Energy and the Environment

Developing new energy sources and technologies that benefit the environment and economy, and helping to implement those technologies.

Energy & Sustainability (E&S) are research and education areas of critical importance in today’s world. The ongoing climate crisis and the pressing need for sustainable development strategies require transformative engineering solutions and innovations in broad areas ranging from energy sciences to geoengineering.

E&S are extremely broad topics connected to two grand challenges:

Protection of the environment and people, encompassing areas such as food and water access, agriculture technologies, sensing devices, aquaculture, etc.
Clean and sustainable energy, encompassing subjects such as water-energy nexus, clean energy technologies, energy storage, efficiency of buildings, vehicles and propulsion systems, etc.

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Research Area Faculty

The faculty researchers in this area exemplify the collaborative nature of the work done at Cornell Engineering.

John D. Albertson

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hollister Hall, Room 113

607/255-9671

albertson@cornell.edu

Edwin (Todd) Cowen

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hollister Hall, Room 119

607/255-5140

eac20@cornell.edu

Stefano Galelli

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hollister Hall, Room 213

galelli@cornell.edu

H. Oliver Gao

Howard Simpson 1942 Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

313 Hollister Hall

607/254-8334

Director, Systems Engineering; Director, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health (CTECH); Associate Director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy

hg55@cornell.edu