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Energy Science and Technology

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Energy related research in Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley encompasses a broad range of science and technology areas spanning a variety of applications that involve storage, transport, conversion, and use of energy. Specific areas of ongoing research include hydrogen energy systems, combustion of biofuels, pollution control in engines, development of next generation compression ignition engine technologies, radiation interaction with nanostructured surfaces, laser processing of materials, nanofabrication using lasers, combustion in microgravity environments, development of nanostructured thermoelectric materials, concentrating photovoltaic solar power, solar thermal combined heat and power systems, energy efficiency and sustainability of data centers, waste energy recovery, high performance thermal management systems for electronics, and ocean energy technologies. Research in these areas ranges from fundamental research, that aims to understand and/or model critically important processes and mechanisms, to applied research that explores new energy technology concepts at the application level.

The Major Field Advisors for each research area are listed here.

Core Faculty:
Van Carey

Van P. Carey

Dames

Chris Dames

Dibble

Robert Dibble

Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Frenklach-Michael

Michael Frenklach

Michael Gollner

Michael Gollner

Ralph Greif

Ralph Greif

Grigoropoulos-Costas

Costas Grigoropoulos

Boris Rubinsky

Boris Rubinsky

Faculty with research interests that relate to Energy Science and Technology issues include Professors David M. Auslander, Ravi Prasher, and Vassilia Zorba.

 

Energy Science and Technology Labs:
Berkeley Fire Research Lab

Berkeley Fire Research Lab

The Berkeley Fire Research Lab is broadly interested in fire science problems, utilizing experiments and combustion and fluid dynamics theory ...
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Bio-Thermal Laboratory

Bio-Thermal Laboratory

Research focus: Heat and mass transfer in biomedical engineering and biotechnology; in particular, low temperature biology, bio-electronics and biomedical devices; ...
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Combustion Fire Processes Laboratory

Combustion Fire Processes Laboratory

The laboratory researches topics such as ignition and flame spread of combustible material in space exploration environments and micro-gravity as ...
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Combustion Laboratory

Combustion Laboratory

The Combustion Laboratory was established in summer of 1995. Over the years, our research efforts have focused on computational investigations ...
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Combustion Modeling Laboratory

Combustion Modeling Laboratory

Our work focuses on advanced simulations of combustion processes that include fluid dynamic, chemical kinetic, and heat transfer components. We ...
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Energy and Multiphase Transport Laboratory

Energy and Multiphase Transport Laboratory

The EMT Laboratory has been operating at Berkeley for decades pursuing research in important topics related to waste heat harvesting, ...
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Laser Thermal Laboratory

Laser Thermal Laboratory

Current research interests are focused on laser materials interactions, nanomanufacturing and the fundamental study of microscale and nanoscale transport phenomena ...
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Nano/Energy Lab

Nano/Energy Lab

Our focus is (1) to develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of heat and energy transport and conversion ...
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Berkeley Energy Science and Technology Research in the News:
New Faculty Spotlight: Thomas Schutzius

New Faculty Spotlight: Thomas Schutzius

CITRIS researchers to help Northern California communities reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling and serious games

CITRIS researchers to help Northern California communities reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling and serious games

Berkeley Lab Scientists Develop a Cool New Method of Refrigeration

Berkeley Lab Scientists Develop a Cool New Method of Refrigeration

ME Joint Professor Somayeh Sojoudi and ME PhD Student Elizabeth Glista Win "Best of the Best" Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE PES GM

ME Joint Professor Somayeh Sojoudi and ME PhD Student Elizabeth Glista Win “Best of the Best” Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE PES GM

Ravi Prasher

A Framework for a Hydrogen Economy

UC wildfire symposium focuses on wildland-urban interface

UC wildfire symposium focuses on wildland-urban interface

Capstone Project Profile: Using Wildfire Simulations as Predictors for Economical Risk Management

Capstone Project Profile: Using Wildfire Simulations as Predictors for Economical Risk Management

Tracking and Fighting Fires on Earth and Beyond

Tracking and Fighting Fires on Earth and Beyond

Why 'Fire is Normal' in California and How Communities Can Change to Cut Risks

Why ‘Fire is Normal’ in California and How Communities Can Change to Cut Risks

New California Fire Science Seminar Series

New California Fire Science Seminar Series

UC Berkeley researchers receive grant for biopreservation research, center establishment

UC Berkeley researchers receive grant for biopreservation research, center establishment

Frenklach-Michael

ME Professor Michael Frenklach Wins Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal

ME Assistant Professor Michael Gollner to Receive 2020 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

ME Assistant Professor Michael Gollner to Receive 2020 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

ME Assistant Professor Michael Gollner to Give Plenary Lecture on Wildland Fires

ME Assistant Professor Michael Gollner to Give Plenary Lecture on Wildland Fires

ME Professors Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert Dibble, and Michael Frenklach Elected Fellows of the Combustion Institute

ME Professors Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert Dibble, and Michael Frenklach Elected Fellows of the Combustion Institute

What Are Fire Whirls? Researchers Examine the Behavior of These Tornado-Like Fire Columns

What Are Fire Whirls? Researchers Examine the Behavior of These Tornado-Like Fire Columns

Heat Energy Leaps Through Empty Space, Thanks to Quantum Weirdness

Heat Energy Leaps Through Empty Space, Thanks to Quantum Weirdness

Going to extremes

Going to extremes

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