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October 28, 2022
Environmental biotechnology, efficient water/wastewater treatment and biofilm processes in environmental systems. Computational modeling of atmospheric nanoparticle pollution and air-quality issues.
October 28, 2022
Mechanical engineering, bioengineering, solid mechanics. Microfluidics and rapid-prototyping for micro-fabrication, electronic packaging, miniaturization of fluorometry and electrophoresis techniques.
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October 28, 2022
Transportation safety, road design and construction, highway materials, dust management, construction and project management, permafrost construction.
October 28, 2022
Gas hydrates, core analysis, PVT measurements. Petroleum engineering research topics include gas-to-liquids, gas hydrates, viscous oils, wettability alteration and carbon-dioxide sequestration.
October 28, 2022
Field work, laboratory testing and modeling to improve our understanding of how frozen ground behaves and interacts with civil structures. Frozen soils, landslides.
October 28, 2022
Garron works with a broad spectrum of scientists, community members, agency partners and industry representatives. She integrates actionable, geospatial, and model-based science information into decision-making about climate change adaptation planning and response in Arctic and sub-Arctic communities.
October 28, 2022
Mike Hatfield uses unmanned aircraft systems to monitor mine safety, operation and emergency response. His focus is on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground vehicles into the university鈥檚 scientific research and student academic programs, as well as STEM outreach.
October 28, 2022
Energy policy, energy transition, geothermal energy, hydrogen, microgrids, power systems integration.
October 28, 2022
Thermodynamics and thermal management; community usage of renewable energy; mechanics of snow; food, energy, and water security; mechanical design; design for manufacture (DFM) requirements for sheet metal; machining, die-casting, and injection molding. Expertise in materials testing laboratory skills, in situ soil and snow testing techniques, including penetrometer testing, vane shear testing, and sample sorting by grain size.
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October 28, 2022
Permafrost, engineering geology. Permafrost structure and properties, permafrost-related geological hazards, engineering and environmental problems associated with climate change.
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October 28, 2022
Observes and models physics of Alaskan coastal and inland waters as related to the role of Arctic continental shelves in climate and energy from wave, tidal and river hydrokinetic sources. Physical oceanography, coastal processes, renewable marine hydrokinetic energy.
October 28, 2022
Mechanical design, prototype fabrication, energy system design, energy system modeling and analysis, hydrokinetic energy systems.
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October 28, 2022
Tom and his wife hold the world record for the 鈥渢ightest house.鈥 Sustainable energy, energy conservation in residential construction.
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October 28, 2022
Toxicology, engineering management, oil spill engineering. Health risks from environmental chemicals to persons and to the environment, financial risks of construction contracting methods and projects, and risks to organizations from changing personnel and training needs.
October 28, 2022
Mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, thermodynamics. Modeling frost heave and other phenomena associated with seasonal freezing and thawing of soils.
October 28, 2022
Environmental engineering, environmental science, cold-region engineering. Movement and quality of freshwater through all components of the Arctic and subarctic environment.
October 28, 2022
Design and control of power electronics for microgrid applications. Pursuing technologies and strategies to enhance the reliability, affordability and sustainability of energy systems in 黑料社appand elsewhere. Renewable energy.
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October 28, 2022
Civil engineering. Foundations in permafrost, pavement impact on permafrost, seasonal frost and its impact on structures, mass transfer, properties of frozen and thawing ground, thermokarst, shore erosion, heat transfer, thermal modeling and thermal design.
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October 28, 2022
Research interests include water resources engineering, hydrology, snow, ice, Arctic.
October 28, 2022
Space systems engineering, radar remote sensing, small satellites. Design and development of small satellites and radar systems for Earth observing science.
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October 28, 2022
River hydraulics, river morphology, sediment transport, hydrokinetics.
October 28, 2022
Renewable energy and energy storage integration feasibility studies for islanded diesel microgrids, local and system level controls for hybrid diesel microgrids, controller hardware in the loop simulations, electronic circuit design, energy storage system specification, procurement and testing, time series data processing and analysis
October 28, 2022
Electrical engineering, renewable energy, distributed controls and energy management, and microgrid modeling and stability. Engineering challenges of renewable energy integration in remote islanded microgrids including standalone asynchronous renewable generation, energy distribution and storage optimization with high renewable energy penetration, stability of inverter-dominated grids, and assessment of renewable energy impacts on food, energy, and water system security in remote 黑料社appcommunities.
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October 28, 2022
Materials science, nanomaterials, porous materials, composite materials, coatings. Design and investigation of the properties of porous materials and nanostructure-based films for energy and environmental applications.