaus
- Associate Dean for Research, Texas A&M College of Engineering
- Associate Agency Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Axalta Coating Systems Chair
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Dean’s Fellow
- Office: CHEN 235
- Phone: 979-845-2682
- Email: jodie.lutkenhaus@tamu.edu
Chad Mashuga
- Associate Professor of Practice, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 205
- Phone: 979-845-3339
- Email: mashuga@tamu.edu
Efstratios Pistikopoulos
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- University Distinguished Professor
- Dow Chemical Chair
- Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute
- Office: CHEN 335
- Phone: 979-458-0259
- Email: stratos@tamu.edu
Jorge Seminario
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Lanatter & Herbert Fox Professor
- Office: CHEN 239
- Phone: 979-845-3301
- Email: seminario@tamu.edu
Manish Shetty
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 246A
- Email: manish.shetty@tamu.edu
Benjamin Wilhite
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical Engineering
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 226
- Phone: 979-845-0406
- Email: benjaminwilhite@tamu.edu
Sreeram Vaddiraju
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Axalta Coating Systems Faculty Fellow
- Deputy Director, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center
- Office: CHEN 237
- Phone: 979-862-1615
- Email: sreeram.vaddiraju@tamu.edu
Qingsheng Wang
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- George Armistead ’23 Faculty Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: CHEN 232
- Phone: 979-845-9803
- Email: qwang@tamu.edu
Shuyi Xie
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Office: CHEN 251
- Phone: 612-443-4728
- Email: shuyixie@tamu.edu
