Energy, environment, and water
Climate change is one of the most pressing scientific challenges our society faces—as is reversing the environmental impacts of manufacturing and energy production and consumption. Our faculty is focused on not only finding solutions to these challenges, but ensuring that these solutions are equitable and just.
Our faculty are actively innovating in a variety of areas, including:
- 'green' electronics made from biomaterials
- catalytic materials for advanced energy & chemical production
- systems for remote monitoring of groundwater
- water resource planning & modeling; urban water infrastructure
- embedded/IoT/mobile/satellite systems & machine learning to measure & manage infrastructure
- Offshore wind and marine wave, tidal & thermal energy conversion
- Sustainable materials
- distributed software systems with an emphasis on improving efficiency & sustainability
- Drinking water treatment & combatting PFAS in water supplies
- PECs for solar fuel generation & environmental remediation
- equitable pathways to a net-zero energy system
Sustainability is a foundational thread in the very fabric of our college. Read about our vision for a new Sustainable Engineering Laboratories building.
Featured organizations
Energy Transition Institute
Our mission is to enable a fast and fair transition to a decarbonized energy system in the United States.
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
The center conducts research and provides education and technical assistance for a range of clean energy technologies and applications.
Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Gathering the scientific information and building the tools needed to help fish, wildlife, and ecosystems adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Related faculty
Caitlyn Butler
Graduate Program Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ADVANCE Team Leader for Practice
Civil Engineering. Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Engineering.
John Tobiason
Civil Engineering. Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Engineering.
David A. Reckhow
Civil Engineering. Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Engineering.
Erin Baker
Faculty Director, Energy Transition Institute
Applies operations research and economics to decision making under uncertainty; focus on Energy Justice and publicly-funded energy technology & climate change.
Jun Yao
Adjunct, Biomedical Engineering
Nanoelectronic devices and sensors, Bioelectronic interfaces and wearable devices, 'Green' electronics made from biomaterials.
Jay Taneja
Adjunct, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Applies embedded/IoT/mobile/satellite systems and machine learning to measure and manage infrastructure in industrialized and developing regions.
