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Our research focuses on building tools to reduce the environmental impacts of energy systems, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from fossil energy systems. Other research areas include optimization of low emissions technologies, such as carbon dioxide capture, solar thermal, as well as methane leak detection and solar photovoltaic output prediction using machine vision systems. Our research methods include engineering-based life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling, computational optimization, machine learning and computer vision. Our research targets include transportation fuels (conventional oil and oil substitutes) and carbon dioxide capture and storage.

Research Projects

  • Energy System research diagram
    Optimization is used to choose technology configurations, designs, and operating conditions to achieve goals such as reduced cost and environmental impacts. Our group has applied optimization to carbon dioxide capture technologies and transportation fuels
  • Energy System research diagram
    Optimization is used to choose technology configurations, designs, and operating conditions to achieve goals such as reduced cost and environmental impacts. Our group has applied optimization to carbon dioxide capture technologies and transportation fuels
  • Actual vs infrared result data
    We study leakage from the natural gas system, with a focus on comprehensive assessment of leakage mechanisms, as well as ongoing work on detecting leakage from natural gas systems.
  • Actual vs infrared result data
    We study leakage from the natural gas system, with a focus on comprehensive assessment of leakage mechanisms, as well as ongoing work on detecting leakage from natural gas systems.
  • Actual vs infrared result data
    We study leakage from the natural gas system, with a focus on comprehensive assessment of leakage mechanisms, as well as ongoing work on detecting leakage from natural gas systems.
  • solar forecast animated image thumbnail
    We develop a specialized machine vision system to make short-term forecsts of PV panel power output using sky images.
  • Energy System research diagram
    Optimization is used to choose technology configurations, designs, and operating conditions to achieve goals such as reduced cost and environmental impacts. Our group has applied optimization to carbon dioxide capture technologies and transportation fuels
  • Life Cycle Assessment Diagram
    Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to generate comprehensive measures of environmental impacts from producing a fuel, a product or a service. Our group builds LCA models of energy technologies.