Energy


Quantum Computing & AI

PEESE research on quantum computing and AI for smart energy systems was reported by some news media. Some recent ones include, but are not limited to, the ones below: Cornell Chronicle: Tying quantum computing to AI prompts a smarter power grid Tech Xplore and phys.org: Tying quantum computing to AI […]


Science Advances papers

Another Science Advances paper titled “Will reshoring manufacturing of advanced electric vehicle battery support renewable energy transition and climate targets?” was published in 2023. Relevant media reports include, Cornell Chronicle: Study unveils policy insights for reshoring EV battery production (also in TechXplore, News Azi, etc.) Another paper titled “Second life […]


Media coverage of perovskite PVs papers

A recent work by Xueyu further investigates the recycling strategies of perovskite solar cells. The paper titled “Life cycle assessment of recycling strategies for perovskite photovoltaic modules” is recently published in Nature Sustainability and covered by news media: Cornell Chronicle ScienceDaily PV Magazine TechExplore Environmental News Network ScienMag PVbuzz Congratulations to […]


Shale gas paper in the news

Jiyao’s recent paper “Shale Gas Supply Chain Design and Operations toward Better Economic and Life Cycle Environmental Performance” published in ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. has drawn some media attentions. These include, but are certainly not limited to, the following ones: Northwestern News R&D Magazine ScienceDaily Phys.org Big Ten Network Manufacturing […]


Sustainability book published

A recent book edited by Prof. You was recently published by Elsevier. This book titled “Sustainability of Products, Processes and Supply Chains: Theory and Applications” presents recent method developments and applications on the interface between sustainability and process systems engineering. The 25 chapters of this book are contributed by 90 […]


Elected to Area 10C chair

Through a division-wide open voting process, Prof. You was recently elected to chair Area 10C: “Systems and Process Operations” in 2017 at the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division of AIChE. This area includes sessions on optimization methods and their applications in supply chains, energy systems and process manufacturing. The […]


Paper featured in Nature

Our recent article on life cycle environmental and economic comparative analysis of solar panel manufacturing (Solar Energy, vol. 105, pp. 669–678, 2014) has been highlighted in Nature News (Nature, vol. 510, pp. 317, 2014). https://www.nature.com/news/seven-days-13-19-june-2014-1.15417#/trend This work is also covered by a number of media outlets that include, but are […]


Prof. You chairs Area 23C: “Sustainable Energy”

Prof. You was recently elected to chair the Programming Area 23C of the Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF) at AIChE for 2014-2015. Similar to his role as the 2016 CAST 10A chair, Prof. You will involve in the programming and will coordinate the sessions and program of Area 23C: “Sustainable Energy” […]


Prof. You elected to chair 10A: “Systems and Process Design”

Prof. You was recently elected to be a programming chair for the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division of AIChE. This is the first time that program coordinators are selected by a division-wide open voting process. Prof. You will involve in the programming and will coordinate the sessions and program […]


Prof. You receives Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Award

Prof. You was recently selected to be the recipient of 2013 Northwestern-Argonne Early Career Award. This award recognizes extraordinary early career scientist in energy research. One recipient per year was selected by a committee with members from both Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory. More details are available in the Northwestern […]


Collaboration with Praxair Inc. highlighted in DOE news

Fengqi You has been collaborating with Praxair Inc. on the development of stochsatic optimization strategies for the distribution-inventory planning of industrial gases (hydrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, Argon, etc.). This project has led to two journal articles and a number of citations in the Department of Energy (DOE) websites. Read […]