Affiliated Researchers

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment. Currently, 999 faculty and researchers from across Penn State, including the Commonwealth campuses, are affiliates of IEE.

Mark Miller


Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Wind Turbines, Reynolds Number, Wind Turbine, High Reynolds Number, Turbulence

Scarlett Miller


Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Students, Creativity, Dissection, Engineering Design, 3D Printers

Simon Miller


Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Top research keywords: Design, Fidelity, Textiles, Trade, Recurrent Neural Networks

George Milner


Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skeleton, Cemetery, Dental Calculus, Death, River

Richard Mistrick


Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Lighting, Illuminating, Electric Lighting, Photosensors, Illuminance

Prasenjit Mitra


Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Search Engines, Digital Libraries, Metadata, Semantics, Classifiers

Suzanne Mohney


Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ohmic Contacts, Electric Contacts, Contact Resistance, Nanowires, Annealing

Abriti Moktan


PhD Student, Forest Resources, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Cohort

Felipe Montes


Associate Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Manure, Silage, Ammonia, Nitrous Oxide Production, Animal Manures

Eugene Morgan


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Data Analytics, Big Data, Landslides, Sediments, Shale Gas

Philip J. Morris


Boeing/A. D. Welliver Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Acoustics, Nozzles, Noise Abatement, Aeroacoustics, Computational Aeroacoustics

Joel Morrison


Associate Research Professor, EMS Energy Institute
Top research keywords: Coal, Sorbents, Water, Alleghanian, Coal Preparation

David Mortensen


Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology

Arthur Motta


Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Zircaloy, Zirconium Alloys, Zirconium Alloy, Hydrides, Cladding

Andrew Mowen


Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: Recreation, Leisure, Services, Public, Participation

Thandazile Moyo


Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Chalcopyrite, Electronic Waste, Dissolution, Ammonia, Electrochemistry

Karl Mueller



Top research keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Magic Angle Spinning, Chemical Shift, Metal Spinning, Solid State

Jeffrey Mundinger


Postdoctoral Scholar, Architectural Engineering

Ian Murray



Top research keywords: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors, Ligands, Hydrocarbon, Human AHR Protein, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

Timothy Michael Murtha Jr.


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lidar, Conservation, Planning, Land Use, Resource

Allyson Muth


Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Private Forest, Forest Stands, Natural Resources, Quercus

Suresh Muthulingam


Professor, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Top research keywords: Spillover, Forgetting, Environmental Performance, Managers, Supply Chains

Jessica Myrick


Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tanning, Social Media, VIP, Cancer, Emotion

Tami Mysliwiec


Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Science (Berks)
Top research keywords: Src Homology Domains, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Abl Genes, Catabolite Repression, Proline

Dassou Nagassou


Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Plasmas, Decomposition, Solar Energy, Plasma

Joseph Najem


Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Memristors, Lipid Bilayers, Ionic Polymer, Ions, Plastic Property

Raymond Najjar


Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: Ocean, Estuary, Chesapeake Bay (US), Chesapeake Bay, Estuaries

Rebecca Napolitano


Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Structural Health Monitoring, Photogrammetry, Virtual Reality, Lighthouses, Cracks

Ashkan Negahban


Associate Professor of Engineering Management, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Agent-based Simulation, New Products, Hybrid Simulation, Problem-Based Learning, Sales

Peter Newman


Department Head, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Protected Area, Recreation

Robert Nicholas


Associate Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Climate, Flood Protection, Downscaling

Martin de Jesus Nieto-Perez


Associate Teaching Professor, Nuclear Engineering

Sarah Nilson


Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric GTP-binding Proteins, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Forest Farming, Allium Tricoccum, Droughts

Xianzeng Niu


Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Shale Gas, Water Quality, Oil And Gas Fields, Groundwater

Xinwei Niu


Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Hardware/software Co-design, Video Coding, Embedded Systems, Energy Consumption, Chip