Yoon Hwa
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Synthesis of functional nanomaterials for the energy storage system; Electroanalytical chemistry, Metal 3D manufacturing such as laser powder bed fusion.
Materials for energy and environmental applications
Nicholas Rolston
Nicholas Rolston
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Study of the connection between material degradation in renewable energy materials and devices with the evolution of mechanical and environmental stress. Goal is to develop the next-generation of photovoltaics and battery technology using the paradigm of design for reliability.
Mariana Bertoni
Mariana Bertoni
Fulton Energy and Materials Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Solar absorbers and materials for energy conversion, semiconductors and oxides for carrier extraction, Synthesis and Defect Engineering, Correlative nano-scale characterization, In-situ and operando characterization, Synchrotron X-ray microscopy, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, X-ray Ptychography.
Mariana Bertoni
Mariana Bertoni
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Materials for energy conversion, Performance limiting defects: kinetics of formation and degradation, Advanced X-ray characterization across dimensions and scales, Correlative characterization approaches and big data analytics.
Candace Chan
Candace Chan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors; electrochemical energy storage, solar-to-fuel photoelectrochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis.
Xiangfan Chen
Xiangfan Chen
Assistant Professor
The Polytechnic School
Research Interests
Advanced manufacturing (e.g. additive manufacturing); functional metamaterials/metasurfaces; optical/photonic devices; high-efficiency energy conversion systems; biomedical devices.
Peter Crozier
Peter Crozier
Professor
Graduate program chair, materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Seeing materials with Electrons: Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures related to energy and the environment; strong emphasis on advanced electron microscopy imaging and spectroscopy. Catalytic materials, electroceramics. photocatalysis.
Heather Emady
Heather Emady
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Particulate process and product design, particle technology, granulation, granular flow, granular heat transfer, particle characterization, multiscale modeling
Zhaoyang Fan
Zhaoyang Fan
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Novel electronic/photonic materials include phase-change materials and ionic conducting materials; Neuromorphic devices; Electrochemistry and advanced battery technology; Nanobiotechnology
Cody Friesen
Cody Friesen
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Integrated storage devices (batteries); electrochemical energy storage; surface science.
Stephen Goodnick
Stephen Goodnick
Professor and Deputy Director ASU Lightworks
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Solid state device physics, transport in nanostructures, nanoelectronic devices and circuits, computational electronics, RF and microwave devices, optoelectronic, energy conversion devices
Zachary Holman
Zachary Holman
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Fabrication, characterization, and modeling of silicon, CdTe, perovskite, and silicon-based tandem solar cells; plasma synthesis and characterization of functional optical and electronic nanomaterials; vacuum deposition of thin films, including nanoparticulate films, and their use in solar, semiconductor, and glass applications.
Wonmo Kang
Wonmo Kang
Assistant Professor
Research Director, Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies
Electrical engineering
Research Interests
Conductors under extreme conditions; advanced manufacturing of graphene-metal composites; materials characterization; synthesis of multifunctional composites; dynamic responses of biological systems; cavitation in soft matter; mechanisms of mild traumatic brain injuries.
Richard King
Richard King
Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
Defect-tolerant photovoltaic materials, materials for low-cost multijunction solar cells, carrier-selective contacts, recombination at semiconductor interfaces, layered van der Waals materials and devices, single-photon emission from nanostructured 2D materials, entangled photon-pair emission, metasurface photonic resonators, electromagnetic simulation of nanostructure arrays.
Linqin Mu
Richard King
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Designing advanced cathode materials for lithium batteries and beyond, understanding degradation mechanisms and interfacial chemistry in energy storage devices.
Christopher Muhich
Christopher Muhich
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Computational Chemistry (quantum simulations), metal oxide redox reactions, renewable/sustainable fuel generation and energy storage, materials design for environmental catalysis and remediation processes.
Fernando A. Ponce
Fernando A. Ponce
Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Semiconductor materials for applications in photovoltaics, optoelectronics, and high power electronics, atomic level characterization of materials and correlation with optical and electronic properties, high-angle annular dark field imaging, cathodoluminescence, electron holography, low-loss electron energy loss spectroscopy.
Karl Sieradzki
Karl Sieradzki
Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Mechanical properties and characterization of materials; electrochemistry and alloy corrosion; nanoporous materials; surface science.
David Smith
David Smith
Regents’ Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Development and applications of atomic-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy; oxide / semiconductor interfaces; solar-cells and optoelectronic devices; nanostructured materials; high-power III-nitride devices.
Meng Tao
Meng Tao
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Sustainable solar photovoltaics; New photovoltaic systems and applications; Electrochemical refining of silicon; Recycling of solar cells and modules; Substitution of silver in solar cells with aluminum.