Research Opportunities

Information on environmentally oriented research on campus

REAP Labs (Renewable Energy and Applied Photonics)

http://reap.ece.tufts.edu/research.htm
-Department: electrical engineering
-Current research: materials, photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, metamaterials, photodetectors, high-speed devices
-Director: Prof. Thomas Vandervelde (tvanderv@ece.tufts.edu)
Wind Research

-Prof. Eric Hines (eric.hines@tufts.edu), https://engineering.tufts.edu/people/faculty/eric-hines, civil and environmental engineering
Battery Research

-Prof. Michael Zimmerman (michael.zimmerman@tufts.edu), https://engineering.tufts.edu/people/faculty/michael-zimmerman, mechanical engineering
-solid state batteries
GENELab (Green Energy and Nanostructured Electronics Lab)

https://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe/genelab/
-Principal Investigator: Prof. Matthew Panzer (matthew.panzer@tufts.edu) https://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe/people/faculty/matthew-panzer
-Department: chemical and biological engineering
-liquid-based gel electrolytes, electrochemical devices
Power Electronics Research

-Prof  Aleksandar Stankovic (astankov@ece.tufts.edu), https://engineering.tufts.edu/people/faculty/aleksandar-stankovic, electrical and computer engineering
-modeling, control, estimation in electric energy processing, power electronics, power systems, electric drives
CIERP

https://sites.tufts.edu/cierp/
-Center for International Environment and Resource Policy
-Director: Kelly Sims Gallagher (kelly.gallagher@tufts.edu), https://fletcher.tufts.edu/people/kelly-sims-gallagher
-Part of Fletcher
-Themes:energy/climate/innovation, agriculture/forests/biodiversity, sustainable development/diplomacy/governance, sustainable development economics
Environmental Sustainability Lab

https://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/sustainabilitylab/
-Department: civil and environmental engineering
-Principal Investigator: Kurt Pennell (kurt.penell@tufts.edu), https://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/people/faculty/kurt-pennell
-groundwater remediation, nanomaterials, geotechnical engineering, environmental exposure and public health
-other related labs in CEE dept: https://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/research/climate-and-energy
NanoCEL Lab

https://ase.tufts.edu/nano-cel/
-Nano Catalysis and Energy Laboratory
-Director: Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (maria.flytzani-stephanopoulos@tufts.edu),https://engineering.tufts.edu/chbe/people/faculty/maria-flytzani-stephanopoulos
-catalytic hydrogen production reactions
-fuel conversions
UEP (Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning)

https://as.tufts.edu/uep/research 
-Dept chair: Mary E. Davis (mary.davis@tufts.edu), https://as.tufts.edu/uep/people/faculty/mary-e-davis
-sustainability, housing and community development, water, transportation, food
Energy Modeling and Design

-Prof Deborah Sunter (deborah.sunter@tufts.edu), https://engineering.tufts.edu/people/faculty/deborah-sunter
-mechanical engineering