Researchers in Energy and Mineral Engineering are harnessing the availability of large amounts of data on energy and environmental systems to perform some of the world’s most cutting-edge research on energy resources.
Our faculty use techniques from machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization and statistics to study natural gas production, large-scale infrastructure systems, energy consumption behaviors and energy markets in ways that are relevant to public decision-makers and industry. In research, data analytics allows for powerful hypothesis testing and model validation on highly complex systems. Insights into processes and phenomena can be interrogated over large regions, as opposed to a handful of specific sites. The research skills of our faculty also translate into the classroom, where students get experience using real-world “Big Data” in simulation-oriented classroom environments.
Specific research topics in this area include:
- Development of web applications for data science applications in the unconventional natural gas sector https://shinysrv.ems.psu.edu/eum19/Virtual_Asset_1_0/.
- Data-driven modeling approaches to analyze the benefits and costs of environmental regulations.
- Smart electric grids and the transition to more efficient and lower-impact energy, electric power and transportation systems.
- Resilience analysis for complex interdependent energy infrastructures
- Data analytics and statistics for seismic fracture identification and re-stimulation decisions.
- Combining decline curve analysis and geostatistics to forecast gas production in unconventional formations
- Geospatial analysis of large-scale renewable energy portfolios
- Design and operation of electricity markets
- The use of mobility data for energy system planning, and to evaluate air quality impacts of urban transportation
- Air quality in energy production environments
- Economics of industrial carbon capture and geologic sequestration
Research Experts
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Seth Blumsack Professor of Energy Policy and Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 156 Hosler Building 814-863-7597 blumsack@psu.edu |
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Arash Dahi Taleghani Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 206 Hosler Building 814-865-5421 arash.dahi@psu.edu |
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Hamid Emami-Meybodi Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 151 Hosler Building 814-863-3987 emami@psu.edu |
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Jeremy Gernand Associate Department Head for Graduate Education John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 121 Hosler Building 814-865-5861 jmgernand@psu.edu |
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Gregory King Professor of Practice, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 123 Hosler Building 814-867-3547 grk17@psu.edu |
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Andrew Kleit Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics; John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 201 Hosler Building 814-865-0711 ank1@psu.edu |
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Joel Landry Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 124 Hosler Building 814-865-9136 joelrlandry@psu.edu |
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Zhen Lei Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 125 Hosler Building 814-863-0810 zlei@psu.edu |
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Chiara Lo Prete Associate Professor of Energy Economics John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 213 Hosler Building 814-865-0982 chiaraloprete@psu.edu |
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Eugene Morgan Associate Head for Undergraduate Education John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 115 Hosler Building 814-863-1642 eugene.morgan@psu.edu |
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Renee Obringer Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 110 Hosler Building (814) 865-8475 obringer@psu.edu |
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Olumide Ogunmodimu Assistant Professor of Energy Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 207 Hosler Building 814 865 3437 ozo5101@psu.edu |
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Sanjay Srinivasan Head, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 118 Hosler Building 814-863-9470 szs27@psu.edu |
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Mort Webster Professor of Energy Engineering John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering 103 A Hosler Building 814-863-1640 mdw18@psu.edu |
Affiliated Faculty (Other Depts):
- Steve Greybush
- Monty Alger
- Murali Haran