Energy Systems Engineering 

Lehigh research and educational innovation in the field of energy systems and related environmental and infrastructural concerns is as diverse as the obstacles and the opportunities in addressing this grand challenge. Here are a few examples:


According to the Chronicle, Lehigh’s M.Eng in Energy Systems Engineering  will help the industry fill the void that will be left when some 45 percent of engineers at electric utilities retire or leave their jobs within five years, according to IEEE, the professional association of electrical engineers. More...





P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of chemical engineering Mark Snyder is part of a research team that recently published an article on energy-saving thin-film zeolite membranes in Science magazine. The group includes professors and post-doctoral students from across the country. As a former post-doctoral student at the University of Minnesota, Snyder used an optical microscopy technique called laser scanning confocal microscopy to examine the grain boundaries in conventionally produced zeolite membranes. More...


Ph.D. candidate Yik-Khoon Ee won Best Student Paper Award at the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Photonics Global Conference. Ee, advised by Nelson Tansu, P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, competed with more than 275 other papers for the honor. His research focuses on reducing improving the efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for eventual use lighting applications -- an effort that could one day help widely reduce energy consumption and related environmental impact. More...


Three Lehigh grad students received the top prizes at the 2009 National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges Summit. Lehigh swept the competition in the “Energy and Environment” division, taking first and second prize in the category. .. More...




Dr. Sudhakar Neti, professor of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, and four other Lehigh researchers recently received a $1.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop more efficient and effective means of capturing and storing solar energy for nighttime use. More...





Engineers from Lehigh’s Energy Research Center (ERC) have been working to install combustion optimization technology at coal-fired plants in China. Boiler OP, technology created by the ERC in the 1990s, has been used in numerous plants in the United States. Many coal-fired plants in the U.S. use some form of this technology to remove lung-damaging nitrogen oxide—the cause of smog when it interacts with sunlight—from emissions. More...


Engineers at Lehigh’s Energy Research Center (ERC) have developed new technology for recovering water from coal burned in power plants. Western coal in particular contains enough moisture that the flue gas vapors can be condensed. Once treated, this water can then be used to help to cool the power plant rather than using water from rivers and lakes which are scarcer in western states. More...










 

     

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