Program Leadership
Program Chair: Dr. Ali Demirci, Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Academic Program Coordinator and Advising Coordinator: Dr. Dan Ciolkosz, Extension Associate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Administrative Program Manager: Ann H. Taylor, Director, Dutton e-Education Institute
Core Faculty
Jeffrey Brownson, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
Seth Blumsack, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon), Associate Professor of Energy Policy and Economics
Sarma Pisupati, Ph.D. (Penn State), Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Tom Richard, Ph.D. (Cornell), Director of Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Nancy Tuana, Ph.D. (California), Director, Rock Ethics Institute and Director of Philosophy Graduate Studies
Bioenergy Faculty
John Carlson, Ph.D. (Illinois), Professor of Molecular Genetics
Yongsheng Chen, Ph.D. (Lehigh), Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Daniel Ciolkosz, Ph.D. (Cornell), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Ali Demirci, Ph.D. (Iowa State), Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Marvin Hall, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Professor of Forage Management
Jude Liu, Ph.D. (Manitoba), Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Marc McDill, Ph.D. (Minnesota), Associate Professor of Forest Management
Joe Perez, Ph.D. (Delaware), Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering
Tom Richard, Ph.D. (Cornell), Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Gregory Roth, Ph.D. (Penn State), Professor of Agronomy
Andrew Zydney, Ph.D. (MIT), Head and Professor of Chemical Engineering
Sustainability Management and Policy Faculty
Jeffrey Brownson, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
Min Ding, Ph.D. (Penn), Professor of Marketing and Robert G. Schwartz Fellow
Zhen Lei, Ph.D. (Berkeley), Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics
David Riley, Ph.D. (Penn State), Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Brandi Robinson, MS (Penn State), Lecturer of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Erich Schienke, Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Lecturer of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Solar Energy Faculty
Jeffrey Brownson, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering
David Riley, Ph.D. (Penn State), Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Wind Energy Faculty
Kenneth Brentner, Ph.D. (Cambridge), Professor of Aerospace Engineering
George Lesieutre, Ph.D. (UCLA), Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering
Mark Maughmer, Ph.D. (Illinois), Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Dennis McLaughlin, Ph.D. (MIT), Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Philip Morris, Ph.D. (Southampton), Boeing, A.D. Welliver Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Sven Schmitz, Ph.D. (California, Davis), Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Susan Stewart, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech), Associate Teaching Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Architectural Engineering