Victor Fung

Victor Fung
victorfung@gatech.edu

Victor Fung is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering. Prior to this position, he was a Wigner Fellow and a member of the Nanomaterials Theory Insitute in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A physical chemist by training, Fung now works at the intersection of scientific artificial intelligence, computing, and materials science/chemistry.

Assistant Professor of Computational Science and Engineering
Office
E1354B | CODA Building, 756 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
Additional Research

Quantum chemistrySurrogate models for quantum chemistryData-driven inverse designChemically-informed machine learningHigh-throughput computational simulations

IRI/Group and Role
Data Engineering and Science > Faculty
Energy > Faculty
Matter and Systems > Affiliated Faculty
Data Engineering and Science
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Computing > School of Computational Science and Engineering
Research Areas
Artificial Intelligence

Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller
tom.fuller@chbe.gatech.edu

Tom Fuller is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Georgia Tech. Dr. Fuller received a BS from the University of Utah in Chemical Engineering in 1982. Dr. Fuller then served for five years in the U.S. Navy working as a Nuclear Engineer. In 1992 he obtained a Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley also in Chemical Engineering. 

Subsequently, Dr. Fuller developed advanced lithium batteries while working as a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He then moved to United Technologies. He was responsible for technology development, design, assembly, and test of cell stacks for UTC Fuel Cells. 

His research group at Georgia Tech is focused on durability challenges for electrochemical systems. For the last eight years Dr. Fuller has been a Technical Editor for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. In 2009 Dr. Fuller was named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society.

Professor
Phone
(404) 894-2898
Additional Research

Electric Vehicles; Energy Storage; Hydrogen; Modeling; Materials Failure and Reliability; Energy Conversion; Energy Storage; Batteries; fuel cells

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Hydrogen Group
Energy > Research Community
Sustainable Systems
Matter and Systems > Affiliated Faculty
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering
Research Areas
Sustainable Systems
  • Resource and Materials Use
Matter and Systems
  • Built Environment Technologies

J. David Frost

J. David Frost
david.frost@ce.gatech.edu

James David Frost is the Elizabeth and Bill Higginbotham Professor of civil engineering. He received B.A.I and B.A. degrees in civil engineering and mathematics, respectively, from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland in 1980 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering in 1986 and 1989 from Purdue University. Prior to serving as a member of the faculty at Purdue University and Georgia Tech, he worked in industry in Ireland and Canada on a range of natural resource related projects ranging from tailings impoundments to artificial sand islands in the Arctic for oil exploration. At Georgia Tech, where he has been for almost 20 years, he has served as head of the Geosystems Engineering Group and as founding director of the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program and subsequently the Georgia Tech Savannah campus.

Elizabeth and Bill Higginbotham Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Group Coordinator, Geosystems Engineering Group
Phone
404.894.2280
Office
Mason 2285
Additional Research

Micro and nanomechanics, geomaterials, composites, sustainable communities

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Sustainable Communities
  • Built Environment

Hermann Fritz

Hermann Fritz
fritz@gatech.edu
Professor
Phone
(404) 385-1803
Additional Research
Water; Wind
IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering

Michael Filler

Michael Filler
michael.filler@chbe.gatech.edu

Michael Filler is a professor and the Traylor Faculty Fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell University and Stanford University, respectively, prior to completing postdoctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology. Filler has been recognized for his research and teaching with the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and AVS Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award. Filler also heads Nanovation, a forum to address the big questions, big challenges, and big opportunities of nanotechnology.

Deputy Director
Professor and Traylor Faculty Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director, The Filler Lab
Phone
404.894.0430
Office
Marcus 2135
Additional Research

Integrated photonics, carbon nanotubes, nanomanufacturing, thermal management, silicon devices

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
Matter and Systems > Affiliated Faculty
Matter and Systems > Leadership
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Matter and Systems
  • Computing and Communication Technologies
Energy
  • AI Energy Nexus
  • Built Environment
  • Advanced Manufacturing for Energy
  • Energy and National Security

Andrei Fedorov

Andrei Fedorov
AGF@gatech.edu

Fedorov's background is in thermal/fluid sciences, chemical reaction engineering as well as in applied mathematics. His laboratory works at the intersection between mechanical and chemical engineering and solid state physics and analytical chemistry with the focus on portable/ distributed power generation with synergetic CO2 capture; thermal management of high power dissipation devices and electronics cooling; special surfaces and nanostructured interfaces for catalysis, heat and moisture management; and development of novel bioanalytical instrumentation and chemical sensors. Fedorov joined Georgia Tech in 2000 as an assistant professor after finishing his postdoctoral work at Purdue University.

Professor and Rae S. and Frank H. Neely Chair, Woodruff School Mechanical Engineering
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, School Mechanical Engineering
Director, Fedorov Lab
Phone
404.385.1356
Office
Love 307
Additional Research

Heat Transfer; power generation; CO2 Capture; Catalysis; fuel cells; "Fedorov's research is at the interface of basic sciences and engineering. His research portfolio is diverse, covering the areas of portable/ distributed power generation with synergetic carbon dioxide management, including hydrogen/CO2 separation/capture and energy storage, novel approaches to nanomanufacturing (see Figure), microdevices (MEMS) and instrumentation for biomedical research, and thermal management of high performance electronics. Fedorov's research includes experimental and theoretical components, as he seeks to develop innovative design solutions for the engineering systems whose optimal operation and enhanced functionality require fundamental understanding of thermal/fluid sciences. Applications of Fedorov's research range from fuel reformation and hydrogen generation for fuel cells to cooling of computer chips, from lab-on-a-chip microarrays for high throughput biomedical analysis to mechanosensing and biochemical imaging of biological membranes on nanoscale. The graduate and undergraduate students working with Fedorov's lab have a unique opportunity to develop skills in a number of disciplines in addition to traditional thermal/fluid sciences because of the highly interdisciplinary nature of their thesis research. Most students take courses and perform experimental and theoretical research in chemical engineering and applied physics. Acquired knowledge and skills are essential to starting and developing a successful career in academia as well as in many industries ranging from automotive, petrochemical and manufacturing to electronics to bioanalytical instrumentation and MEMS."

IRI/Group and Role
Bioengineering and Bioscience > Faculty
Energy > Hydrogen Group
Energy > Research Community
Bioengineering and Bioscience
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Alper Erturk

Alper Erturk
alper.erturk@me.gatech.edu

Erturk began at Georgia Tech in May 2011 as an Assistant Professor, he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2016 and became a full Professor in 2019. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he worked as a Research Scientist in the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures at Virginia Tech (2009-2011). His postdoctoral research interests included theory and experiments of smart structures for applications ranging from aeroelastic energy harvesting to bio-inspired actuation. His Ph.D. dissertation (2009) was centered on experimentally validated electromechanical modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesters using analytical and approxIMaTe analytical techniques. Prior to his Ph.D. studies in Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech, Erturk completed his M.S. degree (2006) in Mechanical Engineering at METU with a thesis on analytical and semi-analytical modeling of spindle-tool dynamics in machining centers for predicting chatter stability and identifying interface dynamics between the assembly components.

Woodruff Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering
Phone
404.385.1394
Office
Love 126
Additional Research

Structural Dynamics; Vibrations; Smart Materials & Structures; Energy Harvesting; Acoustic Metamaterials; Acoustics and Dynamics; Smart materials; Piezoelectronic Materials; Metamaterials; Energy Harvesting

IRI/Group and Role
Robotics > Affiliated Faculty
Energy > Research Community
Matter and Systems > Affiliated Faculty
Robotics
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Research Areas
Artificial Intelligence

Benjamin Emerson

Benjamin Emerson
bemerson@gatech.edu

Ben Emerson completed his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in August, 2013. Since then, Ben has worked as a Research Engineer at the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab at Georgia Tech. Ben’s research portfolio includes projects on combustion instabilities, alternative fuels, and combustion system R&D with a core focus and motivation of cleaner combustion. Ben’s research primarily consists of three core competencies, which are experimental combustion system development, combustor diagnostics, and combustion theory and modeling. Ben’s combustion system development work spans a wide variety of applications, from small lab-scale burners to combustor rigs that test full-scale gas turbine combustor hardware. His combustor diagnostics work encompasses the state of the art optical diagnostic techniques for reacting flow field measurements and imaging, and aims to implement those techniques in both laboratory-scale and large-scale rig tests. Finally, Ben’s combustion theory and modeling work is geared towards analysis of experimental datasets, development of reduced-order engineering tools, and the development of a suite of hydrodynamic stability analysis tools. Together, these core competencies form the pillars of Ben’s research, which facilitates the design of cleaner-burning combustion systems.

Senior Research Engineer
Phone
404-385-0413
Office
CNES, 216
Additional Research

Hydrogen Utilization, Hydrogen combustion in gas turbines, combustion instabilities, alternative fuels, cleaner combustion system R&D, experimental combustion system development, combustor diagnostics, and combustion theory and modeling

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Hydrogen Group
Energy > Research Community
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Combustion, Propulsion, and Hypersonics
  • Fuels
  • AI Energy Nexus
  • Energy and National Security

Alan Erera

Alan Erera
alan.erera@isye.gatech.edu

Alan Erera is a Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair and the Associate Chair for Research in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is also the faculty director for the M.S. in Supply Chain Engineering program, Co-Director for Global Transportation in the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, and Co-Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation & Research Center.

His research focuses on transportation and logistics systems planning and control, with an emphasis on planning under uncertainty and real-time operational control.  His recent work has addressed dynamic vehicle routing systems for same-day distribution; resilient logistics network design for food supply chains; service network design, linehaul equipment management, and driver scheduling for consolidation freight carriers; robust container fleet management for global shipping companies; and robust and flexible vehicle routing system planning and control for distribution companies. He has written extensively in these subject areas, and has delivered over 100 technical presentations and invited lectures. His research program has been supported by federal agencies (DHS, USDOT, NSF) and major U.S. freight carriers and manufacturing firms.

He received his B.S. Eng. from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

UPS Professor of Logistics
Phone
(404) 385-0358
Additional Research

Hydrogen Storage/Transport; System Design & Optimization

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Hydrogen Group
Energy > Research Community
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Industrial Systems Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Supply Chain
  • Electric Vehicles